RPGFit check
Is Goblin Times worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Turn-based strategy players who want resource management and map control
- 4X fans who prefer RPG-style leaders, unit levels, and equipment
- Players interested in branching incidents, gambling, and competing victory conditions
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a tightly scripted adventure may bounce off the open-ended resource and expansion management.
- Those who want straightforward battles may hit a wall when costs, policies, incidents, gambling, and several resources compete for attention.
- Players looking for a purely tactical game may find the construction, economy, and political systems too central.
- Players who prefer a finished, fixed feature set may not suit a game described as still in development.
Our take on Goblin Times
The bounce point arrives when several systems start demanding attention at once: five resources, tile construction, unit development, policies, incidents, gambling, and multiple victory routes. Players wanting a single clear objective may lose momentum during that management layer.
What is Goblin Times?
Goblin Times is a turn-based strategy game with RPG elements set in a steampunk goblin world.
Players manage gold, food, staff, reputation, and happiness to produce units, construct buildings, develop policies, and respond to map effects or random incidents. The tile-based map supports leader and unit movement, while workers build on tiles. Units can gain levels and purchase equipment. Eight forces offer different leaders and abilities. Players can pursue reputation, collect rare resources, or defeat opponents by force. Other systems include hiring criminals, fighting monsters for money, gambling, tarot, and incident choices that branch into different outcomes.
How Goblin Times plays
- 01Five Core Resources
- Gold, food, staff, reputation, and happiness fund production, construction, policies, and map-related costs.
- 02Tile-Based Management
- Leaders and units travel across tiles while workers construct buildings on selected spaces.
- 03Eight Playable Forces
- Each force has a leader with distinct abilities and a separate play style.
- 04Unit Progression
- Units can gain levels and acquire equipment during a campaign.
- 05Branching Incidents
- Choices during incidents lead to different event branches.
- 06Multiple Victory Routes
- Players can pursue reputation, rare resources, or military victory.
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Goblin Times: platforms & release
Is Goblin Times worth it?
It is worth it if: turn-based strategy players who want resource management and map control. Skip it if: players seeking a tightly scripted adventure may bounce off the open-ended resource and expansion management.
Where can I download Goblin Times?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Goblin Times's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Goblin Times on?
Windows only.
