Kotamon: My Sis Found a Super-Rare Card in Her Cereal Box, so I Became a Garbage Man to Find the Entire Collection and Earn $1,000,000
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About Kotamon: My Sis Found a Super-Rare Card in Her Cereal Box, so I Became a Garbage Man to Find the Entire Collection and Earn $1,000,000
Kotamon is a quirky simulator where you play as a garbage collector obsessed with completing a rare card collection. The game follows a sibling rivalry plot where your sister’s cereal-card discovery sparks your trash-picking quest. You’ll drive a dump truck, sift through bins, and trade Kotámons, cute creatures tied to the cards. It’s a blend of odd-job management and collectible hunting, set in a world where discarded cereal boxes might hide $1,000+ treasures. KotaMota Games crafted this absurdist take on waste management and hobbyist collecting, launching it on PC in late 2026. If you’ve ever wondered what trash collection would look like as a gacha game, this is it.
Gameplay
Each session involves driving to neighborhoods, emptying trash cans, and manually digging for shiny cards. The interface splits between a top-down truck simulator and a close-up garbage-sorting minigame. You use a shovel and magnet tool to extract items, with a scanner to identify rare Kotámons. Orders from the dump site owner add structure, deliver specific waste, avoid overloading the truck. The twist is balancing garbage work with card hunting: scan every bin for that one glittery card while managing fuel and time. Cards are traded or upgraded in a Pokédex-style menu. Controls are basic but repetitive, with a focus on quick clicks and inventory management. The single-player story spans 20+ hours, ending with a million-dollar payout if you complete the collection.
What Players Think
PlayPile users rate it 78% with 15.2 hours average playtime. 62% finish the main quest, but only 38% collect all 200 Kotámons. Community moods: 45% “amused,” 30% “frustrated by grind,” 15% “addicted to card hunts.” Critics note the “satisfying crunch of finding a rare card after 10 minutes of digging” but call the side quests “predictably dull.” Achievement completion at 65% (34 total), with “Trash Magnate” (earn $1M) the most skipped. One review: “Feels like a Reddit comment that became a game. Fun for 5 hours, then it’s just… trash.”
PlayPile's Take
Priced at $19.99, Kotamon is a niche pick for fans of offbeat simulators. It shines in short bursts, digging through bins for hidden cards is oddly satisfying, but the grind for full completion wears thin. The $1M payout goal feels distant, and the humor is better in small doses. With 34 achievements (mostly for collecting), it’s a 10-15 hour diversion if you enjoy absurd premises. Skip if you hate repetitive minigames. For others, it’s a $20 trip into the weird world of waste and weirdly valuable cereal boxes.
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