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From Glory To Goo
From Glory To Goo is a Sci-Fi survival RTS set on an alien world. Serve as humanity's bulwark by establishing a colony and supporting your colonists still in orbit. But beware, for The Goo, a relentless and shape-shifting force approaches from all sides, even above and below.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
66 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Edit: Doubled play time from 8 to 19 hours. THIS GAME IS GREAT! It follows the prime gaming philosophy of easy to learn difficult to master. I definitely recommend for From Glory To Goo I'm a huge scifi fan (don't look…”
“They are billions but better with a ton of variety, two factions and a cute roguelite mode. I'm excited to see the 3rd faction once it rolls out!”
“As someone who's REALLY not an RTS guy, I found it compelling enough to save scum my way into a couple wins (after a couple hours worth of restarts). Which is saying a lot, most of my RTS experience is just abandoning…”
17 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“They are billions but better with a ton of variety, two factions and a cute roguelite mode. I'm excited to see the 3rd faction once it rolls out!”
“With near 40 hours at time of review, I'll give that I love this game. Takes off some branches of other games I enjoy or enjoyed at some time or another. The kind where even losing is fun. If there were to end up being…”
“multi decade long gamer here, one of the best tower defence / base building games Ive ever played, props to the developer. I was a big fan of 'They Are Billions" this takes that and just improves on that style of game…”
17 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“So I initially picked this up as a "Yeah cool I could probably play this for a couple hours" game. But damn it's become more than that. Gives me a Starcraft meets They are Billions vibe and I love it. If you're in a…”
“multi decade long gamer here, one of the best tower defence / base building games Ive ever played, props to the developer. I was a big fan of 'They Are Billions" this takes that and just improves on that style of game…”
“I love this game,plz plz plz keep update till full release”
13 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“So I initially picked this up as a "Yeah cool I could probably play this for a couple hours" game. But damn it's become more than that. Gives me a Starcraft meets They are Billions vibe and I love it. If you're in a…”
“This game deserves so much more attention than it's gotten! From Glory to Goo is an RTS, moreso like They Are Billions than War/StarCraft, but better in every way. The core gameplay is a solid horde holdout, with…”
“multi decade long gamer here, one of the best tower defence / base building games Ive ever played, props to the developer. I was a big fan of 'They Are Billions" this takes that and just improves on that style of game…”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Edit: Doubled play time from 8 to 19 hours. THIS GAME IS GREAT! It follows the prime gaming philosophy of easy to learn difficult to master. I definitely recommend for From Glory To Goo I'm a huge scifi fan (don't look…”
“This game deserves so much more attention than it's gotten! From Glory to Goo is an RTS, moreso like They Are Billions than War/StarCraft, but better in every way. The core gameplay is a solid horde holdout, with…”
“This is probably one of the most interesting RTS games i've played in a while. Everything, from the base building, to the resource management and even ship management is well thought out. Every unit plays a well-defined…”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Already has tons of content and potential for way more. Progress seems slow, but substantial. Numerous leaders in two playable factions, two out of a planned five opposing factions are available. A campaign chapter is…”
“Everything seems to be in place - briefings, tasks are hanging on the left, you see some talking heads, something is shown in the center of the screen. And still, nothing is clear - where to go, what to do, what needs…”
“Very replay-able and adaptable for a horde survival rts with the core concept being economy balancing. Does have meta progression (much of which is to prevent the player from being overwhelmed with different captains…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Great TD/RTS game, campaign is pretty tough right now for me. Still in EA, but very polished.”
“sooo... it's not build first defend later kind of game; it is fun in it's own way, but as it has pause button it is made to be 'played' in pause screen, most of the time - especially the campaign; you're supposed to…”
“[h1]A bit meh[/h1] I’ll name a few games that may be similar to this one and point out what feels off in GFTG: Age of Empires? Bad UI, boring strategy, no meaningful starting choices. StarCraft? Too slow. Cossacks? Yes,…”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“From Glory To Goo is a fantastic little RTS that seems to marry They are Billions with Starcraft in a satisfying way. The art style isn't really my cup of tea but in my opinion this game easily makes it up with its…”
“[h1]A bit meh[/h1] I’ll name a few games that may be similar to this one and point out what feels off in GFTG: Age of Empires? Bad UI, boring strategy, no meaningful starting choices. StarCraft? Too slow. Cossacks? Yes,…”
“Super fun, especially considering the low end graphics which enables me to run it on my brick of a laptop!”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Everything seems to be in place - briefings, tasks are hanging on the left, you see some talking heads, something is shown in the center of the screen. And still, nothing is clear - where to go, what to do, what needs…”
“[h1]A bit meh[/h1] I’ll name a few games that may be similar to this one and point out what feels off in GFTG: Age of Empires? Bad UI, boring strategy, no meaningful starting choices. StarCraft? Too slow. Cossacks? Yes,…”
“tooltips could be better and more informative, but generally this is really nice game, especially for this price. awesome ratio of quality to cost. also I usually hate pixelated games (hurts my eyesight) but this one I…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Already has tons of content and potential for way more. Progress seems slow, but substantial. Numerous leaders in two playable factions, two out of a planned five opposing factions are available. A campaign chapter is…”
“[h1]A bit meh[/h1] I’ll name a few games that may be similar to this one and point out what feels off in GFTG: Age of Empires? Bad UI, boring strategy, no meaningful starting choices. StarCraft? Too slow. Cossacks? Yes,…”
“Was waiting for the campaign (chapter 1) to drop. It's tough, not completely smooth progression at the moment, with a few things missing and a few bugs, but it's overall quite good. Hopefully there's more randomness…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 96.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“I get worried about early access games. I'm not worried about this one. And even if it completely died right now, it's still excellent.”
— a player, Steam review · 32 hrs played“RTS Helldivers, starcraft 2 style ground units with hero units, orbital support that you have to improve and expand, science system, stratagems, base expansion that matters... and a retrowave OST to write home about. Very nice, very expansive. My 16 yo starcraft addicted self…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“I do not recall how I happened upon this game. But what I can tell you, is that it is one of the best hidden gems I've found during my time on steam. Eight months ago, I was studying in Brussels and only had a simple laptop with me for work and leisure. While abroad I wasn't…”
— a player, Steam review · 82 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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0.4b
Hey Everyone, This update contains some bug fixes reported by the community. Let me know on Discord or on the Steam forums if you encounter any bugs or have suggestions. Sorry that this update's downl
0.4a
Hey Everyone, This update contains various changes and bug fixes reported by the community. Let me know on Discord or on the Steam forums if you encounter any bugs or have suggestions. General Battle
0.4 is Live! - New Playable Faction, Graphs and More!
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0.4 Live On Beta Branch - New Playable Faction, Graphs and More!
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Simulation, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Base-Building · Colony Sim · Tower Defense · RTS · Real-Time with Pause · Action RTS · Strategy · Survival · Sandbox · War · City Builder · Post-apocalyptic (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Includes level editor · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 44 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: 64-bit Windows 10 or above Processor: Intel Core i5 6400 / AMD X8 FX-8300 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 460 or AMD® ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 (1GB VRAM), or AMD® Radeon™ RX Vega 11 or Intel® HD Graphics 4600 Storage: 2 GB available space