$14.99Garbage Train bums, rule the trash
Garbage is a grim city survival sim where you keep homeless fighters fed, warm and washed while you build a camp from trash. You train skills, craft and trade gear, then send your bums into automatic gang fights across 5 districts. Dark, funny and chaotic, it suits survival crafters who like base-building with a mean sense of humor.
Is Garbage worth it?
Garbage is worth it if…
- you like feeding, washing and housing a crew while stretching scarce trash
- you like base-building where upgrade order decides who survives winter
- you like preparing builds for auto battles and laughing at dark jokes
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Keep your bums alive
You start with almost nothing and trash does not go far. You feed your fighters, send them to shower, give them sleep and keep them warm through day, night and winter. You build tents, showers, fire pits, planters and rat traps, then upgrade what matters most. You put bums to work begging and hauling while others train on weights and punching bags. You buy hot dogs from a vendor, trade garbage for supplies, and hold streets for a steady flow of scarce resources.
Build fighters, then let them brawl
Fights are automatic, so the work happens before anyone throws a punch. You pick from hundreds of skills, combine techniques like rat-throwing and trash-throwing, and dress your team for the next beating. You scout an enemy's health and skills, train until you can win, and only then pick the fight. You clear alleys and churches, join arenas, take on gangs and bosses, and recruit new bums to fill the gaps. Losing hurts, since injuries and stolen food can end a run.
A bleak city played for laughs
The city has 5 districts and over 30 areas, drawn in a grim cartoon style with hand-drawn comics telling its silly story. Characters speak in wordless hobo mumble over catchy music. You run into random alley events with unknown outcomes, story choices, legal and illegal jobs, and gangs running the streets. Kids make for vicious early bosses, and worse things wait deeper in. It is violent and dark, but the tone stays comic rather than cruel.
What else should survival crafters know?
How does crafting and building work?
You raise a camp with tents, showers, training gear, planters, stoves and begging spots, then upgrade them for better sleep, water, food and training. An inventory holds hundreds of items to equip, craft, eat or trade for garbage. Resources stay tight, so survival crafters spend a lot of time choosing what to build next and what to skip until later.
Can you play it solo and at your own pace?
It is a single-player management sim with pause-friendly camp work between timed raids and arena dates. You train, beg, cook and explore districts when ready, but hunger, cold and incoming attackers keep the clock moving. It fits players who like planning around pressure, not open-ended wandering.
How hard is it to stay alive?
Hard, especially in winter and after losses. Food runs out fast, cold bites, injuries pile up, and stronger enemies take your supplies if you pick fights too early. Careful scouting, steady begging income and warm shelter carry you further than rushing new districts.
