Goblin Camp
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Goblin Camp

Build a new home for your goblins! Grow your settlement from a little encampment to a bustling city in a beautiful procedurally generated northern forest. Fish, farm, explore the forest and harness the spirits in a unique fantasy citybuilder inspired by Finnish mythology.

DEV: Korppi Games LtdPUB: Korppi Games LtdAppID 2431980
UPDATE PULSEevery ~87d·last 77d ago·9 recent on record

Is Goblin Camp still being updated? — the short answer, with the evidence.

68.1
Mixed

Elixir Rating

77.2% of 123 Steam reviews are positive, which after adjusting for sample size gives a reception score of 69.1. It was sold as a game that would keep being worked on, and the developers have gone quiet — subtracting 1.0.

reception 69.1·support −1.0·Mixed

Computed from Steam’s own review tally and observable developer activity — never from anyone’s opinion of the game. How this is calculated

Should you look into this?

From Steam's own record

Current price

$19.99

Development

Unusually quiet

Last heard from developers

3 months ago

Usual rhythm

every ~14 days

Substantial updates (6 mo)

1

Current silence

6× normal

The developers have been silent for 77 days against a normal rhythm of about 14 — roughly 6 times longer than usual. 1 substantial update landed in the past six months, 1 of them major.

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Our coverage

1 dispatch written from this game’s announcements

releaseAug 15, 2026

Goblin Camp 1.0 Exits Early Access With Saunas and Sweeping Performance Fixes

Goblin Camp has reached version 1.0, closing its Early Access period. The update, authored by Gencee and published on 12 July 2026, arrives with one headline mechanic, a raft of performance work, and a new platform.

What changed

Sauna system Goblins can now construct saunas, kept heated with firewood. The building serves two functions: wounded goblins enter to heal, while healthy ones use spare capacity to relax. After fully relaxing, a goblin seeks out the nearest body of water for a swim — a successful swim grants a buff that improves their stats.

Performance improvements

  • Substantial pathfinding performance improvement; larger camps benefit most
  • Terrain rendering performance improved
  • Flora search performance improved
  • Item-finding performance improved

Bug fixes

  • Fixed crash when casting spells near map edges
  • Fixed goblins occasionally reserving two beds
  • Fixed swimming goblins not consistently steering toward shore
  • Fixed departing goblins selecting the wrong fog edge
  • Fixed several crashes caused by goblins dying at inopportune moments
  • Fixed save corruption affecting large camps

Linux Goblin Camp is now available natively on Linux.

For players who have been running large camps and absorbing crashes, this release addresses both the stability gaps and the performance ceiling that have likely defined the late Early Access experience.

Two years of development

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21 announcements · 7 substantial · 15 months with nothing

Recent Transmissions

30 entries in codex

Community AnnouncementsJul 14, 2026
v1.1 - Patch notes

Notable changesMade effects of the foliage toggle easier to understand: The toggle is highlighted with a brighter color when it's active, farm plots indicate that crops are not visible when the toggle is active, and the toggle tooltip also …

Community AnnouncementsJul 12, 2026
Version 1.0

SaunaGoblins can now build saunas. A sauna will be kept perpetually heated with firewood, and when heated it serves two purposes: healing and relaxing.Wounded goblins will go into the sauna to heal their wounds, while healthy goblins will g…

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Community AnnouncementsFeb 24, 2026
v0.45.0 - Silt and improved events

Notable changesThe spring flood brings silt in the water. When the water recedes it leaves behind silt, increasing the fertility of the ground it covers.Direct the water to your fields and let the silt deposit to the ground to increase the …

Community AnnouncementsOct 3, 2025
v0.44.0 - Patch notes

Notable changes Display number of structures built in the build menu Display number of farm plots built sorted by used seeds Various performance improvements Fixes Fixed a handful of crashes Update Unity to fix CVE-2025-59489

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Community AnnouncementsMay 28, 2025
v0.43.0 - Patch notes

Notable changes Flowerbeds: Decorate your settlement with various flowers. Improved clouds. Better visuals, and cloud coverage now matches weather. Maximum cloudiness can be modified in settings. Upgraded Unity engine to 6.0. Log window mes…

Community AnnouncementsApr 25, 2025
Nominee for Finnish Game of the Year!

We're delighted to announce that Goblin Camp has been nominated for Finnish Game of the Year 2024 at the Finnish Game Awards! The Finnish Game Awards are organized by Neogames, in co-operation with the Finnish Game Developer Studios Associa…

Community AnnouncementsFeb 23, 2025
v0.42.1

Version 0.42.1 fixes a couple of bugs and adds new sounds to make advanced camps sound a bit different. Added metal clanging sound effects to workshops that work metal. Fixed Väki and Research tooltips when the Sacrificial Tree is at max le…

Community AnnouncementsFeb 7, 2025
Earth Update Features

The Earth Update is out now! Let’s take a look at the new features, especially the new production chains. The Earth Update is the last major update for Goblin Camp in Early Access, and our next step will be moving to full release. ** When y…

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Community AnnouncementsFeb 6, 2025
v0.42.0 - Earth Update patch notes

Feature highlights Work areas. Goblins no longer fell trees or harvest flora from anywhere on the map that they can access. Instead they will only work in areas that are considered part of the camp due to proximity to the gateway rock or sa…

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Community AnnouncementsDec 23, 2024
Happy Holidays!

Happy holidays to all of you, from the three of us at Korppi Games. We'll be back next year with the Earth Update!

Community AnnouncementsDec 2, 2024
Glacial Landforms: The Goblin Camp Map

Goblin Camp is set in a forest that’s more or less based on the kind of woods we have in Finland and elsewhere in Northern Europe. The reason this kind of terrain looks the way it does is actually quite simple: it’s the ice age. A little ov…

Community AnnouncementsNov 18, 2024
How to Feed Your Goblins

Now that the Farming Update is out, it’s a good time to take a comprehensive look at how to feed your goblins. One of the basic facts of Goblin Camp is that your goblins need food. They’ll eat if left to their own devices, but to make sure …

Community AnnouncementsNov 11, 2024
v0.41.1 - Further improved farming

v0.41.1 is a minor patch to the Farming Update. Improved harvest logic and better rye efficiencies allows for large scale rye bread production for camps of 150+ goblins. Improved harvesting: Once Improved Farming is researched, goblins will…

Community AnnouncementsNov 11, 2024
More Farming Update Features

Here are some more new features from our Farming Update! We’ve made several changes to how your camp operates when it’s under attack. In the Jobs menu, you’ll notice a setting for the military draft. When enemies attack, some goblins will b…

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Community AnnouncementsNov 4, 2024
v0.41.0 - Farming Update patch notes

Feature highlights Goblin customization: The New Game Window now gives you control over your goblins' skin and hair color. Advanced Stock Manager controls. By toggling advanced mode on in the Stock Manager, you can set a "Reserve" number fo…

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Community AnnouncementsNov 4, 2024
The Farming Update

In our September roadmap, we said our next big update would be the Farming Update, and it is out now! Here's a look at some of the major features. Full patch notes here. Fertilizer Your goblins can discover fertilizer. This means they can s…

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Community AnnouncementsOct 21, 2024
The Death-folk

My son can see the death-folk. He's been a seer ever since he got drunk in Kittilä and took a dead body into his arms. Enontekiö, 1930. SKS Archives We’ve talked about the prominent role that the dead have in Finnish folklore when we met on…

Community AnnouncementsOct 17, 2024
v0.40.11

This is a bugfix release with the following changes: Cranes no longer decide to just hover above a farm plot menacingly, now they always land and eat your turnips. Meals are destroyed if a kitchen burns down during a meal. Goblins stop eati…

Community AnnouncementsOct 8, 2024
v0.40.9

v0.40.9 contains fixes to issues that could cause saving huge maps to fail.

Community AnnouncementsOct 7, 2024
The War of the Cranes and Dwarves

Ancient Finnic people would watch migrating birds flying south for the winter, and imagine - quite correctly! - that they must be headed somewhere warm. Their name for this place in Finnish was lintukoto, literally Bird-home. To this day, t…

Community AnnouncementsOct 4, 2024
v0.40.8

v0.40.8 is a minor patch with the following changes: Fix goblins getting stuck if the ranged weapon they were wielding was destroyed. Stopped goblins bringing firewood to burning buildings. Fixed abandoned firewood preventing buildings from…

Community AnnouncementsSep 28, 2024
v0.40.6

* Fixes situations where workshops would be stuck not working even though jobs were queued up. * Allows players to recover if they queue thousands of jobs inadvertently, now if stock manager targets are lowered crafting jobs will be cancell…

Community AnnouncementsSep 24, 2024
v0.40.4

Hotfix to fix issues where goblins could get stuck hauling logs if a unbuilt structure was destroyed by flooding.

Community AnnouncementsSep 24, 2024
v0.40.3

v0.40.3 improves forest generation and performance, fixes bugs and adds some quality of life features. New game setting 'Reckless Fires'. When enabled goblins are not careful with open fires and sparks fly from kitchens, lean-tos, potters a…

Community AnnouncementsSep 16, 2024
Roadmap Update: September 2024

With Early Access just around the corner, it's time to update our roadmap! The Goblin Camp roadmap is our way of telling you what we have planned for the future. We update regularly, and when we do, we also look back at previous updates to …

Community AnnouncementsSep 13, 2024
v0.40.2

v0.40.2 is a small update to add a few things and fix a handful of issues. Added Statistics window. You can use the stats window to track how items are being produced and consumed. Includes separate tracking of item consumption so that you …

Community AnnouncementsSep 2, 2024
v0.40.1

Version 0.40.1 (Combat Update) of Goblin Camp has been released. Feature highlights Shambling Grave-folk. The dead have risen and they are here to wreck your village! Human Vandal: Nearby humans are unhappy with your settlement and they are…

Community AnnouncementsSep 2, 2024
The Dead Walk

When there was such a person who could talk the old folk in the graveyard into moving, he used to be called a wizard. - the Finnish Literature Society archives; collected in Rovaniemi, 1935. The supernatural story archives of the Finnish Li…

Community AnnouncementsAug 5, 2024
A Bridge over Troubled Water

Hello campers! The big Water Update is now out (read the release notes here)! We already talked about goblin outfits and experience, so now it's time to talk hydraulics. One of the notable new features in Goblin Camp is the spring flood. In…

Community AnnouncementsJul 30, 2024
Demo v0.39.1

v0.39.1 fixes two issues: Fixed cases where goblins would get stuck pathfinding to unreachable items Restored tree knock sfx and tree shake