- Games
- Dumpster Gang
Playing together
- Online co-op4 players
- Local co-opNot confirmed
- Not confirmedFriends on different platforms, such as PC and PlayStation, can play together.
- Not confirmedA friend can join or leave while you are already playing, without starting over.
- Not confirmedFriends play free with a Friend's Pass or similar.
- Steam DeckNot testedValve has not rated it yet
About the game
You raid human homes as a raccoon with a taste for food, stolen objects and trouble. You climb walls, squeeze through vents and carry away whatever you can lift. Missions give you chores that turn an ordinary house or farm into a mess. An exterminator arrives to catch the gang, so you watch for traps and find places to hide.
Up to four players work together online. You haul heavy objects together, free captured friends and throw things to interrupt the chase. You can also get in each other's way while trying to help. Between missions, you bring stolen objects back to your hideout, arrange your collection and unlock hats with different abilities.
How it feels
Kind of game
A group of friends, loose goals and a lot of messing around. Failing is part of the fun, and the best moments are the ones nobody planned.
- At its heart
- Now and then
- Calm and coziness
- Time to hang out
- Exploring
- Building and creating
- Fighting
- Puzzles and figuring out
- Getting better
- Unlocks and progress
- Planning ahead
- Sessions
- Repeatable runs
- About
- Crime
Rated on our own feel scale. 3 sources back these ratings.
Screenshots
From the Steam store page. Open one to see it full size.
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- Sessions
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How One-armed robber differs
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- Core to both
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- Repeatable runs
- Co-op
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How Streets of Rogue differs
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All co-op facts
Last checked 24 October 2026. The small numbers link to the page that states each fact.
Co-op
- Fewest players online
- Not confirmed
- Local co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on one screen
- Not confirmed
- Split or shared screen
- Not confirmed
- Separate-device co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on separate devices
- Not confirmed
- Free base co-op
- Not confirmed
- Confirmed free setups
- Not confirmed
- Crossplay
- Not confirmed
- Crossplay between
- Not confirmed
- Friends can join mid-game
- Not confirmed
- Only one of you needs to buy it
- Not confirmed
- Voice chat by distance
- Not confirmed
Sources
8 pages
store.steampowered.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Online co-op, Most players online, Release status, Release date.
- Online co-op: The page lists Online Co-op and describes shared missions.
- Most players online: The maker describes one to four players. Curve and the game site also state four.
- Release status: The full game is not yet available. The downloadable demo is a separate app.
- Release date: Steam lists 3 December 2026, matching the October announcement.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 24 October 2026
Backs Steam app ID.
- Steam app ID: Steam identifies Dumpster Gang as app 2870790.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 23 October 2026
Backs Steam Deck.
- Steam Deck: Valve has not rated the game for Steam Deck.
curvegames.comOfficial site, read 24 October 2026
Backs Genres, Kind of game, Sessions, About, Working in sync, Exploring, Jumping and climbing, Building and creating, Puzzles and figuring out, Unlocks and progress.
- Genres: Curve calls it a sandbox and lists Platformer.
- Kind of game: Group mishaps and rescues are part of the stated design.
- Sessions: Missions end with a return to the hideout and unlocks for later raids. No mission duration is given.
- About: Stealing property and escaping capture make crime the supported theme.
- Working in sync: Heavy objects and trapped teammates need help from friends.
- Exploring: Vents and climbable walls provide alternate ways through each level.
- Jumping and climbing: Climbing and reaching small passages are stated movement activities.
- Building and creating: You place stolen objects in the hideout. This is decoration rather than a construction system.
- Puzzles and figuring out: The maker explicitly includes shared puzzle solving.
- Unlocks and progress: Hats with abilities unlock between missions.
playdumpstergang.comOfficial site, read 24 October 2026
Backs Calm and coziness, Time to hang out, Planning ahead.
- Calm and coziness: The game site describes unwinding around a campfire after raids.
- Time to hang out: The campfire provides some conversation space between raids. Its frequency does not establish long relaxed stretches during normal play.
- Planning ahead: The game site frames each heist as starting with a plan.
thesixthaxis.comPress, read 24 October 2026
Backs Laughter and chaos, Physical comedy, Tension and danger, Fighting, Getting better.
- Laughter and chaos: TheSixthAxis preview from 2026-10-19 describes friends disrupting rescues and improvising with objects.
- Physical comedy: TheSixthAxis preview from 2026-10-19 describes odd chicken flight and thrown objects as physical jokes.
- Tension and danger: TheSixthAxis preview from 2026-10-19 describes pursuit, stamina loss and capture between pranks.
- Fighting: TheSixthAxis preview from 2026-10-19 describes throwing objects to stun the exterminator.
- Getting better: TheSixthAxis preview from 2026-10-19 describes learning when to sprint and hide.
steamcommunity.comOfficial news, read 24 October 2026
Backs Online co-op, Release date.
- Online co-op: The October 19 maker announcement describes up to three friends online.
- Release date: The October 19 announcement states that the full game launches on December 3. The store supplies the year.
xbox.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Online co-op.
- Online co-op: The announced PC product identifies Coyote House and Curve and describes cooperative tasks for two to four. No current purchase offer or Xbox console edition is established.