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Goblin Miners

Social deduction meets tactical strategy! Build tunnels to gold or secretly sabotage the team in online multiplayer for 4-16 players. Bluff, deceive, and expose the traitors!

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About the Game

Welcome to GOBLIN MINERS — where trust is worth more than gold!

GOBLIN MINERS is a multiplayer social deduction and tactical strategy game for 4-16 players. Build tunnels to reach the gold, but beware — traitors hide among you!

🎭 HIDDEN ROLES — NOBODY KNOWS WHO YOU ARE

At the start of each game, you secretly receive a role:

  • Goblins — honest miners working to build a path to the exit, find gold, and share the treasure among the team

  • Saboteurs — cunning traitors sabotaging the operation and destroying team plans from within

  • Neutrals — mysterious characters with unique objectives, playing by their own rules

Roles are hidden from all players. Do you trust the person sitting next to you? Every action can reveal the truth... or deepen the deception.

🛠️ TACTICAL STRATEGY — EVERY MOVE MATTERS

Use blueprints and items from your hand to influence the game:

  • Path blueprints create tunnels from the starting point to the gold vein — but not all paths lead to the goal

  • Action items break opponents' tools, block moves, reveal secrets, or change the course of the game

  • Strategic decisions — place blueprints wisely, helping allies or secretly sabotaging enemies

Each placed blueprint shifts the balance of power on the field. One wrong move — and everyone will know who you really are!

🔍 SOCIAL DEDUCTION — READ PLAYER BEHAVIOR

Victory depends not only on correct blueprint placement but also on reading people:

  • Analyze the actions of other players: who's building dead-end paths? Who constantly disrupts progress?

  • Communicate via built-in chat — make accusations, defend yourself, and seek allies

  • Form temporary alliances — but remember, anyone can be a traitor

  • Bluff and manipulate — sometimes the best strategy is pretending to be an ally and backstabbing later

Trust no one until the round ends! Even your best friend might be a traitor.

⚡ DYNAMIC AND INTENSE GAMEPLAY

  • Quick rounds — 10-20 minutes of intense action, perfect for multiple matches in a row

  • Random events — unexpected in-game events change strategy mid-round

  • High replayability — every game is unique thanks to random roles, blueprints, and player actions

  • Progression system — unlock cosmetics, goblin skins, and new visual effects

👥 PLAY WITH ANYONE

  • Private lobbies for playing with friends — invite up to 15 friends

  • Public matches with players from around the world

  • Steam Friends integration — invite friends directly from Steam

  • Ranked system (coming soon) — prove you're a master of deception on the leaderboard

🎮 KEY FEATURES:

  • Online multiplayer for 4-16 players

  • Unique hidden role system with different win conditions

  • Dozens of path blueprints and action items for deep tactical gameplay

  • Built-in text and voice chat for coordination (or deception!)

  • Character customization — make your goblin unique

  • Regular updates with new content and balance changes

Can you lead the team to gold? Or will you sabotage their plans while staying undetected? Join GOBLIN MINERS and test your bluffing skills!