Spilt Milk Studios has just announced Trash Goblin, a cozy and moreish fantasy shop sim where you uncover, clean, upcycle, and sell a vast variety of trinkets to a diverse cast of fascinating customers across a colorful fantasy city. All to save up enough money to realize your dreams of becoming an adventuring archaeologist.
Described by one excited fan as “Goblin Etsy: The Video Game” and by an industry insider as having “Blizzard-quality graphics”, Trash Goblin focuses on incredibly satisfying and tactile pottering gameplay.
Key Features of Trash Goblin
- 100+ trinkets to uncover, discover, clean, and sell.
- 5000+ combinations and variations of Trinkets to realize, not even taking Accessorizing into consideration.
- 15+ Unique and Repeat Customers to Serve: Some have incredible stories to tell, and others just want to complete their coin collection!
- Endless general customers are generated to keep your goblin shop ticking over nicely.
- 10+ hours to complete the main story, with endless gameplay should you want it.
- 8+ Tools and Contraptions to help you clean, customize, and sell items.
- Multiple Districts to Sell In: Explore the city by changing the location of your shop as you progress through the game.
- Zero Pressure: No skill gates, just keep being your own Goblin for as long as you enjoy doing so!
- Manage your time – doing work takes up time slots, so while you may have to sleep to avoid overwork, there’s always tomorrow!
Along with the announcement, the indie studio is also launching the official Steam page and pushing the Kickstarter “Coming Soon” page live. There is no exact release date yet, but the game is expected to release in 2024. In the meantime, you can wishlist the game on Steam now and check out the Kickstarter page here to be notified when the project launches for funding. You can also watch the announcement trailer below.
