KOTAMON: My Sis Found A Super-Rare Card In Her Cereal Box, So I Became A Garbage Man To Find The Entire Collection And Earn $1,000,000
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KOTAMON: My Sis Found A Super-Rare Card In Her Cereal Box, So I Became A Garbage Man To Find The Entire Collection And Earn $1,000,000

Clearing trash can feel even better when you not only make the world cleaner, but also find extra-rare cards that have suddenly increased in price! Rummage through garbage, fulfill the orders from the dump site owner, look for hidden treasures... and collect all the Kotámons!

DEV: KotaMota GamesPUB: PolnochAppID 4294490
UPDATE PULSEevery ~5d·last 4d ago·11 recent on record

Is KOTAMON: My Sis Found A Super-Rare Card In Her Cereal Box, So I Became A Garbage Man To Find The Entire Collection And Earn $1,000,000 still being updated? — the short answer, with the evidence.

94.2
Excellent

Elixir Rating

82% of 2,769 Steam reviews are positive, which after adjusting for sample size gives a reception score of 80.5. The developers have shipped 6 substantial updates in the past six months, adding 13.7.

reception 80.5·support +13.7·Excellent

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

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From Steam's own record

Current price

$5.24$6.99−25%

Development

Actively supported

Last heard from developers

4 days ago

Usual rhythm

every ~5 days

Substantial updates (6 mo)

6

Current silence

within normal range

The developers post roughly every 5 days and were last heard 4 days ago — within their normal range. 6 substantial updates landed in the past six months. It is currently 25% below its usual price.

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Our coverage

1 dispatch written from this game’s announcements

patchOct 4, 2026

KOTAMON's 'Ultra Update' Brings Autumn Décor, Auto-Cleaning, and a Fan-Made Card Set

The developer behind KOTAMON — the game with the famously long title — has published what they're calling the ULTRA UPDATE, coinciding with a Steam Autumn Sale discount described as larger than the launch promotion.

What changed

  • Autumn visual overhaul: Jenny's dump has been redecorated with a new color palette, pumpkins, and lanterns. The seasonal look is temporary — lasting a week or two — before becoming an optional setting in a future update.
  • Auto-cleaning: Cards can now be automatically cleaned using in-game currency. The price is described by the developers as "fixed and outrageously high," reflecting uncertainty about what condition lies beneath the grime.
  • Auto-gluing: Card fragments can be assembled automatically, also for in-game currency. The cost scales with rarity and quality. No real-money microtransactions are involved — the post explicitly distances the game from that model.
  • New puzzle patterns: For players who prefer manual assembly, additional patterns have been added.
  • New Brawler card set: A fan-made card contest produced far more submissions than the developers anticipated. The volume of community artwork prompted the addition of an entirely new set — the Brawler set — built from player contributions. (The source text ends mid-sentence regarding further details.)

For players, the update's practical core is choice: repetitive card maintenance now has an in-game shortcut, while those who preferred the manual process retain it with more variety.

Two years of development

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11 announcements · 6 substantial · 20 months with nothing

Recent Transmissions

11 entries in codex

Community AnnouncementsOct 1, 2026
ULTRA UPDATE AND AUTUMN SALE!

Hiya, kittens! Great news! The Kotámon is taking part in the Steam Autumn Sale, so it'll be discounted all next week. By the way, the discount is even bigger than the launch one. Buuut there's more!As promised, Kota and I made a SUPER-DUPER…

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Community AnnouncementsSep 6, 2026
CRASH AND INFINITE LOADING FIX

Great news, kittens! We've finally figured out why many players weren't able to launch the game, and we've also found the reason why other players were having broken saves and the game going into an endless loading loop. Our beta testing sh…

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Community AnnouncementsSep 5, 2026
We fixed infinite loading, crashes and broken saves... PROBABLY

Some players have reported that the game won't launch.For others, the game worked, but then crashed or entering an endless loading screen.The good news is that we've found the cause and seem to have fixed everything. But that's not certain!…

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Community AnnouncementsSep 1, 2026
Steam cards!

Great news, kittens! Steam-chan, having pretty much frayed our nerves with her edits, still approved the collectibles - cards and badges! This means that the longer you dig through the trash, the more Steam cards you will find! MORE CARDS Y…

Community AnnouncementsAug 27, 2026
CARD UPGRADES and a ton of bug fixes

This will be a long post, but those who read it all the way to the end will be hooked—there's a bonus comic!Cards can be exchanged for BETTER ONES. A huge number of players have complained that duplicate copies of wrinkled, dirty, and other…

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Community AnnouncementsAug 22, 2026
Long-awaited mouse smoothing fixes... and more!

We continue to review feedback and improve the game! In today's "Bugs&Fixes" episode: MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF GARBAGE BAGS Many players have noticed that garbage bags occasionally disappear from their hands near the trash crusher. We co…

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Community AnnouncementsAug 21, 2026
Large-scale rebalancing, saves, achievements!

We're trying to read your feedback and fix what we can quickly and efficiently (and it's not easy – remember, we're cats, we have paws). We're releasing the first major quick fix.Balance After the demo, Mota decided to recalculate the cost …

Community AnnouncementsAug 20, 2026
Kotámon: RELEASED!!!!!

The day has come. We all have been waiting for it. The road was long, hard, and not always straight, but we kept walking—stubborn as a cat heading for its bowl.Is it a good game? Heck if we know! When you're this deep in a project, you lose…

Community AnnouncementsAug 20, 2026
KOTAMON is LIVE! | Ultimate Card Hunting Stream

Playing the game, hunting for ultra-rare cards & hanging out with chat.

Community AnnouncementsAug 15, 2026
The release of Kotamon is August 20th!

There's only a week five days left until the release of Kotamon on August 20th... We're working incredibly hard, fixing bugs and adding cool stuff.Thank you for being with us!

Community AnnouncementsJun 18, 2026
GIGA patch

We've prepared a huge update for Kotamon! Even if you've already played the demo from beginning to end, it's a great reason to play it again, as it features: A new minigame! You'll find card fragments in the trash. Once you've collected fiv…

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