Stunning graphics and art direction
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Breath taking visuals and amazing music, truly a RTS for the ages!”
Steam review · 3.3 h played ↗
Homeworld 3
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Negative · 38%Mostly Negative · 38%Blackbird Interactive2024RTS · Roguelike · Strategy
$59.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A gorgeous, great-sounding space RTS with fun fleet battles, but a short, weakly written campaign, janky unit AI and an abandoned game. Skip it at full price or if you want Homeworld 1/2's depth.
Great for
Space RTS fans who value visuals and audio, play mostly the campaign, and buy at a deep discount
Main risk
Short, badly written campaign and unreliable unit AI/pathfinding, in a game the developers abandoned
What players love
Fun fleet combat that feels like Homeworld
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“But the core gameplay is really fun, with great ships and weapons and awesome space combat!”
Steam review · 17.8 h played ↗
Decent value when bought on sale
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“When I saw it on sale for 50% off, I decided to give it a shot and I'm glad I did.”
Steam review · 24.2 h played ↗
Great sound design, music and radio chatter
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Hearing the radio chatter of your units performing tasks or dying in the void of space really makes the gameplay immersive”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Fun War Games co-op roguelike mode
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“The coop War Games mode is a ton of fun as well.”
Steam review · 9.6 h played ↗
Terrain and megastructures add tactical variety
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“There's quite a bit of tactical depth added by using giant objects as "terrain"”
Steam review · 9.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Bad story, writing and cutscenes
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“Animated cinematics are abysmal in multiple ways.”
Steam review · 36.2 h played ↗
Poor unit AI and pathfinding
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Ships regularly ignore commands, or just do something else completely. Way/path-finding is unbelievably bad.”
Steam review · 7.7 h played ↗
Shallow gameplay, simplified versus older games
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“It basically boils down to spamming whatever unit is cheapest and strongest as fast as possible.”
Steam review · 6.9 h played ↗
Abandoned by developers; DLC and support lacking
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“its literally just abandonware at this point in time. Last update was 2 years ago without anything as small as a single patch.”
Steam review · 14.6 h played ↗
Crashes, hangs and poor performance
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“I have had so many end of mission crashes that I'm honestly so tired of running the same mission over and over”
Steam review · 4.5 h played ↗
Short campaign for the price
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“8-10 hours of campaign are you kidding me?”
Steam review · 14.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable40 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64-bit/Windows 11 64-bit
ProcessorIntel i5-6600/AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
Memory12 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GTX 1060/AMD RX 480/Intel ARC A380
Storage40 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64-bit/Windows 11 64-bit
ProcessorIntel i5-9600K/AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GTX 1080 TI/AMD RX5700/Intel ARC A580
Storage40 GB available space
OSWindows 10 64-bit/Windows 11 64-bit
ProcessorIntel i5-6600/AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
Memory12 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GTX 1060/AMD RX 480/Intel ARC A380
Storage40 GB available space
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