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Goblet Grotto

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First release
Oct 15, 2012
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Indie · Fantasy, Comedy
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Linux

Goblet Grotto is a freeware, surrealist dungeon crawler by the creator of Space Funeral and the artist behind the webcomic Monster Killers. Players must guide a toad warrior through the titular grotto in search of goblets while also maintaining the toad's depression.

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Storyline
The story is told piecemeal through the game's included instructions. On occasions the game will direct the player towards paragraphs of narration within the instructions in a nod to classic PC games such as Wasteland which used such methods to save disk space. The crux of the story involves the protagonist, a toad warrior of some kind, exploring the Goblet Grotto in search of valuable goblets. However, narrative elements presented often directly contradict one another as well as information provided in the manual.Read more

The story is told piecemeal through the game's included instructions. On occasions the game will direct the player towards paragraphs of narration within the instructions in a nod to classic PC games such as Wasteland which used such methods to save disk space. The crux of the story involves the protagonist, a toad warrior of some kind, exploring the Goblet Grotto in search of valuable goblets. However, narrative elements presented often directly contradict one another as well as information provided in the manual.

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Oct 15, 2012
Mac
Oct 15, 2012
Linux
Jan 26, 2022
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Third person
Keywords
action-adventure, freeware, abstract
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Languages

  • Englishinterface, audio, subtitles
IGDB · recorded 7 Oct 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 7 Oct 2026