Can ‘Em All: Hidden Achievements & Ending Guide

In this guide, I’ll cover all Can ‘Em All achievements, including the four hidden achievements and the ending. You’ll also find weapon and factory upgrades, Casino access, selling your factory, permanent upgrades, and how to discover the ending.

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

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

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:

1. Purchase the Bat, Knife, and Pistol from the Upgrade Tree.
2. Continue progressing through the game and checking your computer for new emails.
3. Once you’ve received “Today’s Special”, keep playing until the “Feeling Lucky” email arrives.
4. Open the email and select Accept.
5. 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”

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:

1. Continue progressing through the game’s story emails.
2. Unlock the Uzi to move past the “When Money Was the Problem”.
3. Purchase the AK-47 to get the “Excellent Work” email.
4. Continue until you receive “An Offer You Can’t Refuse”.
5. Open that email on your computer and choose Accept.
6. 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

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.

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.

Permanent Upgrades & Prestige

Once you’ve unlocked Sell Your Factory, you can start earning permanent upgrade points through Prestige.

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:

1. Open the Sell Your Factory option.
2. Look at the number of permanent upgrade points you’ll receive.
3. Confirm the sale to reset your current factory.
4. Open the Permanent Upgrades menu.
5. Spend your available points on permanent improvements.
6. 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

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:

1. Get the Casino invitation and accept “Feeling Lucky”.
2. Progress through the story until “An Offer You Can’t Refuse” appears, then accept it.
3. Work on your remaining achievements, especially the feeding milestones.
4. Complete your Prestige runs and purchase every permanent upgrade.
5. 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:

1. Purchase all regular upgrades in the factory’s Upgrade Tree.
2. Keep progressing until you receive the message confirming that you can repay your debt.
3. Unlock the final upgrade, Freedom at Last.
4. Save up $666,666,666.
5. Purchase the Freedom at Last upgrade.
6. Return upstairs and head towards the exit door that was previously locked.
7. 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.

From your first creature kill to building a factory that practically runs itself, it’s been quite a journey. Now that you’ve earned your freedom, perhaps it’s time to let those poor little creatures live in peace. They’ve certainly been through enough!