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Trash Goblin
A wholesome, cosy shopkeeping game with no pressures, no stress, and endless good vibes! Uncover and clean trinkets then upcycle them to sell to endless colourful and quirky customers. Spend your savings to upgrade your shop, buy better tools, plus expand and customise your space.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.
What reviewers agree on
63 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“This game impressed me through a very, very simple thing which I want to leave here as a warning to all the other "cozy" games. This game has no clock. It has time slots, which may sometimes pass a bit quickly, yes, but…”
“Trash Goblin is a relaxing and interesting experience! The stories are rich with humor and mystery. It's a slow paced game for those who need a break from the fast pace fps game style. I highly recommend it!!!”
“A very fun game. It combined my want for puzzles and hoarding things. Highly recommend.”
43 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Maybe I didn't like it cause it felt like the cozy gaming community hyped this up a lot but I personally found the tutorial to be over-explanatory and the gameplay to be repetitive and tedious. If you want something…”
“Such a cute, sweet, fun game! I love playing this while listening to Crime Junkie. lol It's a great way to unwind and relax and live in a cozy, friendly world where people care about each other and help each other. I…”
“Trash Goblin is a relaxing and interesting experience! The stories are rich with humor and mystery. It's a slow paced game for those who need a break from the fast pace fps game style. I highly recommend it!!!”
21 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Thought this game looked really fun and cute, but I don't think I can recommend it. It's a good vibe and a nice aesthetic, but it was two hours of the exact same gameplay loop and I never felt any push towards "just one…”
“I picked up Trash Goblin randomly after seeing it mentioned elsewhere, half expecting it not to be my kind of game, but now I’m completely hooked. The gameplay loop is super simple and I can see how it might seem…”
“When I came across this game, I thought I would be bored very quickly. I then spent a day playing the demo, then spent almost an entire week playing the rest of the game. The characters in the game are extremely diverse…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“trash goblin is a fun, relaxing game with a great storyline and plot. the progression is paced well and not too challenging. overall a 10/10 singleplayer game”
“Satisfying gameplay loop made all the more compelling by the always good combination of interesting characters and story; the latest update added a unlockable display mechanic that allows another loop to the gameplay…”
“This is a wonderfully cozy game. The concept is fantastic, repurposing trinkets. The quests pertaining to the trinkets are well thought out and very engaging. Trash Goblin runs at a decent pace, and does a successful…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I love every aspect of this game so much that I do a new playthrough every time they add something new (even though you don't have to!) It's just worth it to me to experience it all again and again. Highly recommend!”
“The developers are evil. You nearly get every achievement. Only a few trinkets missing, you think "hey, it's nearly at 100 %, then I can move on." AND THEY PATCH THE GAME and there are more achievements. Evil. That…”
“I love this game! It has a genuine and kind heart that a lot of other games like it (cleaning and crafting) just don't. The characters and dialogue are so interesting, The gameplay would feel repetitive if not for the…”
21 of the 103 reviews raise this · 13 of them still recommend the game.
“Idk if it's just me, but hasn't really captured my attention past what was shown in the demo. Money is too slow to come by when it will take 10+ sales at ~2 a day to buy a shelf or 2 slots to store more trash, most…”
“Maybe I didn't like it cause it felt like the cozy gaming community hyped this up a lot but I personally found the tutorial to be over-explanatory and the gameplay to be repetitive and tedious. If you want something…”
“Thought this game looked really fun and cute, but I don't think I can recommend it. It's a good vibe and a nice aesthetic, but it was two hours of the exact same gameplay loop and I never felt any push towards "just one…”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Idk if it's just me, but hasn't really captured my attention past what was shown in the demo. Money is too slow to come by when it will take 10+ sales at ~2 a day to buy a shelf or 2 slots to store more trash, most…”
“edit: i still stand firm with my review and even firmer with the added achievements for the DLC which COSTS MORE THAN THE BASE GAME. Trash Goblin is as advertised which is a cozy shopkeeping game of chipping trinkets,…”
“At the moment, I don't think I can recommend the game. I've spent almost 9 hours playing it and around the third chasm area mark, the game feels like it has slowed down exponentially. The story isn't being pushed along…”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“I like this in theory, but this is so buggy I assumed it was early access for a moment. I've had - in the three times I've opened this game - two game-breaking bugs (like literally, the second time I opened the game and…”
“I honestly love this game and do recommend it! Started out with the demo and got hooked almost instantly, so I got the full game and enjoyed every bit of it. Very cozy, easy-going simulation game with a heartwarming and…”
“trash had a game breaking but after the first hour. restarted anew and had the same but again. @at dev. its the mushroomquest who wants a lute. insted of dropping the lute on the counter it always lands in the stash…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“A sweet and uplifting story cannot, unfortunately, make up for a paltry handful of game mechanics that you will have fully understood half an hour into the game. By the time the main quest is complete, chiseling and…”
“Uh, it's good. I had fun. As another reviewer stated it overstayed it's welcome. Most of the characters are fun, Donoval of course, and I like Geronimous. I like the artstyle but can't help but notice the goblin has 5…”
“A very cute, simple game with some amusing characters and a short plot. It's the kind of thing you can dabble in after work to unwind while listening to a podcast or something. I enjoyed it a lot until it came to…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“At the moment, I don't think I can recommend the game. I've spent almost 9 hours playing it and around the third chasm area mark, the game feels like it has slowed down exponentially. The story isn't being pushed along…”
“I played a few hours of this as a demo, and there are some fantastic quality of life type tweaks that make it even more enjoyable now! I don't think I'll ever get really locked in on this game, but it's a nice use of an…”
“I really like the game a lot, its cozy and I love it so much, especially that you get to do more than cleaning! The only grip I have is that they don't have the ultrawidescreen support so good implemented, its basically…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 88.4% positive rating · as of 2026-05-14
“So, I like the game enough to generally recommend it, and played through the main story, for about 20 hours of gameplay total. That said, it's a weak recommendation, and I can easily see bits that will fail to hold people's interest or outright turn them off. Let's get to the…”
— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played“I tell all my friends about this game! I love everything about it, it's cozy being a little NPC trinketier. The game has satisfying game mechanics, accessible controls, beautiful art (with no AI), and a pretty funny story. You get to learn about the lives of your customers from…”
— a player, Steam review · 80 hrs played“I have mixed feelings about this game. On one hand I would kill and die for Donoval, but on the other hand that's kind of all this game has. I think I wanted more goblin-ness; if you changed the name to "trinket gnome", literally nothing in this game would change. From a game…”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Maker's Fortune Patch #1
We've been blown away by the reception of 1.5, Hugh and the DLC - thank you all so much for your support! As we plan the 1.6 update, we knew we wanted to nip a bunch of nasty bugs in the bud, plus imp
1.5 "Maker's Fortune" & DLC Out Now!
It's with great delight that we present to you the fifth major free update to Trash Goblin since 1.0! We've been building to this release for a long time so let's dive into all the lovely details! WHA
HUGE news update - 1.5 trailer, DLC trailer, 100k copies sold & more!
It's a huge week next week, as we release 3 updates to Trash Goblin - a free tool for the base game, a paid DLC story expansion, and a cosmetic pack! Of course we'll update you with all the details wh
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Casual, Simulation |
| Player tags | Casual · Relaxing · Wholesome · Simulation · Singleplayer · Shop Keeper · Cozy · Time Management · Crafting · Colorful · Fantasy · Sandbox (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Adjustable Text Size · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Mouse Only Option |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Hungarian |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 50 |
| Official site | https://www.trashgoblingame.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Pentium 2GHZ or AMD equivalent Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: DX11, DX12 capable Storage: 3 GB available space