Ducky’s Year of the Horse keyboard steals the show at Computex, limited to 999 units

Ducky’s Year of the Horse keyboard did the rare thing at Computex: it made people stop and look before they started talking about switches, mounts, or polling rates. The board drew enough attention on the show floor in Nangang District, Taipei City, that PC Gamer singled it out as one of the most memorable keyboards on display, and even said it liked the new horse-themed model more than Ducky’s previous horse edition. The lack of lettering only sharpens the point. This is not being sold like a plain utility board. It looks like Ducky wanted a display piece first and a typing tool second, with just 999 units making the whole thing feel less like a launch and more like a trophy.

That distinction matters in a keyboard market where a lot of boards now converge on the same familiar formula: 75 percent layouts, gasket mounts, hot-swap sockets, wireless connectivity, and sound-tuning as table stakes. The horse board stood out because it did something different. It leaned into personality and collector appeal, and Ducky surrounded it with themed accessories like keycaps and mousepads, which made the booth feel like a complete aesthetic package instead of a single novelty board. The horse edition also sat alongside Ducky’s Cushion 98, the OK-HE series, and the OK-M series, so this was clearly part of a broader Computex push rather than a one-off sideshow.

Ducky has built this kind of identity over years of zodiac releases. The company maintains a Year of the Zodiac collection that includes Year of the Horse 2014, Year of the Snake 2013, Year of the Dragon 2024, and Year of the Snake 2025. That 2025 snake board was limited to 2,025 units worldwide, individually numbered, and finished with a golden metal badge on the underside. It was also designed by Paiwan artisan Tjaiping, Huang Hao-Che, tying the release to Paiwan cultural symbolism as well as to scarcity. Ducky knows exactly how to turn a limited board into a talking point.

That is why the Year of the Horse board lands differently from a generic show keyboard. Ducky is still making serious enthusiast hardware too, including the One X, which the company describes as the world’s first inductive keyboard and pairs with tri-mode connection, rapid trigger, gasket-mount construction, seven-layer dampening, and web-based customization. But the horse board is the louder statement at Computex 2026. It tells you Ducky still understands something the hobby keeps proving: sometimes the board that wins the room is the one that feels collectible before it feels practical.