Geode Goblins is in development. This free demo is the first chapter, and the game is still growing. Found a bug, got stuck, or have an idea? Leave a comment below. Every one gets read.

Early Access

Windows and Mac. The browser demo above stays free. Buy the download to keep digging past the Desert Rose.

What the full game adds

The demo stops at the Desert Rose's heart. Buy the full game, and you keep going down.

• 6 giant geodes instead of 2: after the River Geode and the Desert Rose come the Celestite Egg, Frostheart, Obsidian Core, and Starfall Meteorite
• 17 tools instead of 11
• 14 kinds of crew instead of 7, from orcs and imps to a star golem
• 36 finds for your shelf instead of 12
• 26 achievements instead of 19
• Reforge: start the climb again stronger, and spend your gains on veins that open the deeper geodes
• Every gene design: 16 per trait instead of 6, so the geodes you forge come out in many more shapes and colours
• All 4 prop rarities: the Special and Legendary props aren't in the demo

Your demo save comes with you. In the demo, open Menu → Load Game → Export and copy the code. In the full game, paste it under Import and carry on from where you stopped.

Early Access: what to expect

Geode Goblins is still being made. It's finished enough to play from the first hit to the bottom of the Starfall Meteorite, but expect:

• Balance changes. Prices, crew speeds and rewards may move as players report where the climb drags or rushes.
• Bugs. If something breaks, leave a comment with what you were doing. Your save stays on your computer, and every update keeps it.
• Updates. New builds come through the itch app on their own. If you downloaded the file yourself, the main menu shows an UPDATE button when a new version is out.
• The price may go up when the game leaves Early Access. Buy now and you get every update at no extra cost.

Mac: the app isn't signed by Apple yet. The first time, right-click Geode Goblins → Open, then confirm.

Enjoying the demo? Support the game: pay what you want, and keep the goblins digging.

Aren't you tired of elves always being the giants in business? Wasn't that something your kind was the masters of? It's time to return things to how they were before!

Smash a giant geode one layer at a time. Every hit knocks chips loose. They bounce, roll, and drop into your mug. Sell them, buy a better spoon, and hire a goblin to swing beside you.

Somewhere under the crust, a heart crystal glows.

Everyone has issues in life, and you can help them by giving them a job!

It will probably not solve their issues.

It will probably not pay well.

It will probably only benefit you.

So it's PERFECT!

This demo is chapter 1: the River Geode and the Desert Rose, down to the Desert Rose's heart.

• 2 giant geodes, 6 layers each, each with a heart crystal at its core
• 11 tools, from a stick to a Mage Wand
• 7 kinds of crew, each with its own perk
• 3 skills: Power Swing, Foreman's Whistle, and Gold Rush
• 12 finds hidden in the rock for your shelf
• Mages who read geode genes, so you can forge a geode of your own
• Your crew keeps digging while you're away, for up to 2 hours

19 achievements in the demo, including a few for careful play: break a whole geode without wasting a chip, or crack the River Geode with nothing better than a spoon. They're kept through every Reforge.

• Click or tap the geode to hit it. Hold to keep hitting.
• Click the mug or press S to sell your chips.
• Space hits. 1, 2 and 3 use your skills.
• U or the UPGRADES handle opens the upgrades. On phones, tap UPGRADES.

Your progress is saved in your browser. Export it as a code from the menu to keep it safe.

The full game goes deeper: four more geodes, down to a Star Heart, and Reforges that send you back up stronger. A demo save carries on in the full game.

This demo can share anonymous play stats (play time, progress, return visits) if you say yes when it asks. Nothing is sent before that, and no account, name, email or device fingerprint is collected. Change it any time in Settings.