Grey Goo
Sci-fi real-time strategy with base building and a mobile faction
Petroglyph, Six Foot · Published by Six Foot, Grey Box · Released Jan 23, 2015
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 68% of 4,335
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 1
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 10 years ago
- Mar 29, 2016
Metacritic: 77/100 (critic reviews)
What is Grey Goo?
Grey Goo is a sci-fi real-time strategy game set on Ecosystem 9, where intelligent lifeforms fight over resources. You gather resources, build bases and units, and command armies through a single-player campaign as the Humans, Beta, or Goo. Multiplayer adds the Shroud as a playable faction.
For you if...
- +you enjoy building bases and managing resources
- +you want a sci-fi single-player strategy campaign
- +you prefer commanding armies over managing individual units
Not for you if...
- −you want fast construction and brisk combat
- −you need a long single-player campaign
- −you rely on public matchmaking to find opponents
What players say
68% of 4,335 reviews are positive
Players praise the factions' different playstyles, cinematic cutscenes, and soundtrack. Common complaints are slow pacing, a short campaign, and difficulty finding multiplayer opponents. Some players also criticize unit pathfinding.
Screenshots and trailer
Grey Goo system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- 32-bit Windows 7
- Processor
- 3.5 GHz Intel Core i3 Dual Core or equivalent
- Graphics
- 1024 MB DirectX 11 capable video card (GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD 5870)
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 15 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- 64-bit Windows 7
- Processor
- 3 GHz Intel Core i5 Quad Core or equivalent
- Graphics
- 1024 MB Direct3D 11 capable video card (GeForce GTX 570 or AMD Radeon HD 7870)
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 15 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 35
- Steam features
- Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English, German. Text only: French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Polish.
Tags
- Strategy
- RTS
- Sci-fi
- Multiplayer
- Aliens
- Base Building
- Great Soundtrack
- Singleplayer
- Mechs
- Robots
- Female Protagonist
- Futuristic
- Space
- Competitive
- Real-Time
- Indie
Recent updates
- Mar 29, 2016 · Game Patch for March 29, 2016 - AI Tweaks
- Mar 29, 2016 · Game Patch for March 29, 2016 - AI Tweaks
- Mar 2, 2016 · Game Patch for March 1, 2016 - UI, Bugs, and Balance
- Mar 2, 2016 · Game Patch for March 1, 2016 - UI, Bugs, and Balance
- Feb 23, 2016 · Game Patch for February 23, 2016 - Shroud Balance!
2 DLC available.
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