Goblins of Elderstone
Goblin city builder about managing unruly workers and surviving winters
Outerdawn, Lost Goblin · Published by Outerdawn · Released Mar 8, 2023
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 73% of 403
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 0
- peak 24h 1
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update
- 5 months ago
- Mar 27, 2026
Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.
What is Goblins of Elderstone?
A single-player city builder set in Elderstone, where you lead a goblin tribe and expand its village without a building grid. Assign goblins to jobs, gather and craft resources, meet their needs, send raids for loot, and prepare defenses against monsters and skeletons.
For you if...
- +you enjoy managing resources and unpredictable workers
- +you like survival pressure in your city builders
- +you like cute visuals alongside demanding village management
Not for you if...
- −you want a city builder without survival pressure
- −you prefer grid placement and predictable workers
- −you dislike balancing workers' needs against resource production
What players say
73% of 403 reviews are positive
Players praise the goblins' look and personality and the demanding village-management loop. They report workers getting stuck or ignoring jobs, and several longtime players say a recent major update worsened resource balance and map generation.
Screenshots and trailer
Goblins of Elderstone system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10 version 2004, 20H2
- Processor
- Quad-core CPU Intel Core i5-6600K or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060+
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Storage
- 400 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 12
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 11 version 24H2
- Processor
- Quad-core Intel or AMD, 2.5 GHz or faster
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
- Memory
- 32 GB RAM
- Storage
- 400 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 12
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 49
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese.
Tags
- Strategy
- Singleplayer
- Building
- City Builder
- Base Building
- Simulation
- Resource Management
- Survival
- Management
- Colony Sim
- Crafting
- Tower Defense
- Grand Strategy
- Procedural Generation
- Fantasy
- 4X
Recent updates
- Mar 27, 2026 · Patch 2.0.35
- Mar 13, 2026 · Patch 2.0.31
- Feb 26, 2026 · Update 2.0: Raid & Reforge + Demo Out Now!
- Nov 29, 2024 · Update 1.6 - The Fat King
- Sep 13, 2024 · Return of the Burrows: Hotfix
2 DLC available.
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