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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 · Perspectives: Side view

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.

World of Goo is a $14.99 Indie game released in 2008, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and Very Positive (94% of 6587 reviews) sentiment.

9
playing now
94%
positive of 6.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
87/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (336 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (148 downloads)
6.8h
to beat · rushed 6.5h · completionist 10h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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.

Trailer

World of Goo trailer thumbnail

World of Goo - Official Trailer #2

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 9 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 3% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 264k–528k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,602 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$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 77 of 107 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

2552026-09-15 12:00 — 15 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 10 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 17 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 18 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 10 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 15 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 14 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 11 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 13 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 13 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 17 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 22 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 10 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 20 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 19 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 18 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 25 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 11 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
838Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 80 · peak 300Dec 2012 — avg 40 · peak 125May 2013 — avg 12 · peak 34Oct 2013 — avg 60 · peak 687Mar 2014 — avg 17 · peak 46Aug 2014 — avg 19 · peak 39Jan 2015 — avg 16 · peak 54Jun 2015 — avg 36 · peak 140Nov 2015 — avg 16 · peak 65Apr 2016 — avg 10 · peak 27Sep 2016 — avg 10 · peak 25Feb 2017 — avg 27 · peak 85Jul 2017 — avg 16 · peak 45Dec 2017 — avg 21 · peak 67May 2018 — avg 10 · peak 32Oct 2018 — avg 10 · peak 31Mar 2019 — avg 9 · peak 26Aug 2019 — avg 10 · peak 29Jan 2020 — avg 15 · peak 51Jun 2020 — avg 25 · peak 66Nov 2020 — avg 13 · peak 36Apr 2021 — avg 12 · peak 30Sep 2021 — avg 10 · peak 25Feb 2022 — avg 12 · peak 29Jul 2022 — avg 12 · peak 29Dec 2022 — avg 14 · peak 31May 2023 — avg 12 · peak 30Oct 2023 — avg 11 · peak 31Mar 2024 — avg 12 · peak 31Aug 2024 — avg 22 · peak 64Jan 2025 — avg 12 · peak 25Jun 2025 — avg 23 · peak 75Nov 2025 — avg 27 · peak 103Apr 2026 — avg 13 · peak 29Aug 2026 — avg 15 · peak 30
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$0.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — 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 $7.492026-09-06 — best price $7.492026-09-14 — best price $14.992026-09-22 — best price $7.492026-09-30 — best price $7.492026-10-08 — best price $7.492026-10-14 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

210572026-05-29 — 127 pageviews2026-06-02 — 91 pageviews2026-06-06 — 97 pageviews2026-06-10 — 86 pageviews2026-06-14 — 78 pageviews2026-06-18 — 91 pageviews2026-06-22 — 78 pageviews2026-06-26 — 91 pageviews2026-06-30 — 78 pageviews2026-07-04 — 67 pageviews2026-07-08 — 96 pageviews2026-07-12 — 92 pageviews2026-07-16 — 71 pageviews2026-07-20 — 77 pageviews2026-07-24 — 84 pageviews2026-07-28 — 72 pageviews2026-08-01 — 95 pageviews2026-08-05 — 77 pageviews2026-08-09 — 88 pageviews2026-08-13 — 96 pageviews2026-08-17 — 106 pageviews2026-08-21 — 68 pageviews2026-08-25 — 84 pageviews2026-08-29 — 68 pageviews2026-09-02 — 66 pageviews2026-09-06 — 92 pageviews2026-09-10 — 87 pageviews2026-09-14 — 90 pageviews2026-09-18 — 84 pageviews2026-09-22 — 107 pageviews2026-09-26 — 84 pageviews2026-09-30 — 69 pageviews2026-10-04 — 57 pageviews2026-10-07 — 73 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…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-04-06 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

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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