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Homeworld

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

GameForever voters place Homeworld no. 188 in the world ranking, with 1,792 ELO points and 82% of wins across 60 duels settled. Its best rank by family puts it at no. 5 out of 116 (1999).

World rank

no. 188

ELO score

1,792

Wins

82%

Duels played

60

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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 1,792 ELO points over the last 170 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games Homeworld sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 185 BioShock Remastered 1,793
  2. 186 Resident Evil 2 1,792
  3. 187 Mario Kart: Double Dash!! 1,792
  4. 188 Homeworld 1,792
  5. 189 Kingdom Hearts II 1,791
  6. 190 The Sims 2 1,791
  7. 191 Ratchet & Clank 1,791

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The standing

Where Homeworld ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Homeworld stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 5 out of 116 (1999).

Where Homeworld ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 188 5,035
Strategy 13 336
1990s 38 659
1999 5 116

The community

The debate

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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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