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Chop Goblins
Developer David Szymanski
David Szymanski ( sə-MAN-skee; Polish pronunciation: [ʂɨˈmaɲ.ski]; born December 23, 1989) is an American video game developer. He is best known for having developed the games Dusk, Iron Lung, and Gloomwood. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
224 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 2, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
94
LovedLoved
193 positive · 12 negative
95% range 90–97%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 193 | 12 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 9 | 0 | 6 |
| Mastodon * | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Overwhelmingly Positive
2,723 of 2,801 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
94% recommend · 193 yes, 13 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 206 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Overwhelmingly Positive (3,152 of 3,242 positive).
Players praise Chop Goblins as a short, fun, and cheap boomer shooter that delivers a focused experience. [1][2][3] Many note its lack of saving and inability to jump as significant drawbacks. [4][5][6] Some find the game too brief and lacking in depth, while others appreciate its concise design. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [8]
This is a 40 minute bore. A few levels where you shoot and hit some goblins who have a terrible sense of humor. The game reeeeeeealy wants you to laugh at the "funny" goblin noises, but I just can't. Maybe I'm too old, but nothing about this game made me laugh. I love the art style, loved exploring the dungeons and finding cool loot, but by the time I get used to the controls... the game is over and I only remember …
- [1]
The game is simple but fun. It's all about killing or getting killed. It's short, but considering its low price, it seems fair enough.
- [10]
Rating: ★★★★ - Great Time Played: 1 hour Difficulty: Fiend Gameplay: - This is a "microshooter," a term the developer coined and fully delivers on. Five levels, under an hour, zero filler. It's a design philosophy as much as a game and it works because every encounter feels deliberate rather than padded. - Ammo is intentionally scarce, forcing constant weapon swapping across a flintlock, shotgun, stake gun, and …
- [3]
It's really fun. Doesn't overstay it's welcome, doesn't take too long to complete, doesn't take up too much space, doesn't cost that much to purchase, and generally provides an enjoyable experience. Shooting feels good, response mechanics are satisfying, the environment is interactive, levels are well designed and the art style is enjoyable. That Greece level is just art - easily the best looking in the game. Fans …
- [7]
Quality Over Quantity... But Come On I just blinked a few times and the game was over. I mean, it was a fun experience, but really damn short. It took me only an hour and a half to complete the game 100%. Even some DOSMan titles like S*tan or Skarab are longer than this. That said, I really enjoyed Chop Goblins for what it is. It’s a genuinely high-quality experience. Everything just hits the spot: the gameplay is …
Summarised from 34 of the 226 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked Chop Goblins talk about fun and engaging gameplay with good weapon variety; those who didn't talk about no save feature forces full replays on death. Which matters more to you?
Reactions
60 of 224 · most liked firstHappy to announce that Chop Goblins, Squirrel Stapler, and The Pony Factory are now available on GOG! www.gog.com/en/game/chop... www.gog.com/en/game/squi... www.gog.com/en/game/the_...
neutral · AI labelView post →The Chop Goblins Anniversary Update is live! Two new weapons and more! Game: store.steampowered.com/app/1935660/... Announcement: store.steampowered.com/news/app/193... Video Showcase: youtu.be/RD2rc2uuoiY?...
neutral · AI labelView post →🎮 2026 Game #119: Chop Goblins Very cool game. Simple, yet fun boomer shooter gameplay and I absolutely love the enemy designs. Just a bunch of goblins (and Dracula) running around throwing stuff at you. It's a shorter game, but definitely worth playing. 7.5/10 #IndieGames
positive · AI labelView post →The game is simple but fun. It's all about killing or getting killed. It's short, but considering its low price, it seems fair enough.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Chop Goblins compresses the retro FPS formula into a small package, where a simple premise justifies the adventure without needing more. Each level sends you after Gremlins-like Goblins in different time periods and unique locations. Enemies primarily use blades, and having them frequently thrown at you keeps you active while maintaining the Goblin identity and a balanced difficulty. Poking around sometimes uncovers hidden rooms with weapons or upgrades—a genre staple that similar games often…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →David, Markiplier please make this one a feature film next
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I came I played I was amused It ended VENDI VEDI GOBBO Chop Goblins is a thoroughly unserious, short, simple distraction from your life. Playing it will likely not inspire you to reconsider your life and go into a career of international politics and solve world hunger, nor will it be an experience you spend the next six months of your life nagging at your brain, demanding to be completed (thanks Death Stranding). That said, it does not need to be a big serious game nor a life changing event.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In an alternate timeline, games like this would have been what DOOM first was, and we'd have 20+ years of very weird video games that look like it'd be designed by Clive Barker if he were a video game designer. I just don't really see the legitimacy of the "micro shooters" as a subgenre of the FPS more than just a sort of tech. demo to the developer's potential as a designer where we can perhaps expect something far better in the next few years, but their entire library is also other video…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Rating: ★★★★ - Great Time Played: 1 hour Difficulty: Fiend Gameplay: - This is a "microshooter," a term the developer coined and fully delivers on. Five levels, under an hour, zero filler. It's a design philosophy as much as a game and it works because every encounter feels deliberate rather than padded. - Ammo is intentionally scarce, forcing constant weapon swapping across a flintlock, shotgun, stake gun, and magic wand. The juggling act is more engaging than any single weapon would be…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really fun. Reminds me of the fun I had when first playing Serious Sam. Quite short, but it's full enough of stuff to excuse it. Though it would be really nice to see it extended further, using its enemies and design it has thus far, for more dynamics in levels. Still, quite fun. Dumb and silly, and with some cool aesthetics that threw me back to some of the golden custom Quake maps. Replayability is basically "play again, or play it with the guns you already have, with harder enemies". You…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Had to double-take: Chopguy (I'm just calling them that, idk what the protag's name is) has three hands when meleeing with the shotgun equipped. It's the least wacky thing to occur in this game, trust me. Anyway here's your PSA to play Chop Goblins by @duskdev.bsky.social if you like fun FPS
positive · AI labelView post →A simple yet engaging little first-person-shooter with good level design and quite some enemy and weapons variety. It’s only an hour long and the graphics are very barebones. But also quite stylish in their simplicity. The biggest issue with this game is that there is no way to save your progress. So either take that hour it takes to play through or start over again.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a 40 minute bore. A few levels where you shoot and hit some goblins who have a terrible sense of humor. The game reeeeeeealy wants you to laugh at the "funny" goblin noises, but I just can't. Maybe I'm too old, but nothing about this game made me laugh. I love the art style, loved exploring the dungeons and finding cool loot, but by the time I get used to the controls... the game is over and I only remember 1 or 2 good moments, the rest was boring.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well, it has all of the vibes of "mini-games" of old and also some decent replay value just for the sake of it, in mirrored levels, for speed-runners, achievement hunters, so on so on. Game can be finished in around 1 hour but replayed quite some times. There is some nonsensical plot in the game - magical goblins with cleavers stole some Aztec tablets and now travel through time... ok, it's just an excuse to change levels from modern times to say Dracula's castle. For around 5$ it's a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →CHOP GOBLINS ISN'T A GAME ITS A RELIGION Within five minutes, I was dual-wielding pure joy and unfiltered chaos. The goblins laughed. I chopped back. Time and space bent to my will. My allergies cleared up. My dog learned how to read. They told me “you can’t stop the chop”. They were right. The chop will never stop. It’s like Metal music, Chuck Noris and DOOM had a baby who drank five million cans of Monster. I finished the game and immediately restarted it. Why? Because Chop…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →a boomer shooter where i cant jump? Remove my ability to shoot while you're at it. Take away my keyboard, too. Why not have my car keys while you're at it. Bang my wife as well, go right ahead. Worthless product.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's really fun. Doesn't overstay it's welcome, doesn't take too long to complete, doesn't take up too much space, doesn't cost that much to purchase, and generally provides an enjoyable experience. Shooting feels good, response mechanics are satisfying, the environment is interactive, levels are well designed and the art style is enjoyable. That Greece level is just art - easily the best looking in the game. Fans of first person shooters should absolutely check this one out. My only…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty different compared to some of his other work which mainly focuses on Story Telling but based on a few of his non-steam early releases- yeah this makes sense. It's a pretty fun game with a decent amount of secrets and achievements to at least keep you entertained for an hour or two. It's story is non-existent so if you're looking for that, this probably isn't for you. But if you just want a fun stupid little game to mess around with for a bit, it's awesome.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is what you might get if you took the "time-hopping" structure of TimeSplitters, the comedic character designs of Serious Sam, the shooting-without-jumping gameplay of classic Doom, and put them into a blender. It's pretty good!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I may be chopped, but at least I ain't a goblin
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →little green ghouls, man
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun boomer shooter. Goblins are smart, nasty and funny.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Five unique levels with fun weapons, enemies and music. What more could anyone want from a boomer shooter? Some secrets are veeeeery hard to find or get to. Bad: no saving means you spend 15-30min with a level only to die to the boss and the entire level resets. Not a biggie with normal difficulty, but enemies deal a lot of damage on highest so doing that last achievement is gonna take a lot of time. No thanks.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this is a very fun game you will probably get about an hour out of it but id say theres definetly atleast 5 if you play it again on higher difficulty and play the remix levels if you liked dusk defintely play it. the guns feel good bit simple but not to a fault its on sale often overall very charming and if you get it on sale definetly worth it 8/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →worst game i have played in my ENTIRE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ LIFE
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ishowspeed speed slowly getting more scared and then screaming as he looks straight ahead at the screen, with the background of hometown from deltarune undertale suspicious loud music plays toby fox / reaction video meme Guy walking like a crab but straight forward while classical epic music plays chest puffed out proud dancing goes in the middle of the street then turns back / reaction video meme
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is truly a masterpiece of modern gaming. The gameplay is extremely in-depth. The goblins are some of the most complex antagonists of all time. Their backstory is incredibly heart-wrenching and they are incredibly misunderstood. They try to greet you kindly by saying "Hello nice to meet you" and yet we still attack them. The commentary on modern society in this game cannot be matched. The stretched goblin in the remix levels is one of the best examples of an anti-hero in gaming. Game of the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So when are we getting a full length feature film for this masterpiece
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[url=https://youtu.be/JcwuC8nlNJI]Dracula's Castle. Here's the best reason to get this. Why? It's basically Deusanavit's brain back in the last four months of 2020 distilled into a video game level. So yeah, quite extremely gorgeous. Wish it was a 5-hour-long game taking place only in similar places. Greece was really dreamy and cozy, though not dreamy enough, since there isn't any same-sex sodomy anywhere, and The Future had some interesting neon stuff, but yeah, the third level is what…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Chop Goblins - An old school shooter where you become the Goblin Slayer. Great boomer shooter where the graphics match the timeframe for those games, variety of enemies are great, pickups - the entire game is really a great nod to the boomer shoots of old. What you get for the price tag, is definitely worth it!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Once you understand what the game is REALLY about, you'll know how much of an artistic genius David Szymanski is. (Hint: it's about chop goblins)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've also decided that the David Szymanski game that truly needs a film adaptation is Chop Goblins
neutral · AI labelView post →Chopped Moglins
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Finally sat down to play Chop Goblins fully after owning it for about a year. Super short, but absolutely the kind of thing I love. Reminds me of a PS1 demo game with the vibes. There needs to be more short, very silly and varied (location wise) games out there.
positive · AI labelView post →Chop Goblins Very fun little FPS. It has some boomer shooter-isms that make it feel good to play and it's sense of humor is really charming. You can probably nock this game out in a couple hours. It's a good time though for the dirt cheap price.
positive · AI labelView post →Tbh I don't blame him for wanting to cash in on the success of it. He's a single dev, and while he's had some successful games (like Iron Lung, Dusk and Chop Goblins) I totally get that bills have to be paid and if raising the cost of a "meme game" by a couple bucks helps pay the bills, then the choice seems like a no-brainer. Besides, at that point most of the people who were going to buy it had probably already done so. Note: I call it a "meme game" not because its bad or a joke, but…
neutral · AI labelView post →I love chop goblins. It’s as simple as that. I LOVE this game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A short little treat, took me just under 50 minutes to beat on a first runthrough and for that short period of time it had me completely satisfied.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We need Chop Goblins 2. With jump.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I liek it!! Give me all da cheez
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i bought this game for a guy i dated once who acted like it was one of the hardest games hes ever played. i dont think it's that difficult and i also don't get into a discord erelationship polycule with racists, but i do agree with the fact that the game is pretty good.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Chop chop Markiplier, chop chop
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love chopping goblins.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Quality Over Quantity... But Come On I just blinked a few times and the game was over. I mean, it was a fun experience, but really damn short. It took me only an hour and a half to complete the game 100%. Even some DOSMan titles like S*tan or Skarab are longer than this. That said, I really enjoyed Chop Goblins for what it is. It’s a genuinely high-quality experience. Everything just hits the spot: the gameplay is smooth, the graphics are beautiful, the sound design and soundtrack enhance the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is actually really cool. I know the concept itself has been done before, but the way you put your own spin on it makes it feel fresh. It’s a simple idea, but the creativity and execution make it stand out. Definitely feels like something with a lot of potential, and I’d love to see you take this idea even further. So fun
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this is how i live my life
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game. Short, cheap, with silly music. Surely worth a try.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a flame piece of garbage, shouldn't be on Steam to begin with....
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →When I open the game. A goblin jumps on your face at the menu screen. AWESOME!!!!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One hour of shooting heaven!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Run, Shoot, Chop. Chop Goblins is a very silly FPS about killing a horde of Goblins through different locations and times. While the game functions well enough, I found the main gameplay loop to be less than compelling without enjoying the humor of the game enough to push me forward. Chop Goblins takes inspiration from Old school FPS game, which means you have a loadout that increases in size over time, you don't need to reload, you move fast, and the enemies are pretty dumb, but there…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it's like iron lung, but instead of a blood ocean it's the streets of a city and instead of a frog it's chop goblins and instead of a submarine it's the middle of the street
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Silly short and has its moments. If you want to play an unserious fps this is a good one.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →John Goblin kills Chops
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i tried to leave a negative review but they showed up to my house and threatened my dog. i give my unbiased and full recommendation
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →how many goblins could chop if chop goblins may chop chop chop could goblin?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a Game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →LIFE CHANGING. Bittersweet and outright heart wrenching ending
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the best bite sized shooter game, i will defend chop goblins with my life<3 this game is so fire bro the music and the gameplay and the voice acting is just stellar. thank you david szymanski for making this beauty
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wish I had more of this to play. Clearly made with love by an old school shooter fan.
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