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  1. Sep 4, 2023
    5
    I gave it a try, but unfortunately had to quit after almost 10 hours. The original Homeworld was my preferred choice, but it always crashed after a few minutes of gameplay. So I switched to the remastered version which has some impressive visuals, especially in space. However, the gameplay didn't quite suit me. It was very confusing and lacked an overview. Managing the units was tiring,I gave it a try, but unfortunately had to quit after almost 10 hours. The original Homeworld was my preferred choice, but it always crashed after a few minutes of gameplay. So I switched to the remastered version which has some impressive visuals, especially in space. However, the gameplay didn't quite suit me. It was very confusing and lacked an overview. Managing the units was tiring, and if you built new ones during a fight, you couldn't group them properly, resulting in throwing them into the battle to their demise. Maybe it's just too complex for me, but I may give it another try in the future. Expand
  2. Aug 11, 2023
    9
    Very good game. I enjoyed playing this game a lot. I strongly recommend this.
  3. Jul 31, 2023
    3
    The good -
    The collection comes with homeworld classic.
    The updated graphics are beautiful. The ugly - Every part of the remastered is built off of the garbage pile that is HW2's engine which is notorious for it's auto-scaling counter-fleets into absurdity (A well known old tactic was to retire every ship in your fleet before starting another mission.) Outright cheating (HW1's
    The good -
    The collection comes with homeworld classic.
    The updated graphics are beautiful.

    The ugly -

    Every part of the remastered is built off of the garbage pile that is HW2's engine which is notorious for it's auto-scaling counter-fleets into absurdity (A well known old tactic was to retire every ship in your fleet before starting another mission.)

    Outright cheating (HW1's engine had the enemy AI scripts following the same rules the player does. This included things like production time & resources available. They have to farm resources on the map to keep up production. HW2's engine gives the enemy AI infinite resources as a default state.)

    Broken/non-functional calculations for projectiles & formations. (HW1 uses physical projectiles. They are objects that can be targeted if you know how and destroyed. HW2 uses dice rolls to determine hit/no-hit. This renders things like the multi-gun corvette the most viable corvette and anything else a waste of RU. Due to the nature of those calculations, formations do nothing to actively change inbound damage.)

    Ship hard points - HW1 has hard points for three things - salvage corvette latch points, refueling fighters and draining resource collectors. HW2's engine assigns them to everything rendering repair corvettes useless and drastically crippling the functionality of repair frigates.

    Ship profiles - HW2's engine cripples the following ships by failing to program their roles correctly. Drone frigates, defenders, heavy and light corvettes, multi-beam frigates, swarmers, advanced swarmers, mine layer corvettes, salvage corvettes, scouts, assault frigates, ion cannon frigates... I could go on but I'll leave it here.

    Fuel - It was "kinda removed" in the most half-baked way possible as several powerful fighter types are deliberately restricted by their fuel pools and required a support frigate for long range deployment.

    All in all, for a "Remaster" it is an abject failure of one of the most beatifically done space rts games ever made all because Gearbox is lazy.
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  4. Dec 5, 2022
    9
    A really solid RTS game. Can guarantee if you enjoy RTS games, you appreciate this one or your money back.
  5. Mar 25, 2022
    6
    Homeworld is a real-time strategy video game developed by Relic Entertainment and published by Sierra Studios. Set in space, the science fiction game follows the Kushan exiles of the planet Kharak after their home planet is destroyed by the Taiidan Empire in retaliation for developing hyperspace jump technology. The survivors journey with their spacecraft-constructing mothership to reclaimHomeworld is a real-time strategy video game developed by Relic Entertainment and published by Sierra Studios. Set in space, the science fiction game follows the Kushan exiles of the planet Kharak after their home planet is destroyed by the Taiidan Empire in retaliation for developing hyperspace jump technology. The survivors journey with their spacecraft-constructing mothership to reclaim their ancient homeworld of Hiigara from the Taiidan, encountering a variety of pirates, mercenaries, traders, and rebels along the way. In each of the game's levels, the player gathers resources, builds a fleet, and uses it to destroy enemy ships and accomplish mission objectives. Expand
  6. Dec 10, 2021
    0
    Loved the graphics update but even now roughly 6 years after release there are still major bugs in the campaign. There are deep moments in this game that get ruined when the camera ends up facing randomly into space, levels that for some reason your ships can randomly hyperspace on, levels that get stuck and just don't complete, and even after their work to mitigate formations not being inLoved the graphics update but even now roughly 6 years after release there are still major bugs in the campaign. There are deep moments in this game that get ruined when the camera ends up facing randomly into space, levels that for some reason your ships can randomly hyperspace on, levels that get stuck and just don't complete, and even after their work to mitigate formations not being in on release still buggy as heck. As of today, if you wanted to go through and enjoy the story properly play it on the original versions or else you risk having the mood ruined by random and difficult to solve bugs. Expand
  7. Aug 5, 2021
    7
    Jeu de stratégie qui consiste surtout à produire et à gérer ses vaisseaux spatiaux de manière optimale à travers différentes missions.
    Le jeu est assez exigeant : vous commencez une mission avec les vaisseaux restant de la mission précédente, si vous terminez de justesse, bonne chance pour la suite.
    Trouvable pour une poignée d' € sur des sites de vente de clé Steam, je conseille aux
    Jeu de stratégie qui consiste surtout à produire et à gérer ses vaisseaux spatiaux de manière optimale à travers différentes missions.
    Le jeu est assez exigeant : vous commencez une mission avec les vaisseaux restant de la mission précédente, si vous terminez de justesse, bonne chance pour la suite.
    Trouvable pour une poignée d' € sur des sites de vente de clé Steam, je conseille aux amateurs du genre.
    mods possibles pour moins de prise de tĂªte
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  8. Dec 28, 2019
    0
    This is not a "remake" this a bugged remake. ships move as if developers were learning how physics works. the interface is so ugly compared to the original, and the classic version is crashing. how come developers can be proud of this ?? script, trigger and timer in missions are broken. ships collide and bug and we can't finish missions. ? the worst remake of all time.

    I tested the
    This is not a "remake" this a bugged remake. ships move as if developers were learning how physics works. the interface is so ugly compared to the original, and the classic version is crashing. how come developers can be proud of this ?? script, trigger and timer in missions are broken. ships collide and bug and we can't finish missions. ? the worst remake of all time.

    I tested the homeworld 2, classic and remastered.
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  9. Nov 19, 2019
    9
    Great remaster to one of the best space strategy games of 2000's.
    Finished the story of the first one - awesome :)
    Waiting to have some free time to finish a second one.
  10. Sep 3, 2016
    7
    A passable remaster but doesnt retain the charm of the original game. While the graphics are definitely better it is lacking the intense and realism of the original game. The camera movements are too quick, zoom function didnt work for some reason maybe because its the tutorial, the texture is too bright. It puts me too much to continue much further. I'd just go back and play the originalA passable remaster but doesnt retain the charm of the original game. While the graphics are definitely better it is lacking the intense and realism of the original game. The camera movements are too quick, zoom function didnt work for some reason maybe because its the tutorial, the texture is too bright. It puts me too much to continue much further. I'd just go back and play the original homeworld 2. Expand
  11. Aug 4, 2016
    9
    Five Word Review: Slick game made wonderfully modern.
    Favorite Thing: The modernized UI and controls make it feel like this game is hot off the press.
    Least Favorite Thing: Difficulty can be a bit all over the place at times.

    Playtime: 11h Homeworld 1, 14h Homeworld 2
    Enjoyment: 9/10
    Recommendation: Definitely
  12. Jul 22, 2016
    5
    I am dissapointed too. I played Homeworld 2 and had good fun. This remastered Version has great graphics, but even on Version 2.1 there are bugs: pathfinding is very bad, often my ships dont attack anything, although there are enemies and they are on attack status. The biggest problem is the lack of good overview and I dont mean this sensor view. Then why do we have such good graphics engine?
  13. Nov 29, 2015
    10
    Remastered Homeworld 1 straight up does not work, but comes with classic which is damn near perfect. Do not play Remastered Homeworld 1 as NONE of the gameplay scripts are ported, only story critical ones. Bullet physics do not exist in remastered's engine (hw2) and as such every single strategy in homeworld one simply does not work and things like frigates automatically melt when touched.Remastered Homeworld 1 straight up does not work, but comes with classic which is damn near perfect. Do not play Remastered Homeworld 1 as NONE of the gameplay scripts are ported, only story critical ones. Bullet physics do not exist in remastered's engine (hw2) and as such every single strategy in homeworld one simply does not work and things like frigates automatically melt when touched. The campaign itself does not work without survival-horror elements like the needleships ramming your destroyers or the asteroids being untargetable in diamond shoals. In remastered, the enemy just lets you win because the scripts do not function in Remastered, only classic. That said, the entire package is my game of the year and I've purchased three collector's editions. Expand
  14. Jul 22, 2015
    0
    I bought this pack beliving in the steam shop "very positive" thing. I'm very dissapointed. This game is not a remake. A remake must respect the basis of the game. It is a plague of bugs.
    Dissapointing.

    Most of the comments giving a high score are from fans that really don't played this version. I'm sorry, but it is true.
  15. Jun 15, 2015
    10
    Mad props to Gearbox for remastering my love for a once-dead franchise. They improved the UI in HW1 along with a wide variety of graphical upgrades. HW2 feels just as good as it did in 2004 when I first felt love for the Vagyr. The only thing missing is Homeworld: Cataclysm, which will hopefully be a DLC in the future.
  16. May 3, 2015
    1
    Homeworld has become an average mod implemented for the Homeworld 2 engine. It sure looks pretty but the game play has took a big step backwards.The single player campaign takes a backseat to the goal of combining both games into a big multiplayer face off. so all the original single player balance has been turned on its head to make the original fleets fit with the fleets of HW2.

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    Homeworld has become an average mod implemented for the Homeworld 2 engine. It sure looks pretty but the game play has took a big step backwards.The single player campaign takes a backseat to the goal of combining both games into a big multiplayer face off. so all the original single player balance has been turned on its head to make the original fleets fit with the fleets of HW2.

    Add to that the flight and healing mechanics and a pile of other stuff no longer work like they did makes this not so much a remasterering rather a clunky remake.

    The fact non of the so called critic's even seemed to notice that one of the two playable factions in the first game has been completely removed tells you all you need to know about how much effort they put into their reviews.

    But what the hay, it sure looks spiffy!! ...I mean that's all that matters right ?....
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  17. Apr 17, 2015
    8
    Since the start of the ps4 and Xbox one genaration of consoles a lot of "remakes" have been made but this game has seen remarkable changes that are very noticeable to me.One good change was that they added more factions,the lack of factions in the last game was a major problem for me.The UI was redone making it more accessible to the different screens.This could have been a ten butSince the start of the ps4 and Xbox one genaration of consoles a lot of "remakes" have been made but this game has seen remarkable changes that are very noticeable to me.One good change was that they added more factions,the lack of factions in the last game was a major problem for me.The UI was redone making it more accessible to the different screens.This could have been a ten but twothings stopped me liking it that much.One was I had a problem loading it up but gearbox helped me fixed.The other one was the loading was quite slow.overall a great game and a good remake! Expand
  18. Apr 6, 2015
    8
    Homeworld Remastered is a great return of an already great game.

    I'm so glad I was able to play the first homeworld and actually get to beat it this time. My only complaint is that after a few levels, Capturing the enemy fleet becomes a priority especially with capital ships. I would literally capture every enemy capital ship and just annihilate the next map. One mission, you have the
    Homeworld Remastered is a great return of an already great game.

    I'm so glad I was able to play the first homeworld and actually get to beat it this time. My only complaint is that after a few levels, Capturing the enemy fleet becomes a priority especially with capital ships. I would literally capture every enemy capital ship and just annihilate the next map. One mission, you have the ghost ship that steals your frigates and higher lvl, I just made a **** ton of bomber fighters and corvettes and bum rushed the ghost ship while leaving the 40+ frigate ships alone and bam.. my Cap of 24 Frigates just turned into 60+ frigates and a few destroyers. Just kept stealing more capital ships on and on and won the game without any effort.

    Then Homeworld 2 comes along and bam.. punches me in the face and then kicks me while on the ground. I dont get to build my fleet after beating objectives, computer constantly sends waves after waves of enemies while trying to build a fleet. It's a lot more micro managing than the first, but the story is pretty awesome.
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  19. Apr 5, 2015
    4
    Homeworld 2 Remastered is very solid, but homeworld 1 is really broken. I really dont know why Gearbox, changed HW 1 exactly to be like Hmeworld 2. HW 1 was better game. This game got a lot of bugs too (not many in HW2, but half of features in HW 1 dont work, or is pretty buggy.
    This remaster is not **** in terms of Visual quality, but it is really buggy and Homeworld 1 got game breaking
    Homeworld 2 Remastered is very solid, but homeworld 1 is really broken. I really dont know why Gearbox, changed HW 1 exactly to be like Hmeworld 2. HW 1 was better game. This game got a lot of bugs too (not many in HW2, but half of features in HW 1 dont work, or is pretty buggy.
    This remaster is not **** in terms of Visual quality, but it is really buggy and Homeworld 1 got game breaking problems.
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  20. Apr 4, 2015
    4
    NOTE: Exclusively about Homeworld 1 Remastered, not tested 2 yet.

    As much as I love Homeworld the initial release is kind of disappointing to say the least. Many features are broken or just don't exist and even though I'm glad it's not just a fancy copy of the original I can't help the feeling some changes were just wrong. Some of the stuff that doesn't work: - Formations and
    NOTE: Exclusively about Homeworld 1 Remastered, not tested 2 yet.

    As much as I love Homeworld the initial release is kind of disappointing to say the least. Many features are broken or just don't exist and even though I'm glad it's not just a fancy copy of the original I can't help the feeling some changes were just wrong.

    Some of the stuff that doesn't work:
    - Formations and behavior don't work at all.
    - Some selection behaviors HW players got used to (ie. selecting all ships of one type in formation with the mothership by clicking only one ship) don't exist
    - Some 'box commands' don't work/are missing (most notably salvaging)
    - Ship AI is really lacking so you can't depend on them to make reasonable tactical decisions themselves anymore (ie ships keep attacking a salvaged ship; selecting a sub-optimal target)
    - "Keep docked" in the launch window does nothing
    - tactical map refuses to open under certain circumstances

    the actual list goes on but I'll save that for a forum post

    Once you know how to deal with all these problems the gameplay isn't too bad. Having played the original not long before I appreciate at least some of the changes made but overall it's some kind of a mixed bag situation. Salvaging for example isn't as broken as it was in HW1 but that's only because the ships are simply not worth it = salvaging not worth it (especially if you basically have to babysit your entire fleet)
    The introduction of the dynamic difficulty (basically determining the enemy's fleet's strength based on your's at the end of the previous mission) should not have happened. Not only was HW1 well balanced in difficulty (if you didn't use 'exploits') but the high amount of resources also means players will muster up their fleet before starting the next mission in preparation and be outnumbered anyways. I'm not through yet but I'm anticipating problems in later missions.

    Multiplayer is kind of strange. Combining the HW1 and HW2 races sounded nice but they didn't figure out how to handle the differences between the two games. Fighters will build individually or in squads, tech trees, Taiidan und Hiigaran fleets still almost the same, differently working building mechanics.... It's just not ONE game but two somehow mashed together. How about a game mode option for HW1 or HW2 style and build around that?

    *sigh* .. at least it happened but there is so much not working I hope they pull themselves together, fix all the problems and continue making good HW games like the franchise deserves.
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  21. Mar 27, 2015
    9
    My wish for the last 5 years has finally been answered. Beautiful graphics combined with my student years nostagia is priceless.
    A small -1 for the price tag, this is especially true for those of us who already own the originals, silly me !! Get it you fools !
  22. Mar 24, 2015
    10
    This is the Remastered Version Homeworld needed and deserved. While there are a few bugs and lacking features from the original games, it is a really solid and well-done title. Well worth your time and money.
  23. Mar 14, 2015
    4
    Issue is simply it is too hard without any way to adjust the difficulty. If you cannot get by the 4th mission since the AI throws everything at you including the kitchen sink, why buy the game. In the PC world you have many titles that do not adjust for different gamer levels and just show some pretty graphics. For those people who have a life, are the average gamer who enjoys a nice game,Issue is simply it is too hard without any way to adjust the difficulty. If you cannot get by the 4th mission since the AI throws everything at you including the kitchen sink, why buy the game. In the PC world you have many titles that do not adjust for different gamer levels and just show some pretty graphics. For those people who have a life, are the average gamer who enjoys a nice game, stay away from this game. Nice graphics don't fix game play and you will be frustrated giving up shortly. Expand
  24. Mar 8, 2015
    9
    This remastered collection is absolutely fantastic. The ships, the combat, the cinematic sequences, the atmosphere, everything as good as the original and a lot more HD. The only nitpick I have is that they could have ported the mechanics of the original HW1 more loosely. The salvage tactics was silly back then and is still silly now.
  25. Mar 8, 2015
    2
    New players to the game wont know the problems untill you play the classic game. And as this is a "Remasterd" title, I will be doing a strict comparison to the original title.

    I had heard there would be a select few changes to the original game, and that they would all be for the better.But largely, that is not what we got. the Homeworld '1' remastered is not the game we were lead to
    New players to the game wont know the problems untill you play the classic game. And as this is a "Remasterd" title, I will be doing a strict comparison to the original title.

    I had heard there would be a select few changes to the original game, and that they would all be for the better.But largely, that is not what we got. the Homeworld '1' remastered is not the game we were lead to believe it was going to be. while the visuals are great as one would expect them to be, the mechanics fall woefully short of the original game. here is a list of the biggest problems in my opinion. in no particular order:
    1 ) support frigates no longer repair units from a distance, and instead take a long time maneuvering around a ship in desperate need of repair, before finding a good spot to fix it from.
    2 ) the same for resource collectors who now circle forever to find a good spot to harvest from.
    3 ) the difficulty scales with your own fleet power, before there were a set number of enemys in an area, but now there are more or less depending how your campaign progresses.
    4 ) the original end credits is not featured in the remastered(which from what I understand is more greedy record label than the fault of gearbox, but its still a problem)
    5 ) instead of the awesome tactics and beautiful formations with physics based hit detection, it was substituted for the random number generation of HW2.

    Any of the changes listed above would be upsetting for long time fans of homeworld, but number 5 is the biggest deviation from the gameplay of HW1Classic. and in it of itself ruins the game, because without this the only thing the remastered has in common with the classic is the title and story. Whatever reason Geabox told themselves to convince themselves that the changes(butchering) to the classic game was okay, was dead wrong.

    I was expecting two remastered games, not one game with two campaigns. ! award 2 points because it does contain the original unmolested games and otherwise a pretty game to look at, but not play.
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  26. Mar 7, 2015
    4
    I have to agree with the lower scores here. I come from the original series as well and they were awesome. They are still better than any RTS today. The remastered versions however only got a slightly better look and to work on modern PC's. The issues mentioned by those scoring the remastered version low is the issues i see as well, and so i dont understand when people score the RMI have to agree with the lower scores here. I come from the original series as well and they were awesome. They are still better than any RTS today. The remastered versions however only got a slightly better look and to work on modern PC's. The issues mentioned by those scoring the remastered version low is the issues i see as well, and so i dont understand when people score the RM versions highly. Too many issues and changes from the original games that shouldnt been done because it made the RM versions worse. They look better, sure, but the IMPORTANT stuff was made worse. Graphics seems to be what people rate games for today which is a shame. Back in the day when we "didnt have" gaphics - gameplay and mechanics mattered.

    I hope Gearbox can patch and fix these issues because this should really be bought by every RTS gamer out there, and you can clearly see that even though the game is old, its so good and better than most RTS'es today that it will keep selling for years to come. Patch the issues, and get cracking on expanding on Homeworld and release HW3 in a couple of years. I will buy HW3 if the issues are fixed, new campaign, upgraded graphics engine (not really needed, but would be epic to see the REAL mechanics from the original in a modern engine).

    I give it 4/10 for fixing the original games to work on todays PC's, and for at least trying to get the best RTS ever made remastered to a new audience, and to us veterans. So 6 points missing for a perfect score because Gearbox changed or broke some vital and great working mechanics from the original versions. Also i think i crashed only once and the performance was decent on max graphics (slight stutter on a rather good PC). Please try again Gearbox. Patch what the community is asking you to patch, and then get busy making HW3. It will take the RTS crown and bring in a lot of money. Just do it right.
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  27. Mar 5, 2015
    10
    I bought the collectors edition of this game because I played the original to death. It looks amazing! It sounds amazing! it is amazing! Did I mention it's amazing!
  28. Mar 4, 2015
    1
    Aside from the graphics looking a little better just about everything else has been made worse. Formatins don't stick. Units can't be made not to shoot enemy shipts when I am capturing them (stand down is broken). Broken scriping througout. Some missions get stuck with no way to finish them. Ships get stuck with funny jitery movements. Broken path finding. AI seems erattic and withAside from the graphics looking a little better just about everything else has been made worse. Formatins don't stick. Units can't be made not to shoot enemy shipts when I am capturing them (stand down is broken). Broken scriping througout. Some missions get stuck with no way to finish them. Ships get stuck with funny jitery movements. Broken path finding. AI seems erattic and with inconsistent rules. At one time research for ion cannons is stated to be available but nothing apears in the research list so you must reload from earlier levels. Many other mechanics have been removed or destroyed like fuel or being able to heal a fleet automatically rather than baby manage each unit. Over all a horibily broken game. Frustrating to say the least. In no way is it the gem the original was. You can tell no love went into this one. Expand
  29. Mar 3, 2015
    10
    If your looking for an amazing experience, then look no further. Top notch graphics and despite the *whinging* about supposed issues, if the people who moaned over them simply got on with the mission and realize the HW1 and HW2 engines were different so different approaches were needed, they'd enjoy it a lot more rather than crying.

    If you never played this before, this right here is a
    If your looking for an amazing experience, then look no further. Top notch graphics and despite the *whinging* about supposed issues, if the people who moaned over them simply got on with the mission and realize the HW1 and HW2 engines were different so different approaches were needed, they'd enjoy it a lot more rather than crying.

    If you never played this before, this right here is a great time to get it. And if your an old hand whose enjoyed Complex mod and so forth for HW2, well, it includes classic HW2 so mods still work *and* a mod toolkit for the Remastered version is on it's way. Literally f**kin A.
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  30. Mar 3, 2015
    0
    They killed the amazing original HW1 mechanics. No fuel, insane bullet physics, tactics and formations that dont work. Its almost impossible to play the HW1 Remastered campaing due how bad that mechanic is.

    A remaster version should preserve the original game mechanics, that makes the original HW1 a true masterpiece. Thats essential. Gearbox epic fail After 20 minutes trying to
    They killed the amazing original HW1 mechanics. No fuel, insane bullet physics, tactics and formations that dont work. Its almost impossible to play the HW1 Remastered campaing due how bad that mechanic is.

    A remaster version should preserve the original game mechanics, that makes the original HW1 a true masterpiece. Thats essential.

    Gearbox epic fail

    After 20 minutes trying to play the remastered HW 1, i gave up and went to the original HW1 even with bad graphics is far better that this insut that they call remaster.
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Metascore
86

Generally favorable reviews - based on 49 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 48 out of 49
  2. Negative: 0 out of 49
  1. Jan 21, 2016
    90
    Homeworld is just as revolutionary in 2015 as it was in 1999—and now it looks great too.
  2. May 25, 2015
    90
    Homeworld Remastered Collection is a huge proposition, an indelible package, and it deserves to remain a towering monolith in the RTS game canon as long as possible... And now, I think that maybe it's not so bad feeling tiny.
  3. May 18, 2015
    90
    Homeworld is back in great shape, and you won't regret diving into your best sci-fi memories.