The game is built around the idea of creating large structures using balls of goo. It is based on the prototype game Tower of Goo developed for Kyle Gabler’s rapid game prototyping Experimental Gameplay Project. The game is divided into five chapters, each containing several levels. Each level has its own graphical theme and music, giving it unique atmosphere. There is also a bonus meta-game called World of Goo Corporation, whose objective is to build the highest tower using goo balls which the player collected through the course of the game. Players from all over the world can compete, as the height of the tower and number of goo balls used are being constantly uploaded to the 2D Boy server.

The overall World of Goo is split up into a number of chapters, each containing a number of levels. The chapters are set over the course of a year in the World of Goo.

Minimum Requirements:

* Supported OS: Windows® XP or Vista
* Processor: 1GHz or faster
* Memory: 512+MB RAM
* Video: Any 3D graphics accelerator less than 5 years old
* DirectX® Version: 9.0c
* Hard Drive: 100MB