Strategy · January 23, 2015

Grey Goo (2015)

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FIGHT THE CHAOS. OR HARNESS ITS POWER. Drawn to a remote world, intelligent lifeforms fight for control of its resources. Here they must each answer the primal choice of life...extinction or evolution? Grey Goo is a real-time strategy (RTS) game that combines classic strategy mechanics and a balanced combat system with an emphasis on base-building. It puts you at the center of a tactical struggle for survival—and ultimately, control of Ecosystem 9. Take on the single-player campaign to command three factions: the Humans, masters of defensive architecture; the Beta, a proud, versatile alien race; and the Goo, an enigmatic, highly mobile life form. Or compete with any of the four multiplayer factions—including the disruptive, unpredictable Shroud. Features Fight—or play as—the Shroud, a brand-new, multiplayer faction. Command new units: the Humans’ Valiant, the Beta’s Squall and the Goo’s Siphon. Explore an additional story arc with “Grey Goo: Emergence,” and discover the Goo’s true intentions. Take on the Shroud in Mission 16, “Herald of Silence.' Sharpen your battlefield tactics in the single-player campaign, or join the fray on Steam. Join the fray on Steam and find opponents through skill-based matchmaking. Change the rules of the battlefield with unit-altering tech upgrades. Deliver devastating blows by constructing game-ending Epic units. Take the battle offline via Local Area Network play. Enhance your competitive edge with Replay Mode and Observer Mode. Use the Map Editor to create your own battlefields and share them with the community via Steam Workshop.

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

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume4.3k Steam reviewsTop 66% in Strategy
Positive rating68% positiveGenre average: 84% — this title sits in top 93%
Metacritic77/100Genre average 79 — top 68% of Strategy titles
Engagement hours9 h averageTop 78% for session depth among Strategy

Peer Strategy titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Reception Metrics

Steam community

68%Mixed · 4.3k reviews

2.9k positive · 1.4k negative

Metacritic

77/100 critic aggregate

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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 dateJan 23, 2015
DeveloperPetroglyph, Six Foot
PublisherSix Foot, Grey Box
Base price$29.99
DLC / Add-ons2 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support

Editions & Packages

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