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Homeworld

1999 · Strategy, Adventure · PC, Mac, Linux · Sierra Entertainment

Homeworld is ranked no. 247 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,782 and 81% of duels won.

World rank

no. 247

ELO score

1,782

Wins

81%

Duels played

47

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About Homeworld

Homeworld is a 3D real-time strategy game set in space and focusing on the conflict between the Kushan, who are attempting to locate their long-lost homeworld, and the Taiidan Empire which is trying to destroy them.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,782 ELO points over the last 123 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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The games Homeworld sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 244 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords 1,782
  2. 245 The Witness 1,782
  3. 246 Mortal Kombat 11 1,782
  4. 247 Homeworld 1,782
  5. 248 Far Cry 4 1,781
  6. 249 Silent Hill 3 1,781
  7. 250 Inside 1,779

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  1. claire72

    The fuel mechanic is genius but also punishes you way harder than expected!

    ComboWarden

    Punitive oui. Géniale, ça reste à prouver. Une bonne partie du sentiment d'échelle vient surtout de la caméra, pas du carburant.

    Puente51

    No lo veo tan genial, solo frustrante a veces.

  2. Bayer15

    I never finished the campaign, just a few hours here and there over the years, but even in short sessions the fleet formations and the sense of scale stuck with me more than most full playthroughs of other strategy games.

    Gamboa25

    Yo tampoco lo terminé nunca, lo tengo instalado desde hace años y solo lo abro de vez en cuando.

    RoguePhoenix

    Y aun así, ¿cuántos de estos comentarios hablan realmente de terminar el juego en vez de solo probarlo un rato?

    wrodarte

    Yo igual solo juego partidas cortas de vez en cuando, y aun asi la escala de las batallas me impresiona cada vez.

    casas_ander

    Yo tampoco lo terminé nunca, lo tuve instalado meses enteros y aun así recuerdo esas formaciones perfectamente

  3. ratke_matilda

    I picked it up during a slow week at work, just messing around in skirmish mode on my lunch breaks, and the way the ships moved in full 3D space felt genuinely disorienting at first, though the combat itself never quite matched that sense of wonder.

  4. Matteo_2007

    The camera control in true 3D space was ahead of its time, though the pathfinding could get messy...

  5. CoopAce

    Fleet management in three dimensions sounds great on paper but the controls fight you constantly.

    Bernadette_66

    La solitude spatiale, ça me rappelle les soirées où mon copain gérait la flotte et moi je commentais chaque explosion comme si c'était un match.

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