Trash Goblin News

[p]Oh my days! It's been a full year since Trash Goblin launched into Early Access, and we're so amazed by the journey so far. There's plenty more excitement to come, but first up to celebrate, we're announcing our Official Trash Goblin Merchandise Kickstarter! 🥳[/p][p][/p][p]Featuring a delightful range of perfectly cosy merchandise straight from the world of Trash Goblin 🤩[/p][p][/p][p]We've partnered with the brilliant Mighty Merch to deliver the items so you can be sure they'll be premium as all heck ✨[/p][p][/p][h3]GET INVOLVED[/h3][p]Have your say - we've got some great ideas for merch - too many perhaps - so we need your help to let us know what we should do for this first run! The first vote is happening right now in the discord so hop over and make sure your voice is heard!

We will be unveiling even more juicy details soon, and in the meantime, look forward to the campaign itself running some time very early in 2026! 📆[/p][p]
Register your interest in the Kickstarter here so you'll be the first to know when it goes live, and tell your friends! 💖

[/p][h3]ONE YEAR OLD[/h3][p]That's right, a whole 365 days since we first opened our cosy little goblin shop! And look how far we've come:[/p][p][/p][p]Not to tease, but 1.3 and 1.4 and our biggest updates yet and we can't wait to show the details. Know that 1.3 is coming very soon indeed...[/p][p][/p][h3]GOBLIN SCIENCE-FACTS[/h3][p] Originally appearing on Steam Early Access on November 6th, 2024 before our 1.0 launch on May 29th 2025, we've sold more than 60k copies and right now I'm ecstatic to be able to say we have a ‘Very Positive’ rating across over 900 reviews - with 100% of Steam player reviews in the past 30 days being positive on top of that! Truly amazing stuff that speaks to the talent of the whole team, and it also highlights you, our loving and enthusiastic community 💖[/p][p][/p][p]In that time:[/p]

• [p]We've hit nearly a quarter of a million wishlists (with 179k outstanding!)[/p]
• [p]Nearly 5,000 of you have played for more than 20 hours. [/p]
• [p]In fact, you goblins have spent a cumulative total of 376,501 hours playing [/p]
• [p]That’s 15.5k days, or 43 years - the same age as the game's creative director, he writes reluctantly[/p]
• [p]At that rate, we estimate 4.5 million trinkets have been found so far![/p]
• [p]The average time played is nearly 8 hrs[/p]
• [p]Our most committed goblin devoted 404 hours to their trinket restoration career (that’s over two weeks in real-time!)[/p]
• [p]The longest time played before a review was left was 271hrs[/p]
• [p]The longest playtime of a goblin who left a negative review was 160hrs. They reviewed it after 10hrs, then played for another 150hrs so... they couldn’t have been that dissatisfied eh?[/p]

[p][/p][h3]THANK YOU[/h3][p][/p][p]So once again from the bottom of our hearts, thank you. Your support from the first days of our announcement, the demo, the original Kickstarter all the way through the amazing Early Access launch and onwards to today, we couldn't have done it without you![/p]

[h2]COMPETITION WINNERS[/h2][p][/p][p]Thanks so much for all your entries, we were blown away by the creativity on show!

It was a tough decision, but I'm delighted to announce the two lucky winners of our limited edition pin badges 🎃

First up, the overall winner is SaturnGrl with this horrifying scene - what sort of dark rituals are about to be performed here?! 👻[/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink]This entry topped the team vote because of the combination of elements. It's not just the overall setup and story... but once you clock how any eyes and faces there are, you can't unsee them, however much you might wish you could!


As promised, our top runner up also gets a badge, and that goes to stephanie, with this wonderfully creepy scene! 🕸️[/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink]There's a lot going on here, we feel like we've intruded on something very uncanny... and the bear's head facing the wrong way is just the right kind of twist that really sold it for us.

A huge congratulations to both of our winners, I'll be in touch to get your postal addresses and send the pins on their way 💖

[/p][p][/p][p]We want to say thank you again for everyone who entered out competition, we can't wait to run another one! The team had a blast voting, and you all keep reminding us how imaginative and talented you are. We're humbled to know you![/p][h2]
MERCHANDISE VOTES![/h2][p][/p][p]If the glimpse of a pin badge has got you wanting, nay needing some official Trash Goblin merch, then we're currently running a vote over on our discord to see what kind of poster you would simply have to own should we make one. [/p][p]And if I'm not being too much of a tease, I'd say you really want to head over there as we're going to keeping asking for votes and feedback on merch as we build towards something very exciting. But more on that soon - for now go and vote!
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[p]We've all done it. Added one too many eyes to a mask and freaked ourselves out - well, now's or chance to lean into that spirit of cursed invention with our Halloween competition!

If you want to win a Trash Goblin pin badge - one of a limited run, so very rare indeed and modelled by the always-glamorous Trashy Plush in these pics - all you have to do is show us your spookiest screenshot of Trash Goblin! [/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]It could be that you've decorated your workshop in a really cursed way, or found a combination of creepy customer and even creepier trinket... whatever you want as long as it's an unedited screenshot, and shared with us before the deadline!
[/p][p]Creativity and spookiness will always win![/p][p]The 2 winners will be picked by the dev team voting on it on Friday, 31 October 2025 @ 17:30 UK time - and you have to be comfortable giving us your postal address so we can send the prize to you![/p][p][/p][p]Rules: [/p]

• [p]spookiest screenshot wins[/p]
• [p]submit via Steam or however you want, just make sure to post a link in the replies to this post! [/p]
• [p]team vote, no argument [/p]
• [p]deadline is Friday, 31 October 2025 17:30 UK time [/p]
• [p]there will be 2 winners![/p]

[p]Introducing: Twinkle Goblin [/p][h2]Neighbours & Goblins[/h2][p]Just in time for our favourite season of the year, we’ve teamed up with our friends at Might & Delight to bring this cosy combo - whimsical decoration and goblin shopkeeping together at last![/p][p]The Twinkle Goblin Bundle [/p][p]
Joining Trash Goblin is Twinkleby – a cozy decoration game where you map out an archipelago of floating islands and build dioramas for a society of spacefaring Neighbours. Expand your collection, discover antique secrets, decorate, and when you change your mind – evict everyone and throw their furniture into space! Twinkleby is just such a perfect match for our game, with a brilliant mix of wholesome and quirky that we know you'll love - especilly as they just updated with spoOOooky Hallowtide content!

So grab a blanket, put the kettle on, and snuggle up with both Neighbours and Goblins this season. You'll also save 10% when you get the bundle – and if you already own one of the games, you’ll still receive the discount when completing the set!

Get the Trash Goblin + Twinkleby Bundle here![/p][p][/p]