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Garbage Train bums, rule the trash

Garbage puts you in charge of a homeless camp where your bums need food, showers, sleep and warmth. You build shelters, put them to work begging and scavenging, train them, then send them into automatic street fights across five grim districts. It is scrappy, darkly funny colony sim management where survival always comes first.

Is Garbage worth it?

Garbage is worth it if…

  • you like colony sims where hunger, cold and hygiene run the show
  • you enjoy pre-fight planning more than fighting itself
  • you like dark comedy about rough street life

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Keep your bums fed, clean and warm

Your crew runs on basic needs. You feed them, send them to shower, give them somewhere to sleep, and keep them warm when day turns to night and seasons turn to winter. Weather helps or hurts you, so a cold snap matters. You employ bums to work the camp for no pay, and you treat them a bit like needy pets: skip meals or hygiene and they fall apart. Scavenged garbage is scarce, so you build wisely and put necessities first.

Build a camp out of trash

You start with almost nothing and turn it into a camp with tents, training gear, showers, gardens, traps, stoves and begging spots. There are many buildings and upgrades, plus hundreds of items to equip, craft, consume or trade for more garbage. Resources come from scavenging areas, holding streets for a steady flow, and random events in alleys. Since trash does not go far, every new mattress or punching bag is a choice about what survives the next week.

Train fighters, then let them brawl

Fights are automatic. All the work happens beforehand: you pick from hundreds of skills, combine techniques, and build a team that covers each other. Across 5 districts and over 30 areas you take on rival bums, gangs, kids who run the streets, church bums in the Bible's Belt, arenas and story events where your path changes what happens. Hand-drawn comics tell the silly side of it, with mumbling voices and catchy music over a grim city look. Winning streets is how you eat.

Good to know?

How do the fights work?

You do not throw punches yourself. You train stats, choose skills, equip items, and set the team before the brawl starts, then watch the automatic fight play out. Preparation, levels and gear decide it.

What do you actually manage day to day?

Food, sleep, showers, warmth, training time, begging shifts and building order. You also watch raid timers and arena schedules, scavenge new areas, and trade or craft items to stretch scarce garbage further.

How big is the world?

The city has 5 districts with over 30 areas to occupy and explore, plus arenas, hidden events and gang territory. Conquered streets pay out resources, which makes expansion part of survival rather than sightseeing.

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