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Goblin Company

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2026

Should you play it?

Dig, build rails, and survive underground as a Goblin miner for WHAAG MINING INC. Light your path or the darkness will drain your life. Explore fully destructible biomes, fight hostile creatures, and hunt the legendary Giant Crystal, solo or online co-op

What works

  • Fun cooperative multiplayer experience
  • Creative rail building and logistics
  • Engaging mining and resource management
  • Humorous goblin theme and atmosphere
  • Good value for price

Things to keep in mind

  • Numerous bugs and technical issues
  • Single handcrafted map limits replayability
  • Clunky controls and physics jank
  • Frustrating deaths and loss of progress
  • Lack of narrative depth and variety

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Goblin Company: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Violence.

Last update: 23/08/2026