Celebrating 10 years of Goat Simulator

Hey Goat fans! We hope you’re enjoying the Goat Simulator 3 anniversary update from earlier this month that brought back the classic NPCs. Can you believe it’s been a whole 10 YEARS since the original Goat Simulator was released? Wild! I guess time flies when you’re having fun headbutting strangers and wreaking havoc. In honour of the 10th anniversary, we thought we’d take a moment to celebrate how far we’ve come from humble beginnings in GoatVille, and reflect on some of our favourite moments from the past 10 years.

First, let’s talk about all the DLC for the original game, because wow there was a lot of it! From the post-apocalyptic hellscape of Goat-Z and the medieval fantasy world of MMO Simulator, to the other side of the galaxy in the Waste of Space DLC, we’ve had our share of wacky content updates. Let’s not forget Goat Simulator: PAYDAY and that rambunctious inter-species heist crew either!

All of that beautiful content paved the way for Goat Simulator 3, which launched in November 2022 and set us off on a new journey of caprine chaos. We wanted to take this moment to share some of our highlights from the past year and a half since launch.

A good place to start is that we’ve managed to get a 7 ft tall goat statue in our office. Some of you may recognise this beautiful depiction of our infamous she-goat Pilgor, who made her debut at Gamescom in 2022. Now she watches over our Stockholm office, greeting staff and warding off our enemies.

Since we originally released Goat Simulator 3, we’ve added a bunch of free post-launch content. Our Christmas Update came just three weeks after launch, and had us wrapping up our poor NPCs in festive decorations, as well as implementing some of the team’s favourite gear – the lights machine gun. A few months after that, the Easter Update, AKA Operation Crackdown, had the team obsessing over eggs. It was the perfect opportunity to add in the Feather Goat, paying homage to the original 2014 Goat Simulator, as well as have our players go on an island-wide treasure hunt.

In Summer 2023, we launched the Shadiest Update, which was initially intended to add just one piece of gear. We ended up brainstorming further and couldn’t hold back; one gear turned into 28! And thus, the goatkini was born (sorry not sorry). 

By far one of our favourite experiences, however, was collaborating with CATAN. On April 1st 2023, Pilgor traded places with CATAN’s resource sheep. While our game only briefly became “Sheep Simulator 3”, sheep are still kicking around in our world if you want to play as a Pilgor’s woolly counterpart.

While you might think for a team like us that everything weird should seem normal, we’re still surprised and delighted by you, our community who are seemingly as bizarre as us. We're currently working on a small update from a gear design competition, from which the winning wearable gear features a sad Blobfish named Bob who really stares into your soul. We love him. And we can’t wait to hear more of the absurd ideas you have too, so please do keep sharing them with us.

It’s truly been a pleasure working on Goat Simulator these past 10 years, and we’ve loved every minute of it. If you’re interested, be sure to check out this recent interview we did with IGN where we discuss how far we’ve come with the franchise, how we come up with ideas for the game, and more. You might even learn about some cut DLC ideas that didn’t make it into the game!

You can also watch our brand new Journey of Pilgor video at the top of this post to take a (literal) trip down memory lane and get a sneak peek at what’s next for Goat Simulator 3… Rest assured that there are plenty more updates and announcements on the way, including a major DLC that we know you’re going to enjoy.

Why not see if you can complete our custom-made 10th-anniversary Bingo card over the coming year as more and more is revealed? We may have thrown some red herrings in there for fun, though there’s bound to be a winning line (or two) somewhere.