Gripping story and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Maybe the best story in any game I have played, really fun gameplay and the AI is not so stupid.”
Steam review · 225 h played ↗
Homeworld Remastered Collection
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 88%Very Positive · 88%Gearbox Software, Aspyr (Mac)2015RTS · Strategy · Simulation
$34.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 6 h ago · Lowest we’ve seen since Oct 20, 2026: $5.24
The verdict
A landmark 3D space RTS with a great story, music and visuals, and the classics included. The HW1 remaster has bugs and harsh difficulty scaling; skip it if you dislike slow pacing or fiddly controls.
Great for
Fans of story-driven, atmospheric, slow tactical space RTS who will install the community Player's Patch
Main risk
Bugs, crashes and punishing adaptive difficulty that can make missions broken or near impossible
What players love
Stunning remastered visuals
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The remastered collection upgrades it to modern graphics/resolution.”
Steam review · 23 h played ↗
Excellent music and sound
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The music is incredible for mood setting.”
Steam review · 16.6 h played ↗
True 3D fleet tactics
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“scratches that itch of 3D space combat with ship formations, and very satisfying to build a fleet and set them onto opposing forces”
Steam review · 37.3 h played ↗
Great mods and Player's Patch
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Very fun base game and some of the greatest mods I've ever played on a game”
Steam review · 84.2 h played ↗
Classic versions included, great value
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“Probably the best $4 I have spent in my entire life.”
Steam review · 22.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Crashes and access violation errors
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“it will hard crash the game with an access violation.”
Steam review · 10.7 h played ↗
HW1 remaster bugs and broken missions
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Missions where an objective never gets set, so you're soft locked”
Steam review · 21.8 h played ↗
Punishing adaptive difficulty scaling
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Scaling difficulty sucks, punishes you for being good at the game”
Steam review · 23.1 h played ↗
Clunky controls and 3D navigation
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“the controls and interface on the otherhand are hot garbage.”
Steam review · 3.5 h played ↗
Classic HW1 docking bug
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“Small ships will circle the mothership forever until they run out of fuel rather than docking.”
Steam review · 16.1 h played ↗
Slow pacing, no fast-forward
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“There is no proper fast-forward option to speed up the experience.”
Steam review · 24.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable20 GB
Minimum
OSWindows Vista
Processor2.2GHz Dual Core Processor
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS (512MB) / ATI Radeon HD4800 (512MB)
Storage20 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7
Processor2.3 GHz Quad Core Processor
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 / ATI Radeon HD 5850 (1GB VRAM)
Storage20 GB available space
OSWindows Vista
Processor2.2GHz Dual Core Processor
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS (512MB) / ATI Radeon HD4800 (512MB)
Storage20 GB available space
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