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From Glory To Goo

A sci-fi survival RTS about establishing a colony on an alien world while a spreading hostile force attacks from every direction.

Overview

From Glory To Goo is more RTS than RimWorld-like, but it is a good catalog entry for players who want colony establishment, production, defenses, map pressure, and survival against an overwhelming alien threat.

From Glory To Goo belongs in the catalog because it pushes the core colony-sim question: can a settlement keep functioning when people, resources, environment, and bad timing all collide?

What makes it tick

Core mechanics

01

People pressure

Colonists, settlers, crew, or citizens create needs and priorities that turn a base into a social system.

02

Base planning

Rooms, storage, production, defenses, temperature, oxygen, water, or logistics decide whether the settlement works.

03

Failure stories

The best run is rarely perfect. Shortages, bad layouts, events, and cascading mistakes create the memory.

04

Long-term arc

Research, expansion, seasons, raids, diplomacy, or self-sufficiency give the colony somewhere to go.