Tax Collector

by mantou

co-authored: @mobo-613, @xwhanq

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.87

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.83

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.63

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.07

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.65

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.63

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.88

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.67

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About This Game

There’s a Tax Collector and some people working hard to earn money — you know what that means, right?

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Citizen: work and earn money.
If they got money, drag them into the Tax Collector

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Tax Collector: Click the Collector to collect and share their hard-earned wealth.

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Homeless Person: After being “shared” multiple times or have no house over 10 seconds, the citizens grow tired. Eventually, they stop working and start wandering aimlessly.
They even start asking other hardworking citizens for money — it’s practically robbery.

Feed them into the Homeless Launcher.

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Homeless Launcher: Click to fire it — Send them anywhere in the world except here.

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Expand your territory. Construct homes and factories so citizens toil to grow rich — then reap the rewards they call “sharing.”

Tags: #2d, #clicker

Genres: simulation

Tools: Unity

Comments25

TowerCrane7 Oct 2025, 00:20

link is not working for me, fix if possible

ManTouauthor7 Oct 2025, 02:23

@towercrane I've uploaded it to itch.io, feel free to try it out!

LudumDareDevil7 Oct 2025, 02:59

Really fun game. The sounds started to break after I got a bunch of upgrades. It's a very fun idea (and sort of relatable from the taxpayer perspective :stuck_out_tongue:). It's a bit concerning how much I enjoyed the homeless cannon.

UsuMidori7 Oct 2025, 03:01

I really enjoyed the vivid and satirical elements within.

florianCohen7 Oct 2025, 14:59

nice gameplay good job !

Kimicu7 Oct 2025, 15:00

Darkly hilarious satire disguised as a simple clicker. Tax citizens → they get tired → become homeless → launch them away. Genius commentary on inequality and bureaucracy. 10/10 for absurdity and truth.

Theothervc7 Oct 2025, 15:14

Amazing Game, Loved The Homeless cannon

firellon7 Oct 2025, 20:25

Gave me a laugh.

Homeless people replicate too quickly D:

sakuraya7 Oct 2025, 20:30

I really like this topic. It's quite ironic! The gameplay is simple and easy to understand, and it is so engaging that you can't stop playing. It has also achieved full automation management.

Archimagus7 Oct 2025, 20:36

Cool idea for a game.
I somehow ended up with a homeless guy exploiting the system, he had to go 🤣

Not a big deal, but I have an ultrawide monitor, (5120x1440) and in full screen the labels don't line up with the houses properly. They work fine not full screen.

LDJam user 3957667 Oct 2025, 20:42

really nice game, some time the citizens are blocked in funny poses but not unsolvable. The sound is realy nice not borring or annoying over time. Now i can tell i'm a good collector who kicks out homeless people in the ocean

Truedat8 Oct 2025, 18:39

maxed everything out, satisfying sounds and overall addicitve play. nice, but dont know what the end goal supposed to be..gj

naru8 Oct 2025, 22:35

Great idle mechanics! Imagine paying taxes 👀

Kalbshack8 Oct 2025, 22:39

I also had the homeless exploit guy but send him flying :smile: Nice game.

ghost-in-the-toast8 Oct 2025, 22:41

Hell yeah had a good amount of fun with this one! Found myself cackling loudly to myself every time I shot a hobo out of the cannon. Wasn't exactly sure what the upgrades to the house and workplace did, but I was able to figure out the other upgrades on the right hand side. Good stuff!

Vulpe8 Oct 2025, 22:54

Played until I couldn't upgrade any more. Nice little variation on a clicker game. Would be nice to pay to expand the area and grow more but perhaps in next update? My lil guys got stuck in the air like I was picking them up sometimes.

F2_8 Oct 2025, 23:19

Fun idle clicker with a great sense of humor. I maxed out all upgrades before I realized you can expand into the ocean. My bad, I should have read the tutorial properly, haha.

Accardo9 Oct 2025, 01:50

Fun game, would be even better with some variations and an end goal. Regardless, enjoyed playing through it. Nice work.

Eugenik9 Oct 2025, 02:00

Enjoyed the story and atmosphere!.

MrPaket9 Oct 2025, 18:32

I've always liked the immoral in games. Extort money from workers and shoot beggars with a cannon. I really like the concept, it's something with something. Good work!

Jvdwijk12 Oct 2025, 16:04

Exploiting people has never been so much fun before! It is so satisfying to upgrade your city to make an infinite amount of money, I can see this game expanding with more content and more options to make even more money.

Great entry, had me hooked for quite a while!

Wallted12 Oct 2025, 18:36

Oh yeah, autocannon upgrade was brutal, but felt soo good :D Congrats on your game, this felt really chilly to play and I had no reason to stop until I maxed out :) I wish there were something more for the buildings

marudziik12 Oct 2025, 18:38

This is a great entry, got me hooked up for a while. I like almost everything about it, I think the game loop is working very well, the graphics are awesome, the music is top notch.

I enjoyed it quite a bit, and I did manage to find 2 things I view as problems. They happen only in fullscreen.

First one is the fact that I cannot expand in the first column:

Second is with the labels - their positions are messed up. Hopefully it will be visible on the screenshot:

These don't happen in window mode.

Anyway, I've spent way too much time playing :sweat_smile:

Great entry, congrats!

Lisek Gagatek13 Oct 2025, 13:07

Very satisfying game, I think I've build and upgraded everything possible. It would be cool if there was some more difficulty, or just a bit slower progression, since when it took off after buying a few automation upgrades, the game was done in almost seconds.

Sound effects are pretty cool here, everything fits very well for silly game like this.

darianifakina23 Oct 2025, 12:48

The mechanics are simple yet satisfying, and the art style is charming. It's a fun and addictive experience that's perfect for quick gaming sessions. Love it!

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