Grey Goo

Grey Goo is a real-time strategy game features three factions -- the Beta, Humans and Goo -- each with its own style, strategies and epic units (very powerful, rare combatants that tower over the battlefield)…

83 23 January 2015

Real Time Strategy (RTS) Strategy Science fiction Warfare

Grey Goo is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Petroglyph Games, released 23 January 2015 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Grey Goo is

Grey Goo is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Petroglyph Games and released in 2015. It was published by Grey Box. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on GlyphX.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Grey Goo is a science fiction real-time strategy video game developed by Petroglyph Games, produced by Six Foot, and published by Grey Box on January 23, 2015 exclusively for PC Microsoft Windows. It features a playable faction based on the grey goo scenario.

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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are science fiction and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 35 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Grey Goo holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 79% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 14 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 3.5 GHz Intel Core i3 Dual Core or equivalent, 4 GB RAM and 1024 MB DirectX 11 capable video card (GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD 5870). At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 15GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Grey Goo launched on 23 January 2015, within three weeks of Life Is Strange, Dying Light: The Following - Enhanced Edition, Dying Light and Resident Evil HD Remaster. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Life Is Strange, Dying Light: The Following - Enhanced Edition, Dying Light, Resident Evil HD Remaster.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 2 videos →

Screenshots

All media

Characters

All 7

Alin

Barca

Commando

MUM

Redgrave

Saruk

Dlc

Grey Goo: Emergence

11 June 2015

Quick answers

Grey Goo — frequently asked questions

When did Grey Goo come out?

Grey Goo was released on 23 January 2015 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Grey Goo?

At minimum, Grey Goo needs 3.5 GHz Intel Core i3 Dual Core or equivalent, 4 GB RAM, 1024 MB DirectX 11 capable video card (GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD 5870) graphics, 15 GB available space of storage.

How many GB is Grey Goo?

The PC version needs about 15 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("15 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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