Pit of Goblin hits 1.0 on November 3 with PS5, Xbox and Game Pass debut

Pit of Goblin leaves Early Access and reaches version 1.0 on 3 November 2026, on PC and, for the first time, on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. On Xbox, the game also joins Game Pass with Xbox Play Anywhere support, according to Xbox Wire.

The premise is simple and chaotic: you play a goblin who explores ruined dungeons, dodges traps, flees monsters, grabs treasure and tries to make it back alive — all to feed the endless appetite of the King-Queen. You can cooperate with fellow goblins or go rogue, and the studio itself admits that plans rarely survive first contact with the dungeon.

What changes in version 1.0

The update grows the party from four to six players and adds cross-play between PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, so friends on different platforms can enter the same dungeon. It also adds new biomes, such as the Undergrowth and the Great Library, plus magic books and spells from different schools, opening new ways to survive — or to complicate the expedition even further.

The game had been in Early Access on Steam since 2024 and, according to the developer's announcement, had already sold over 200,000 copies in that phase, with a “Mostly Positive” player rating. Version 1.0 is presented as the base vision of the game, not as a promise to include every community request — an honest note from a small studio of just four people.

Friendly Foe is an independent studio from Sweden, with team members who previously worked at Landfall, of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator and Content Warning, and at Stunlock Studios, of V Rising. The console and Game Pass launch is the step that takes the game out of its PC Early Access niche and puts it in front of console players for the first time.

A launch in the middle of Game Pass week

Pit of Goblin arrives in a busy week for Microsoft's service: Gravhounds joined on November 2, Pit of Goblin and Football Manager 27 PC Early Access arrive on November 3, and VOID/BREAKER and Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School follow in the following days, according to Xbox Wire and GameSpot's coverage. For existing Game Pass subscribers, version 1.0 is therefore a no-extra-purchase test — a good fit for a game built to be played in a group, in short, chaotic sessions.

One practical note: because the game relies on cooperation and communication between players, it tends to work much better with a closed group of friends than with strangers. And, as version 1.0 of a small project, it is worth waiting for first launch-day impressions before buying outside Game Pass, if your platform is not covered by the subscription.

Image credit: official PIT OF GOBLIN artwork, Xbox/Microsoft Store.

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