Fill Up The Hole

Released Jul 2025

Turn trash into cash in a dystopian world! Fill Up The Hole is a short incremental game where you build a city, automate garbage production, and toss it into a magical hole for profit.

90% positive · 1,159 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

Medium confidence

Done

All announced content has been released

Medium confidence

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Steam Updated 12 Oct 2026 $2.24 $2.99 −25%

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Evaluation

Fill Up The Hole launched on Steam on July 17, 2025. The developer describes it explicitly as a "short incremental game" — a self-contained experience with a defined scope rather than an ongoing live service. Following launch, Fluffy Lotus shipped a rapid series of patches throughout July and August 2025 addressing bugs, balancing, and quality-of-life improvements. The last post was on August 14, 2025, which delivered what appears to be a final round of tuning adjustments. There are no unreleased DLC listings, no announced expansions or future content, no roadmap pointing forward, and no developer statements about planned additions beyond what has already shipped. The game's store description is consistent with a complete, standalone product. The developer has not communicated publicly since August 14, 2025 — now roughly 10 months ago — which is consistent with a game that has reached its intended finished state. Given the game's explicitly short, self-contained design and the absence of any forward-looking content signals, this is best understood as a complete, shipped product.

Evidence

Developer announced Steam launch, thanking the community and describing the game's scope and features as a completed offering.

news post · Jul 16, 2025 source content shipped

high

Version 1.10 patch adjusting game balance and behavior. This is the most recent developer communication, now approximately 10 months ago.

news post · Aug 14, 2025 source ambiguous

medium

Media

Details

Developer

Fluffy Lotus

Publisher

Fluffy Lotus

Achievements

Platform

Windows

Controller

—

Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player

Incremental Idler City Builder Colony Sim Building Management Base Building 2D Strategy Simulation Pixel Graphics Dystopian Resource Management Indie

About this game

Fill Up The Hole is a short incremental game where you help peons create as much garbage as possible and toss it into a hole. Watch your village grow and evolve as you unlock visual upgrades and new features.

Throw Garbage

Your peons automatically gather garbage and throw it into the hole. The more they throw, the more progress you make!

Create a Village

Expand your village, put your peons to work, and maximize the amount of garbage produced and thrown.

Upgrade

Unlock upgrades and abilities to enhance your buildings and peons.

Gameplay

Produce trash in different ways
Find the best way to put it in the hole
Acquire different resources and upgrades

Multiple Strategies

Expand your base by taking the time to remove rocks
Create and upgrade different buildings
The order of the buildings can make a difference
Enhance the abilities of your peons
Gain new research, talents, and skills

Features

10+ unique buildings
Skill tree of upgrades to explore
Experiment with different strategies
Short experience (around 2h30m playthrough)
Two endings
Extended and relax mode (for players who prefer a longer or more idle experience)