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Grey Goo

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Grey Goo
Grey Goo cover
Developers
Petroglyph Games
Publishers
Grey Box
Six Foot
Engines
GlyphX
Release dates
Windows January 23, 2015
Reception
Metacritic 77
OpenCritic 79
IGDB 83
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Multiple select, Point and select
Genres RTS
Themes Sci-fi
Grey Goo on HowLongToBeat
Grey Goo on IGDB
Grey Goo guide on StrategyWiki
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Grey Goo on Wikipedia

Grey Goo is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view RTS game.

General information

Official forums
Steam Community Discussions
Support center

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Windows
Publisher website
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Definitive Edition.
Windows
Amazon.com (unavailable)
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Windows
GamersGate (unavailable)
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Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.

Version differences

The Definitive Edition includes the base game, the Emergence DLC and the digital soundtrack.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Emergence Campaign
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Petroglyph\Goo\
Steam <Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/290790/remote/
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/290790/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Petroglyph\Goo\
Steam <Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/290790/remote/
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/290790/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.
General settings.
Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.
Advanced graphics settings.
Advanced graphics settings.

Input

Input settings.
Input settings.
Mouse settings.
Mouse settings.

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, music, speech, movie, notifications, gameplay effects, interface, ambient effects and unit.
Surround sound
Automatically detected.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Checkbox in the Audio settings menu.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
QuickMatch 1v1/2v2/Ranked/Unranked, 4 Player FFA Unranked.
Peer-to-peer
Use custom match.
Dedicated
Dedicated servers added for June Steam sale patch.
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP Steam P2P
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

Error 81

Verify the game's cache[2]
  1. See Verify the integrity of the game's cache.
  2. Add the Grey Goo installation folder as an exception on the currently installed antivirus.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c, 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Miles Sound System
Cutscenes Bink Video
Multiplayer Steamworks

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3 Dual Core 3.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 15 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 460
AMD Radeon HD 5870
1024 MB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/290790/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (290790) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Grey Goo Forums - The UI is Huge - last accessed on May 2023
  2. Steam Community Discussions - Error 81 - last accessed on May 2023