Strategy · January 23, 2015
Grey Goo (2015)
Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Strategy · 245
- RTS · 232
- Sci-fi · 170
- Multiplayer · 127
- Aliens · 109
- Base-Building · 102
- Great Soundtrack · 99
- Singleplayer · 97
- Mechs · 75
- Robots · 75
- Female Protagonist · 35
- Space · 31
- Futuristic · 31
- Competitive · 26
- Indie · 13
Position in Strategy
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 4.3k Steam reviews | Top 66% in Strategy |
| Positive rating | 68% positive | Genre average: 84% — this title sits in top 93% |
| Metacritic | 77/100 | Genre average 79 — top 68% of Strategy titles |
| Engagement hours | 9 h average | Top 78% for session depth among Strategy |
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Reception Metrics
Steam community
2.9k positive · 1.4k negative
Metacritic
Metacritic user score
7.4/10
Curator recommendations
2.6k
Features & Capabilities
Multiplayer
- Multi-player
Community
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Workshop
- Steam Cloud
- Stats
- Steam Leaderboards
Other
- Single-player
- Valve Anti-Cheat enabled
- Includes level editor
- Family Sharing
Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (8)
- English volume_up
- French
- Italian
- German volume_up
- Spanish - Spain
- Portuguese - Brazil
- Russian
- Polish volume_up
Full audio (3)
- English
- German
- Polish
Press Quotes
“What I can say now is that Grey Goo is a superb, cheerfully inviting real-time strategy game. It’s one I can recommend to both fans of the genre and people who have felt shut-out from RTS gaming these past few years.” PCGamesN “Grey Goo understands why old-school RTS games were so much fun, and it’s a great expression of that classic design.” PC Gamer “Grey Goo is likely the best traditional RTS not made by Blizzard in the past five…
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
9h
short (5–15 hours)
Median
5h
Typical completion time
2-week avg
2h
Current engagement
Achievements
35
Steam unlocks available
Strategy releases from 2015
6 Strategy titles launched in 2015 — top 5 by review volume.
Release & Availability
| Release date | Jan 23, 2015 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Petroglyph, Six Foot |
| Publisher | Six Foot, Grey Box |
| Base price | $29.99 |
| DLC / Add-ons | 2 released |
| Platforms | Windows |
| Estimated owners | 100k–1M |
| External links | Official site · Metacritic page · Support |
Editions & Packages
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