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World of Goo cover art

World of Goo

2D BOY · 2D BOY · 2008-10-13

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

Indie

Modes: Single player, Co-operative

Releases: Oct 13, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 19, 2008 (Wii), Mar 16, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 07, 2011 (Mac), Nov 28, 2011 (Android), Dec 16, 2010 (iOS)

World of Goo is a multiple award winning physics based puzzle / construction game made entirely by two guys.

15
playing now
94%
positive of 6.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
87/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (336 ratings)
6.8h
to beat · rushed 6.5h · completionist 10h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

15 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

World of Goo is a physics-based puzzle video game developed and published by independent game developer 2D Boy. The game was released on Windows and Wii on October 13, 2008, with releases on Nintendo Switch, OS X, Linux, and various mobile devices in subsequent years. World of Goo has the player use small balls of goo to create bridges and similar structures over chasms and obstacles to help other goo balls reach a goal point, with the challenge to use as few goo balls as possible to build this structure.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 15 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 203 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~25/week).
  • · Review velocity down 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 18,216 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 263k–527k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,587 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.49-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2013-10-11) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 44 of 73 observed days · $6.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10610620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2482026-08-06 21:00 — 20 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 15 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 18 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 14 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 16 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 21 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 20 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 19 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 22 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 23 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 13 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 14 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 18 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 8 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 12 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 17 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 12 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 13 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 22 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 9 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 10 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 14 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 14 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 13 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 16 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 11 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 8 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 17 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 9 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 15 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.992015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-06-11 — best price $2.492015-09-04 — best price $3.492015-12-04 — best price $9.992016-07-04 — best price $9.992017-01-02 — best price $9.992017-09-18 — best price $1.992018-03-19 — best price $1.992018-11-27 — best price $9.992019-04-07 — best price $9.992019-06-26 — best price $4.492019-12-11 — best price $2.992020-04-02 — best price $7.492020-09-14 — best price $2.992022-05-19 — best price $5.092022-09-29 — best price $7.492023-06-11 — best price $4.492024-01-23 — best price $14.992024-04-11 — best price $4.492024-09-12 — best price $7.492025-04-29 — best price $14.992025-07-16 — best price $5.092025-08-26 — best price $7.492025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-11-17 — best price $7.492026-01-03 — best price $14.992026-02-19 — best price $14.992026-03-30 — best price $7.492026-05-09 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $4.942026-08-07 — best price $4.952026-08-29 — best price $7.492026-08-30 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

398542026-05-29 — 127 pageviews2026-06-01 — 85 pageviews2026-06-04 — 79 pageviews2026-06-07 — 72 pageviews2026-06-10 — 86 pageviews2026-06-13 — 77 pageviews2026-06-16 — 72 pageviews2026-06-19 — 90 pageviews2026-06-22 — 78 pageviews2026-06-25 — 97 pageviews2026-06-28 — 83 pageviews2026-07-01 — 91 pageviews2026-07-04 — 67 pageviews2026-07-07 — 70 pageviews2026-07-10 — 82 pageviews2026-07-13 — 86 pageviews2026-07-16 — 71 pageviews2026-07-19 — 81 pageviews2026-07-22 — 80 pageviews2026-07-25 — 78 pageviews2026-07-28 — 72 pageviews2026-07-31 — 83 pageviews2026-08-03 — 78 pageviews2026-08-06 — 87 pageviews2026-08-09 — 88 pageviews2026-08-12 — 85 pageviews2026-08-15 — 210 pageviews2026-08-18 — 82 pageviews2026-08-21 — 68 pageviews2026-08-24 — 103 pageviews2026-08-26 — 92 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

8
achievements tracked
12.4%
earned "Executive Producer of Goo Product"
1.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

16 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian, Hungarian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,73615%8
GFWL (Xbox)23849%8
Switch (Nintendo)1350%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DCuteFunnyIndieCasualComedyPuzzleSatireClassicPhysics

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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