The Ugly Ducling

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App ID	2216160
App Type	Game
Developer	The Vax Studio
Publisher	The Vax Studio
Supported Systems	Windows
Technologies	Unity Engine
Last Changenumber	28850405
Last Record Update	6 May 2025 – 22:35:54 UTC ()
Release Date	30 November 2022 – 16:53:11 UTC ()

In-Game

The Ugly Ducling is a minimalist block-based exploration and horror game, using the children's story "The Ugly Duckling" as a theme, where the player will need to find the lost pages of the protagonist's story in different biomes, while surviving.

Additional Information

Developer

The Vax Studio

ReleaseState

released

Publisher

The Vax Studio

Store Release Date

30 November 2022 – 16:53:15 UTC ()

osarch

community_hub_visible

Yes

Social Media

https://x.com/studio_vax
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOuydc9AU58uJ63y2ROaYlg/

Primary Genre

Action (1)

Store Genres

Action (1), Adventure (25), Indie (23)

Steam Release Date

30 November 2022 – 16:53:11 UTC ()

Store Asset Modification Time

10 November 2022 – 12:36:01 UTC () (1668083761)

library_assets

library_capsule	en
library_hero	en
library_logo	en
logo_position ↴
pinned_position	BottomLeft
width_pct	100
height_pct	100

osextended

empty string

name_localized

italian

Il Brutto Anatroccolo

Detected Technologies (?)

Unity Engine, NVIDIA_DLSS SDK, NVIDIA_Reflex SDK, UnityBurst SDK, UnityURP SDK, cURL SDK

Content Descriptors

Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

First seen on SteamDB

9 November 2022 – 10:19:45 UTC (), in changelist #16672139

Content Descriptors (Including DLC)

Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

2 Languages	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles
English	Yes	Yes	Yes
Italian	Yes		Yes

Assets

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clienticon

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clienttga

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icon

b0f3640e8faf21dd7c6fee778178d93ce1f82463

small_capsule

english

capsule_231x87.jpg

header_image

english

header.jpg

library_assets_full

library_capsule ↴
image/english	library_600x900.jpg
image2x/english	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero ↴
image/english	library_hero.jpg
library_logo ↴
logo_position/pinned_position	BottomLeft
logo_position/width_pct	100
logo_position/height_pct	100
image/english	logo.png
image2x/english	logo_2x.png

Assets

main_capsule	capsule_616x353.jpg
small_capsule	capsule_231x87.jpg
header	header.jpg
page_background	page_bg_generated_v6b.jpg
hero_capsule	hero_capsule.jpg
library_capsule	library_600x900.jpg
library_capsule_2x	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero	library_hero.jpg
community_icon	b0f3640e8faf21dd7c6fee778178d93ce1f82463.jpg
page_background_path	app/2216160
raw_page_background	page_bg_raw.jpg
timestamp	30 November 2022 – 16:53:13 UTC

Trailers

256916721 ↴
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trailer_category	0
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trailer_480p/video/mp4	256916721/movie480.mp4
trailer_max/video/webm	256916721/movie_max_vp9.webm
trailer_max/video/mp4	256916721/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm	2216160/514693/b930a1c5f0a10b2382260d8643f85166c91c1b56/1751091164/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4	2216160/514693/b930a1c5f0a10b2382260d8643f85166c91c1b56/1751091164/microtrailer.mp4
screenshot_medium	256916721/movie.293x165.jpg
screenshot_full	256916721/movie_full.jpg
trailer_base_id	514693
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1668685428
256915454 ↴
trailer_name	The Ugly Ducling
trailer_category	0
trailer_480p/video/webm	256915454/movie480_vp9.webm
trailer_480p/video/mp4	256915454/movie480.mp4
trailer_max/video/webm	256915454/movie_max_vp9.webm
trailer_max/video/mp4	256915454/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm	2216160/512497/110243aed5a3c5f8b28216f8f214ce5acf91bcd1/1751091164/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4	2216160/512497/110243aed5a3c5f8b28216f8f214ce5acf91bcd1/1751091164/microtrailer.mp4
screenshot_medium	256915454/movie.293x165.jpg
screenshot_full	256915454/movie_full.jpg
trailer_base_id	512497
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1668193136

Launch Options

0. The Ugly Ducling

Executable	`TheUglyDucling.exe`
Launch Type	Launch (Default)
Description	`The Ugly Ducling`
Operating System	windows
CPU Architecture	64-bit only

Configuration

Key	Value
installdir	TheUglyDucling

The Ugly Ducling

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