Trash Can Tactics

Trash Can Tactics is an asymmetrical multiplayer heist game for 1–5 players. Teams of raccoons try to steal hamburger ingredients from a museum while human staff work to spot and capture them. Raccoons rely on disguises, timing and teamwork; staff use tools and surveillance to stop the heist before time runs out.

Plan the heist

As a raccoon, you enter through vents or pose as a human and walk in through the front door. You can disguise yourself as a museum prop to move among the exhibits, search trash cans for ingredients and carry them to a drop-off point outside. Work with your team to avoid capture and stage jailbreaks if teammates are jailed. The raccoons win by securing all required ingredients and escaping before the clock runs out; the heist can continue as long as at least one raccoon remains free.

Secure the museum

As museum staff, you monitor the building with cameras and on-foot patrols, look for disguised raccoons among the exhibits, restrict movement and seal off sections. You capture raccoons and secure them in holding cells. Staff win by locking up all the raccoons at once or holding the fort until the end of their shift. If the situation is still not contained, the Cleaners arrive to secure the museum.

A shifting match

The timer changes as the match unfolds. Raccoons can create chaos to extend their heist, while staff can complete daily tasks to shorten their shift. Objectives shift momentum between the teams; if neither gains control before the match ends, the Cleaners step in to restore order. Disguises can fail, jailbreaks can turn the tide, and a single mistake can change the match.

Teams and player count

Online matches have three raccoons attempting the heist and one or two humans trying to stop them. In smaller matches, NPCs fill the remaining spots, gathering ingredients and staging jailbreaks so that even one player can experience the heist as if there were five.