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World of Goo
World of Goo is a multiple award winning physics based puzzle / construction game made entirely by two guys.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-08-31 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
34 of the 66 reviews raise this.
“I built a tower. It fell. I built another tower. It also fell. Eventually I built something that didn't fall fall, and I felt like a Nobel‑prize‑winning engineer. This game made me care deeply about small blobs of…”
12 of the 66 reviews raise this.
“Some of the most fun I've had with a puzzle game. ---{ Gameplay }--- Peak X Great Good Meh Watch water come a to boil instead Makes your body convulse ---{ Graphics }--- This is reality Beautiful X Good Mid Bad MS-DOS…”
“Charming and a lot of fun. I unfairly put this down early years ago because I was trying to get the OCD challenges, which are lowkey just not worth getting. Ignoring them, this is a lovely way to kill some time, and has…”
“World of Goo is one of those rare games that genuinely holds up — I came back to it years later half-expecting nostalgia to be doing all the heavy lifting, but the physics-based puzzle design, the quirky atmosphere, and…”
11 of the 66 reviews raise this.
“Some of the most fun I've had with a puzzle game. ---{ Gameplay }--- Peak X Great Good Meh Watch water come a to boil instead Makes your body convulse ---{ Graphics }--- This is reality Beautiful X Good Mid Bad MS-DOS…”
“Absolute classic. Such a simple premise for a puzzle game, and the story and OST are monumental.”
8 of the 66 reviews raise this.
“Some of the most fun I've had with a puzzle game. ---{ Gameplay }--- Peak X Great Good Meh Watch water come a to boil instead Makes your body convulse ---{ Graphics }--- This is reality Beautiful X Good Mid Bad MS-DOS…”
“Absolute classic. Such a simple premise for a puzzle game, and the story and OST are monumental.”
“Holds up, Intriguing lore, incredible music, top-notch unique puzzle gameplay that offers tons of content and replayability without outstaying its welcome.”
3 of the 66 reviews raise this.
“Holds up, Intriguing lore, incredible music, top-notch unique puzzle gameplay that offers tons of content and replayability without outstaying its welcome.”
5 of the 66 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Dull”
3 of the 66 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Charming and a lot of fun. I unfairly put this down early years ago because I was trying to get the OCD challenges, which are lowkey just not worth getting. Ignoring them, this is a lovely way to kill some time, and has…”
Counted across 66 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 94.4% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“I played this when I was very young and autistic I constantly skipped levels, OCDs, and never finished it. Replaying this with a more functioning brain was INCREDBILE I REALLY underappreciated this game as a kid: the levels, mechanics, music, art style, and the charm is just…”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played“Played this when it first came out, years before I was even on Steam. With World of Goo 2 releasing and me trying to complete my Tomorrow Corporation collection, I finally picked it up again just to revisit it. And yeah it still holds up. Simple idea, clever puzzles, great…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“World of Goo introduced me into the Universe of Indie games, and that happend via Wii shop. I think this game is one of the pioneers of indie gaming, along with games like Isaac. World of Goo introduced new mechanics into the gaming franchise with a very statisfying soundtrack.…”
— a player, Steam review · 16 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
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
World of Goo Becoming Worldlier
The last of goo balls didn’t seem to know that the fantastic World of Goo… has just learned to speak a few new languages!World of Goo has been officially upgraded to include brand-new translations in
World of Goo 2 is Out!
It’s April 25th, 2025!!... So that means that…World of Goo 2 – the followup to the indie-hit classic World of Goo, which was released almost 17 years ago…is NOW AVAILABLE! What about Launch Discounts?
The World of Goo 2 Soundtrack is Coming to Steam!
We’ve spilled much digital ink talking about the upcoming release of the excellent World of Goo 2 (5/5 stars - would work on it again!), but very little about its excellent Soundtrack. No more! The Wo
World of Goo 2 Coming to Steam on April 25, 2025!
World of Goo 2 is coming to Steam on April 25! There will be three ridiculous new levels, designed especially for the most clever, the most hardcore, the most goo-imbued players. (Even some of the dev
World of Goo 2 Launching Q2 2025!
The original World of Goo came out more than 15 years ago. The world is a little older now, and so are we. And you. You can’t stop progress! Welcome, World of Goo 2 -- releasing this Spring on Steam w
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Indie |
| Player tags | Puzzle · Indie · Physics · Singleplayer · Great Soundtrack · Casual · 2D · Cute · Comedy · Building · Atmospheric · Funny (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Turkish |
| Achievements | 8 |
| Official site | http://2dboy.com/games.php |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system