Unlocking all Can ‘Em All achievements is essential for completing the game thoroughly. This includes not only the main achievements but also the four hidden ones, as well as details about upgrades, Casino access, selling your factory, and the ending.
You’ll want to be cautious about what to complete before finishing the game to avoid missing any crucial unlocks. Getting this right is key to maximizing your playthrough!
Pro tip: Prioritize accessing upgrades and the Casino before looking for the ending to keep all your opportunities open.
I’ll also point out a few important things you should complete before finishing the game, so you don’t accidentally miss any unlocks.
Warning: This guide contains spoilers for hidden achievements and the game’s ending.
Weapons & Factory Upgrades Detail Info Starting Equipment None Upgrade Location Elevator at the end of each day You start with no equipment when beginning Can ‘Em All, but the Upgrade Tree is your best friend to transform your factory into a proper production line. Each day, head to the elevator to access the Upgrade/Skill Tree . Here, you can spend your earnings to unlock new weapons, machines, and factory improvements. Follow the upgrade branches to access everything and maximize your factory’s potential. You can unlock: New weapons and ammunition. Additional processing machines . Conveyor belts and automation. Turrets and factory enhancements. I find upgrading production speed, can value, and conveyor belts crucial early on. These enhancements boost your earnings and set you up for future automation.
You will start with no equipment at all, but the Upgrade Tree can give you access to everything needed to turn it into a proper production line. At the end of each day, enter the elevator to access the Upgrade/ Skill Tree.
Here, you can spend your money to unlock new weapons, processing machines, and improvements for your factory. Follow the connected upgrade branches to access everything.
You’ll unlock:
- New weapons and ammunition.
- Additional processing machines.
- Conveyor belts and automated production.
- Turrets and other factory improvements.
I first upgrade the production speed, can value, and conveyor belts. These improvements can give you more money for your work, especially once you have enough equipment to start the automatic production.
How to Unlock the Casino Detail Info If gambling between factory shifts sounds appealing, you’ll want to unlock the Casino—but it’s not open just with a standard factory upgrade. To access it, keep an eye on your story emails and fulfill certain weapon requirements first. Follow these steps: Purchase the Bat , Knife , and Pistol from the Upgrade Tree. Progress through the game and check your computer for new emails regularly. When you receive “Today’s Special” , continue playing until you see the “Feeling Lucky” email. Select Accept in the email. Your Casino option will appear on the main menu. Important: Buying the Pistol isn’t enough. You must accept the “Feeling Lucky” email to unlock the Casino. Also, remember that the Casino is optional and not necessary to earn any Steam achievements.
If you enjoy a little gambling between your factory shifts, there’s a Casino you can unlock. However, it isn’t available through a normal factory upgrade.
You’ll need to follow the story emails and meet a few weapon requirements first.
Follow these steps:
- Purchase the Bat, Knife, and Pistol from the Upgrade Tree.
- Continue progressing through the game and checking your computer for new emails.
- Once you’ve received “Today’s Special”, keep playing until the “Feeling Lucky” email arrives.
- Open the email and select Accept.
- The Casino option will now appear in your game.
Important: Simply purchasing the Pistol isn’t enough. You must receive and accept the “Feeling Lucky” email to unlock the Casino.
The Casino is optional and isn’t required for any Steam achievement.
How to Unlock “Sell Your Factory” Detail Info During your gameplay, you’ll get a chance to sell your factory, launching a Prestige run for permanent upgrade points. This option doesn’t unlock just through purchasing every upgrade; you need to progress through the story emails. Here’s how to unlock this option: Keep progressing through the story emails. Unlock the Uzi to bypass the “When Money Was the Problem” step. Buy the AK-47 to receive the “Excellent Work” email. Wait for the “An Offer You Can’t Refuse” email. Open that email and select Accept . The Sell Your Factory option will be available now. Once it appears, you can sell your factory and start your first Prestige run. Additionally, selling your factory for the first time unlocks the A Fresh Start achievement, so no need to redo steps.
While killing those little creatures, you’ll receive an offer to sell your entire factory. This allows you to start a Prestige run and earn permanent upgrade points.
However, you won’t get this option just by purchasing every factory upgrade. You’ll need to progress through the story emails.
Here’s the exact unlock process:
- Continue progressing through the game’s story emails.
- Unlock the Uzi to move past the “When Money Was the Problem”.
- Purchase the AK-47 to get the “Excellent Work” email.
- Continue until you receive “An Offer You Can’t Refuse”.
- Open that email on your computer and choose Accept.
- The Sell Your Factory option will now unlock.
Once the option appears, you can sell your factory and begin your first Prestige run.
Your first sale also unlocks A Fresh Start, so there’s no need to repeat the process just for that achievement.
All 12 Steam Achievements Achievement How to Unlock First Blood Kill your first creature. Feeding the Future Feed 100 children. Not a Can (Hidden) Throw a creature’s dead body directly into the transport tube instead of a can. Collateral Damage Kill 10 creatures at once using an explosive bullet. Ending World Hunger Feed 10,000 children. Special Delivery (Hidden) Throw yourself into the transport tube. Fresh Meat (Hidden) Grind a creature while it’s still alive. A Fresh Start Sell your factory for the first time. Human Meat (Hidden) Grind yourself in the processor. World’s Greatest Humanitarian Feed 100,000 children. The Perfect Employee Purchase every permanent upgrade. Freedom at Last Discover the game’s ending. There are 12 achievements in total. While some will unlock naturally through gameplay, others require specific actions or extra effort. Having them all in one list helps you track progress without jumping between sections.
There are 12 achievements in total. Some will unlock naturally as you play, while others require specific actions or a little extra grinding.
I’ve listed all of them below so you can keep track of your progress without jumping between different sections.
| Achievement | How to Unlock |
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| First Blood | Kill your first creature. |
| Feeding the Future | Feed 100 children. |
| Not a Can (Hidden) | Throw a creature’s dead body directly into the transport tube instead of a can. |
| Collateral Damage | Kill 10 creatures at once using an explosive bullet. |
| Ending World Hunger | Feed 10,000 children. |
| Special Delivery (Hidden) | Throw yourself into the transport tube. |
| Fresh Meat (Hidden) | Grind a creature while it’s still alive. |
| A Fresh Start | Sell your factory for the first time. |
| Human Meat (Hidden) | Grind yourself in the processor. |
| World’s Greatest Humanitarian | Feed 100,000 children. |
| The Perfect Employee | Purchase every permanent upgrade. |
| Freedom at Last | Discover the game’s ending. |
Hidden Achievements
The four hidden achievements have their own requirements, so I’ve covered those separately.
Not a Can
Usually, you put the creatures in the processing machines, and their meat is packed into cans. For this achievement, you have to skip the grinding part.
Pick up a dead creature and throw its body directly into the transport tube without putting it in a can.
Fresh Meat
For this achievement, you have to put the creature in the processing machine without killing it.
Push the creature towards the processing machine, and it will be cut into pieces alive.
Once done, the achievement will unlock. If the trophy doesn’t pop up, then try to put the can into the transport tube.
Human Meat
You’ve been feeding creatures into the machines throughout your shift. Now it’s time to volunteer yourself.
Jump into the processor to unlock this achievement.
Special Delivery
This is another achievement where you’ll become part of the production process.
Instead of sending a can or creature through the transport tube, jump into the tube yourself.
Warning: Both Human Meat and Special Delivery will end your current day, so make sure you’ve finished anything important before attempting them.
Hidden Achievements Detail Info The four hidden achievements each have their unique requirements. Not a Can This one involves skipping the typical grinding process. Instead of processing creatures, pick up a dead one and throw its body directly into the transport tube. Fresh Meat To unlock this, put a living creature into the processing machine without killing it first. Push it toward the machine, and it’ll be processed alive for the achievement. If the achievement doesn’t unlock, try putting the can into the transport tube as a backup. Human Meat This one’s a rather dark twist—jump into the processor yourself to earn it. Special Delivery For this achievement, instead of sending a product through the tube, you’ll need to jump in yourself. Important Warning: Both Human Meat and Special Delivery will end your current day, so ensure you’ve finished any tasks before attempting.
Permanent Upgrades & Prestige
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Once you unlock Sell Your Factory, you’ll be able to earn permanent upgrade points. This allows for a Prestige run, resetting your factory progress while retaining your points.
Here’s the process:
- Open the Sell Your Factory option.
- Check how many permanent upgrade points you can earn.
- Confirm the sale to reset your current factory.
- Access the Permanent Upgrades menu.
- Spend your points on permanent upgrades.
- Rebuild your factory and repeat until all upgrades are purchased.
The advantage is that these upgrades persist through resets, so even if you sell again, you don’t lose what you’ve bought. Purchasing every permanent upgrade grants you the The Perfect Employee achievement.
Important tip: Aim to feed 100,000 children before your first factory sale. The Prestige process resets achievement progress for this, so it’s best tackled before starting a new run.
Selling your factory resets your current factory progress, but you’ll receive points that can be spent on permanent improvements.
Here’s how it works:
- Open the Sell Your Factory option.
- Look at the number of permanent upgrade points you’ll receive.
- Confirm the sale to reset your current factory.
- Open the Permanent Upgrades menu.
- Spend your available points on permanent improvements.
- Build your factory again and repeat the process until every permanent upgrade has been purchased.
The best part is that permanent upgrades survive future factory resets. So even if you sell your factory again, you won’t lose the improvements you’ve already purchased.
Once you’ve purchased every permanent upgrade, you’ll unlock The Perfect Employee achievement.
Important tip: Try to feed 100,000 children before selling your factory for the first time. Prestige resets your current progress toward this achievement, so it’s better to work on it before starting a new run.
Important Warning Before Unlocking the Ending Detail Info Ensure you unlock the Casino and Factory Sale prior to finishing the game! After discovering the ending, the sequence of emails will change, preventing you from receiving the necessary emails for the Casino and Factory options if unfinished. To avoid missing these unlocks, follow this order: Get the Casino invitation and select “Feeling Lucky” . Progress until receiving “An Offer You Can’t Refuse” , then accept. Work on remaining achievements, especially feeding goals. Finish your Prestige runs and buy all permanent upgrades. Once everything is done, go for the ending. If you’ve already finished the game and missed these emails, you’ll need to restore a pre-ending save or start anew for normal progression. It’s much better to take care of these tasks beforehand than to miss them after reaching the ending!
Make sure you unlock the Casino and Factory Sale before completing the ending!
There’s something important about the game’s progression that you should know.
After discovering the ending, the game switches to a different email sequence. This can prevent you from receiving the normal emails required to unlock the Casino and Factory Sale if you haven’t completed those steps beforehand.
To avoid missing these unlocks, I recommend following this order:
- Get the Casino invitation and accept “Feeling Lucky”.
- Progress through the story until “An Offer You Can’t Refuse” appears, then accept it.
- Work on your remaining achievements, especially the feeding milestones.
- Complete your Prestige runs and purchase every permanent upgrade.
- Once everything else is taken care of, go for the ending.
Already finished the game?
If the required emails never arrived, you may need to restore a pre-ending save or start a new game to complete the normal progression.
It’s much better to take care of these unlocks beforehand than to discover you’ve missed them after escaping the factory!
How to Unlock the Ending – Freedom at Last
After spending so much time turning cute creatures into cans, you might finally want to leave this place.
Fortunately, the game does have an ending, and you don’t need to sell your factory or start a Prestige run to reach it.
The main requirement is to complete your regular Upgrade Tree and save enough money for the final upgrade.
Here’s how to get out:
- Purchase all regular upgrades in the factory’s Upgrade Tree.
- Keep progressing until you receive the message confirming that you can repay your debt.
- Unlock the final upgrade, Freedom at Last.
- Save up $666,666,666.
- Purchase the Freedom at Last upgrade.
- Return upstairs and head towards the exit door that was previously locked.
- Use the elevator to complete the ending.
Don’t make this mistake: Unlocking Freedom at Last in the Upgrade Tree doesn’t mean you’ve finished the job. You must actually purchase the upgrade with your money to receive the exit key.
Once you go through the exit and finish the game, the Freedom at Last achievement will unlock.
And there you have it! All the important unlocks, hidden achievements, factory upgrades, and the ending are covered in one place.
How to Unlock the Ending – Freedom at Last
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After grinding through the game, it’s your time to escape!
Thankfully, achieving the ending doesn’t require you to sell your factory or start a Prestige run.
Complete all regular upgrades and save enough money for the final upgrade to proceed. Here’s what to do:
- Purchase all regular upgrades from the Upgrade Tree.
- Play until you receive a message confirming you can repay your debt.
- Unlock the final upgrade, Freedom at Last.
- Save up $666,666,666.
- Buy the Freedom at Last upgrade.
- Return upstairs to the previously locked exit door.
- Use the elevator to complete the ending.
Don’t make this mistake: Just unlocking the Freedom at Last upgrade doesn’t finish the task. You must purchase the upgrade with your money for the exit key.
After going through the exit, you’ll unlock the Freedom at Last achievement.