Goblin Cleanup News

[p]Goblins! 👋[/p][p]Two new levels are ready for you and your friends to clean, as our second Content Update is OUT NOW for Goblin Cleanup![/p][p]Before we jump into the full patch notes for the update, here are the exciting main additions arriving in our New Levels Update...[/p][p][/p][h3]🆕 The Forge & The Volcano[/h3][p]In this update, we're welcoming two new levels to Goblin Cleanup, in the Forge and the Volcano! 🔨🌋[/p][p]The Forge is a scorching level, where you'll need to navigate the lava. Find and restore leavers around the Forge to control the level of the lava around this new map. Controlling the lava levels brings new challenges for you and your friends, alongside the obstacle of giant hammers, which are best avoided! 👀[/p][p][/p][p]It's overflowing in our second lava-ly new level, the Volcano. You'll need to get up close and personal to the lava in this level, avoiding it and utilising the new Pipe feature to do so! Fire yourself into the air with the Pipes to move around this level for maximum cleaning efficiency. And it's not just the lava that you'll be getting close to, as we have a new monster. Get too close, and it will blow up! So, tell your friends to avoid them, or you'll have extra cleaning to do.[/p][p][/p][h3]💾 Mid-Level Saving[/h3][p]A highly requested feature we've implemented in this update is Mid-Level Saving! Now, if a player disconnects from the lobby or you're halfway through cleaning a level and have some IRL cleaning to do, you can now save your level progress and return later to continue cleaning up the dungeons![/p][p]To do this, press the new Save option in the main menu during a level. Next time you come to select a level to play, your recent level progress will be saved. Select Continue and re-enter the level with your reset percentage in tact and progress saved![/p][p](tell your friend with awful internet about this one 😉)[/p][p][/p][h3]🎅 Festive Themed Goblin Cosmetics[/h3][p]To celebrate the Festive season, we've added new cosmetic items to customise your very own Goblin maid. Select your hairstyle, hat, body, Slimop, and more to create the Goblin of your dreams!

The Jolly Elf Body & Legs, Toy Maker Body & Legs, Snow Globe Managon, Krampus' Curse Hat, and more are all new for our latest update and allow you to customise your Goblin and celebrate the festive season in style.[/p][p][/p][h3]🗾 Japanese Localisation[/h3][p]We're extremely excited for the game to be experienced with Japanese localisation with our latest update. This addition is right on time for you to explore our two new levels and our many other new features in the Japanese language![/p][p]We plan to continue supporting Japanese in future patches and hotfixes for Goblin Cleanup, making improvements to our game's localisation, and ensuring that the game is optimised in all the languages we are localised in![/p][p][/p][h3]💚 Accessibility Additions[/h3][p]We've made two new accessibility additions in our latest update by implementing toggle on and off options in the game's settings for both Arachnophobia Mode and Misophonia Mode.[/p][p]When Arachnophobia Mode is activated, the character models of spiders are altered. This includes removing some textures from their character models, including their legs.[/p][p]For Misophonia Mode, we've reduced loud sounds, which includes changes to the sound effect of the Mimic when eating meat when active.[/p][p][/p][h3]🗺️ And that's not all![/h3][p]Alongside these new levels and fresh additions, we've also been fine-tuning our co-op cleaning simulator. Our latest update brings bug fixes and optimisations to Goblin Cleanup, with more improvements and new content arriving throughout 2026![/p][p]In the upcoming days, we'll be releasing our 2026 Roadmap across our Goblin Cleanup social media channels and here on Steam. Keep your eyes peeled for our Roadmap news update, Goblins, as this will contain information regarding the rest of our Steam Early Access period and what will arrive in our future Content Updates![/p][p][/p][h2]New Levels Update - Patch Notes[/h2][h3]Additions[/h3]

• [p]New Levels: Levels 10 and 11 are now available in The Forge and The Volcano.[/p]
• [p]New Managon customization options.[/p]
• [p]Christmas skins, including:[/p]
  • [p]Jolly Elf Body and Legs[/p]
  • [p]Toy Maker Body & Legs[/p]
  • [p]Krampus' Curse Hat[/p]
  • [p]And more cosmetic items![/p]
• [p]New Holiday-themed Hub.[/p]

[h3]New Features[/h3]

• [p]New Mid-level save system.[/p]
• [p]Added Misophobia Mode.[/p]
• [p]Added Arachnophobia Mode.[/p]
• [p]Added Japanese localization.[/p]

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• [p]Fixed an issue where Goblins can sometimes spawn outside of the map.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where Goblin hair colour would sometimes change when equipping other cosmetics.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where mouse input would sometimes not work on menus.[/p]
• [p]Fixed challenges that required one slime or certain slimes only, that would fail unfairly.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the Ballista couldn't be repaired in the Library.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the mimic would spit items through walls.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the mimic's mouth would remain open after eating something.[/p]
• [p]Further fixes to chairs and doorways in specific levels, making them easier to carry.[/p]
• [p]Fixed multiple issues in the Frozen Dragon's Lair that would cause items or machines to become unresponsive.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the cat tree wasn't visible for certain Goblins.[/p]
• [p]Fixed the Golem hearts in the Hot Springs so that they can be interacted with properly.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue with the 'Wrong Profession' achievement triggering incorrectly.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue with uncleanable blood in the Frozen Dragon's Lair.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where Goblins would occasionally turn invisible after dying.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where client goblins were unable to see Spiders.[/p]
• [p]Fixed the Inner Spring Rooms cleaning challenge not triggering correctly.[/p]
• [p]Fixed various controller rebinding issues.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the Slimop would become invisible.[/p]
• [p]Performance improvements with the cosmetics menu in the main menu.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue with the lever in the prison, which occasionally was not accessible or interactable.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a camera issue, where the camera wouldn't follow your Goblin when crossing certain bridges.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue with the Slimop, so you can drop items from your Slimop whilst running.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where Goblins sometimes couldn't place items in their blueprints or the blueprints weren't showing correctly.[/p]
• [p]Fixes to tickets, to potentially fix issues where Goblins wouldn't receive tickets after clearing levels.[/p]
• [p]Multiple other small bug fixes and typos.[/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][h3]Ran into an issue whilst cleaning the dungeons?[/h3][p]If you run into any issues with Goblin Cleanup, please reach out to our Support Team via the Report a Problem Steam forums here![/p][p][/p][h3]Want to keep updated on Goblin Cleanup?[/h3][p]Join our Discord and follow us on Twitter — we share dev updates, sneak peeks, and goblin nonsense regularly.[/p][p][/p][p]We hope you enjoy the new levels, additions and more for Goblin Cleanup. We hope you are looking forward to seeing our Roadmap detailing our 2026 content, which will be live on the Steam page in the upcoming days![/p][p][/p][p]Thank you for all your support on Goblin Cleanup 💚[/p]

[p]Hey Goblins! 👋[/p][p][/p][p]What would you do without your Goblin friends, hey? 🧌 Probably clean the dungeons quicker as your teammate wouldn't kill you with the mimic twenty times... 👀 Well that's besides the point![/p][p][/p][p]It's that exciting time of the year once more... as voting has begun for the 2025 Steam Awards and we'd greatly appreciate it if you could nominate Goblin Cleanup in the Better with Friends category, if you enjoyed our co-op cleaning sim this year! 🧹[/p][p][/p][p]We would like to thank you for your incredible support since our Early Access launch in September. We've been blown away by your response to our Goblin game and have loved seeing your reactions to you and your friends playing Goblin Cleanup together! We cannot wait to bring you more of the co-op chaos throughout our period of Steam Early Access 💗[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]And whilst you are there, make sure to vote in every category for all the amazing games that released this year- 2025 has been an incredible year![/p][p][/p][p]We're really excited to soon bring you news around our next Major Content Update, which will bring new levels to Goblin Cleanup. Until then, we hope you are enjoying the changes in our recent update and exploring the dungeon as Male Goblin too![/p][p][/p][h3]Want to keep updated on Goblin Cleanup?[/h3][p]Join our Discord and follow us on Twitter — we share dev updates, sneak peeks, and goblin nonsense regularly.[/p][p][/p][p]Thank you for all your support! 💚[/p]

[p]Hey Goblins! 👋 [/p][p][/p][p]We're excited to announce that Major Content Update 1 is now live for Goblin Cleanup! And yes, Male Goblins are finally here 🎉

With Major Content Update 1, you're able to fully customise Male Goblins with four new options for Male Goblin Faces and new toggle sliders to select your Goblins Body Type, Animations and Voice. We cannot wait to see what Male Goblin creations you make![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Alongside the well anticipated release of Male Goblins, we've added some thrilling new cosmetics in time for Halloween! 🎃 This includes the spooky Plague Mask and the new Slimop option of the Bone Scythe.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Read more about all the changes in Content Update 1 in our full patch notes below:[/p][p][/p][h2]Major Content Update 1 - Patch Notes[/h2][h3]Additions[/h3]

• [p]Addition of four Male Goblin Faces to customise your Goblin with.[/p]
• [p]Addition of new Halloween cosmetic items including:[/p]
  • [p]Bone Scythe Slimop.[/p]
  • [p]Plague Mask Hat.[/p]
  • [p]And more cosmetic items![/p]
• [p]Addition of new toggle buttons in the Customisation Menu, allowing you to select your Goblin's body type, animations and voice from either Male or Female Goblin types.[/p]
• [p]Addition of spooky themed reskin of the Lobby area for Halloween.[/p]
• [p]Addition of Steam Cloud Saves for Goblin Cleanup for users playing our game on multiple devices.[/p]
• [p]Due to changes needed to implement Cloud Saves, the Notes that Goblins have found will be reset and will need to be found again. We apologise for this inconvenience![/p]

[p][/p][h3]We've just released a Customisation Deep Dive video![/h3][p]To celebrate the release of Major Content Update 1, we've released a Deep Dive video into our Customisation Menu of Goblin Cleanup, where we design the cosmetics of our very first Male Goblin! [/p][p][/p][p]Alongside covering the addition of Male Goblins and the Customisation Menu, this video also showcases the new Halloween themed cosmetic items! Watch the full video below ⬇️[/p][p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][/p][h3]Want to keep updated on Goblin Cleanup?[/h3][p]Join our Discord and follow us on Twitter — we share dev updates, sneak peeks, and goblin nonsense regularly.[/p][p][/p][p]Thank you for all your support and we hope you enjoy Major Content Update 1! 💚[/p]

[p]Hey Goblins! 👋 [/p][p][/p][p]Today, we have some news around Steam Cloud Saves as we've seen your feedback regarding implementing this feature for Goblin Cleanup![/p][p][/p][p]At 5PM GMT on 29th October, Steam Cloud Saves will be activated for our game.[/p][p][/p][h3]Note regarding Steam Cloud Saves:[/h3][p]Unfortunately, we have no control over which save file will be uploaded to the Steam Cloud. [/p][p]If you've been playing Goblin Cleanup on multiple devices, we highly recommend that from 5PM GMT on 29th October and onwards, you play our game first with the local save that you want to keep. This is to ensure the correct save file is uploaded to Steam Cloud.[/p][p][/p][p]We're very excited to bring you this feature for player's playing our co-op cleaning sim across multiple devices. All your cleaning progress from then on can be shared between your devices! 🧹💚[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]Want to keep updated on Goblin Cleanup?[/h3][p]Join our Discord and follow us on Twitter — we share dev updates, sneak peeks, and goblin nonsense regularly.[/p][p][/p][p]Thank you for all your support towards Goblin Cleanup 💚[/p]

[p]Hey Goblins! 👋 [/p][p][/p][p]We're thrilled to announce that Patch 2 is now live! First, we want to thank you all who beta-tested Patch 2 on our Experimental Beta Branch since the end of last week.

We have some very meaty patch notes for all Goblin Maids to review before their next cleanup job, which can be found in this Steam post. However, before we get to that, we'd like to highlight some major changes we've implemented into our co-op cleaning-sim below:[/p]

• [p]Reset Unrestored Items: Accidentally thrown a book into the abyss? You can now reset unrestored items back to their original locations! Head to the pause menu and you'll find the new option "Reset Unrestored Item" under the "Unstuck" option.[/p]
• [p]Improvements to the Scanner: The scanner now provides much better visual feedback to you on the items located around the dungeon.[/p]
• [p]Addition of Restorable Items Scanning: You can now scan for restorable items! That means no more searching every nook and cranny of the dungeon for the last singular fork.[/p]
• [p]Balancing to the XP system: Level thresholds have been significantly reduced. Ready to see your levels shoot up Goblin? Jump into the beta branch and you'll see! We've also implemented a hard cap for levels at Level 21.[/p]

[p]Alongside this, the team has been hard at work cleaning up bugs and making other major improvements to the dungeons. We hope you enjoy all that Patch 2 brings, with full Patch Notes found below:[/p][p][/p][h2]Hotfix Patch 2 - Patch Notes[/h2][h3]Major Changes & Improvements:[/h3]

• [p]Adjustments to the XP thresholds for levelling. Most goblins will see their levels increase automatically when they next start their shift in the dungeons![/p]
• [p]Added "Reset Unrestored Items" option to the pause menu.[/p]
• [p]Added "Restorable Objects" to the item scanner. (Note: this feature has now replaced Mimic scanning in the Scan Menu)[/p]
• [p]Improved the scanner quality so that there's better and more visual feedback when used.[/p]
• [p]Changed the threshold of some of the Golden Slime challenges where full completion is now 85% instead of 100%. (Note: this may go back up in the future)[/p]
• [p]Achieving the new 85% clean up threshold will grant the Golden Slime straight away, instead of being granted when Clocking Out of a level.[/p]
• [p]Added a "restore defaults" option for key bindings, to fix a particularly problematic issue for some goblins where left mouse would not work correctly.[/p]
• [p]Added a rebinding option for "rotate object". Our Dungeon Master also sends a friendly reminder to all goblins: you can rotate objects, which is by default set to the 'R' button. Now you can rebind this to whatever button you wish.
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[h3]Bug Fixes:[/h3]

• [p]Fixed a collision issue with one of the wooden drawbridges in The Frozen Dragon's Lair.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where goblins joining a lobby would sometimes load in under the map.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the scanner was not working correctly on Steam Deck.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue from the Experimental branch where goblins would level up but not be able to purchase items in the shop despite having now met the threshold.[/p]
• [p]Fixed certain cosmetic placement issues such as hats and tails when used in conjunction with specific hairstyles or costumes.[/p]
• [p]Fixed certain doorways where items such as chairs could not pass through them easily.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue with gamma not working correctly.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where mana objects would not respawn properly if thrown out of bounds.[/p]
• [p]Fixed certain settings not transferring into gameplay, if changed on the main menu.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where closing notes wasn't possible in certain circumstances.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the Employee Handbook couldn't be navigated using certain controls.[/p]
• [p]Fixed various bugs regarding controller inputs on the Customisation screen.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where goblins would get a debug string when killed via a ballista.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where cause of death would say "fell" if crushed by a golden chest closing.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where you could enter the Shop and the Customisation screen at the same time, leading to a softlock.[/p]
• [p]Fixed various issues where items would not properly sync between host goblins and client goblins during certain levels.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where certain spike traps in The Library did not have sound effects.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where cosmetics items did not have their names displayed, if the screen was opened on the main menu.[/p]
• [p]Fixed some preview discrepancies on certain cosmetics.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a debug string on one of the note names.[/p]
• [p]Fixed multiple issues with lobbies, such as passwords not being required when they should, or closed lobbies appearing to all goblins when they shouldn't be.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue with the One Slime Army achievement not unlocking when the correct criteria had been met.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where using mouse scroll in certain menus was very slow.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a particularly problematic issue for some goblins where left mouse would not work correctly, select "restore defaults" to fix this.[/p]
• [p]Removed the 'Wishlist Now' button from the main menu (as the wonderful goblins seeing it have already purchased the game!).[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where pressing 'Esc' would not close the credits.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where goblins could carry multiple unique items at the same time.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue in The Kitchen where goblins could throw items into unreachable places.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where goblins could die with a piece of golden meat on their slimop and it wouldn't respawn.[/p]
• [p]Fixed multiple issues where XP wasn't granted under circumstances where it should be.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where certain challenges wouldn't complete until you went back to the specific area that challenge was referring to.[/p]
• [p]Fixed some minor cosmetic issues.[/p]
• [p]Fixed multiple visual issues in The Frozen Dragon's Lair.[/p]
• [p]Fixed multiple collision issues in The Hot Springs.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the graphics quality would show "medium" twice.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a missing prompt on the cosmetic shop near the Buy button.[/p]
• [p]Fixed various typos.[/p]

[p][/p][h3]Wondering what's next for Goblin Cleanup?[/h3][p]Next up, we're planning to bring you Male Goblins to our game in our first Major Content Update! At this time, we don't have a confirmed release date for the Content Update, but once we do, we'll update you here and on our Goblin Cleanup Discord server.[/p][p][/p][p]Male customisation options may have gone wrong in our last test build...Or maybe not THAT wrong? 👀 [/p][p][/p][p]As you can see, Male Goblins are still a WIP, but we're focusing more attention towards our first Content Update now that our second patch is live! [/p][p]You can read more about our plans for our first two Major Content Updates for our co-op cleaning sim game here on Steam![/p][p][/p][h3]Want to keep updated on Goblin Cleanup?[/h3][p]Join our Discord and follow us on Twitter — we share dev updates, sneak peeks, and goblin nonsense regularly.[/p][p][/p][p]Thank you for all your support towards Goblin Cleanup 💚[/p]