Summary
- Dumpster Gang is a co-op sandbox game for 1-4 players launching for XBOX PC in December 2026.
- Play as mischievous raccoons and cause a ruckus as you try to escape a relentless exterminator.
- Dumpster Gang will be available Day One as part of XBOX PC Game Pass.
Trash pandas. Garbage goblins. Raccoons.
These cute little critters just love to cause a ruckus, don’t they? Stealing food, knocking over trash cans, climbing, crawling, clambering.
If you’re anything like us, you’ve probably wondered, “what’s it like to actually BE a raccoon?” What? Too specific a fantasy?
Well, listen – this wasn’t even our fantasy to begin with. Jake and Sam, the ludicrously talented developers at Coyote House Games, came to us at Curve Games with an idea: what if there was a video game where you could play as a bunch of raccoons robbing houses together? And what if they made that game?
Okay, so that’s two ideas. But those two ideas were so good, we had to counter with a third idea: what if next time they scheduled a meeting with us instead of breaking into our office? They were both dressed as raccoons, and Sam was trying to stuff as many office supplies as he could into a burlap sack.
But what a fantastic concept! Here at Curve Games, we’re famous for publishing wacky, physics-driven games that are fun with friends – like Human Fall Flat and Wobbly Life – so we knew we had to work together. At least once they’d returned those office supplies. And that computer. And my toupee.
And thus, Dumpster Gang was born!
This is a chaotic co-op sandbox where you play as mischievous raccoons and try to cause as much mayhem as possible. Really we like to think of it as the ultimate raccoon simulator, utilizing the latest and greatest in video game technology to achieve what generations before us have failed to accomplish:
FULL RACCOON IMMERSION.
It’s one thing to simulate, let’s say, a crime-ridden simulacrum of a sun-soaked American state (ahem), but what about a game that intricately recreates the nocturnal escapades of the world’s furriest thieves? Allowing you and up to three friends to break into buildings, steal junk, raid snacks, scavenge dumpsters, commit tiny crimes, and outwit a relentless exterminator?
You might be thinking: surely it isn’t possible for a video game as advanced as that to even exist?! We were sceptical at first too.
But Jake and Sam are at the bleeding edge. Jake spent nearly a decade working on animation projects for companies like Marvel and Warner Music, and Sam has extensive experience with multiplayer games, previously shipping the much-beloved multiplayer hit Midnight Ghost Hunt as game director.
On a personal level, they’re also just very sweet.
“We met at college and now we’re united by a love of co-op gaming and raccoons,” Jake told us. “With our first game as Coyote House Games, we wanted to fulfil the dream of roaming around as a gang of raccoons with your friends and being little menaces. We fit in as many raccoon-themed mechanics as we could: eating trash, stealing, climbing on everything, making big messes. We have it all!”
Sam agreed and added: “And after a full day of causing chaos, you can head back to your hideout to customize it with all the junk treasure you’ve scavenged from your raids. You can even wear a selection of adorable hats, each with unique abilities to assist in your next round of nefarious raccoon antics.”
All of us are so excited to have announced Dumpster Gang today as part of the XBOX broadcast at Gamescom 2026! The game will be releasing for XBOX PC and available Day One as part of XBOX PC Game Pass.
And you don’t have long to wait: it’s arriving December 2026!
So, round up your crew (or go solo if you prefer), take to the night, and see how much mischief you can make in Dumpster Gang.
