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Oct 19 2026
Gobs & Gears

Next Fest Is Here

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Steam Next Fest starts today and runs until October 26. Gobs & Gears is in it. The demo is free and it's on Steam right now!

Play the Gobs & Gears demo on Steam →

Steam Next Fest promo art: the Gob King, grinning in his crown and red cape, holds the Steam logo beside the text Gobs & Gears by GOBLINTEK, check out our game demo during Steam Next Fest, October 19 to 26 at 10 AM PT
The Gob King is holding Steam hostage until October 26.

If you're new here: you get one plot of land and a great deal of Fog surrounding it. You explore the land and burn away the Fog and discover lost buildings. Smelty Hole, Dig Pit, Scout Tower, Gob Camp. Build Conveyors between them, Junctions where the belts cross and a Gob King who would like to know why the scrap isn't moving faster. The demo runs from that first plot to the end of crafting Tier 2.

The opening plot, a single Smelty Hole on a small clearing with the Fog still closing in
Where you start. One plot, one Dig Pit, a lot of Fog.

Gobs & Gears launches November 10, 2026!

The Smelty Hole is at full capacity. Conveyors are humming along. Scrap everywhere. Gobs doing their best to help. Two weeks after Next Fest the full game rolls out of the Workshop!

Thanks for checking the game out and make sure to Wishlist it on Steam! If you run into any bugs or troubles please submit bugs in game with the F9 bug report button or come yell at me in the Discord. Lastly, please leave a review on the demo page and let me know what you did or didn't like. Thanks!

That's all for today! See you November 10!

Play the demo, wishlist the game, and sign up for dispatches from this Goblin. Next Dispatch Day is Monday.

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