Homeworld Remastered Collection similar games & best alternatives

Homeworld Remastered Collection

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2015

Should you play it?

Experience the epic space strategy games that redefined the RTS genre. Control your fleet and build an armada across more than 30 single-player missions. Choose unit types, fleet formations and flight tactics for each strategic situation.

What works

  • True 3d space rts gameplay with innovative mechanics
  • Compelling sci-fi story with emotional depth
  • Beautiful remastered graphics and sound
  • Includes original and remastered versions of hw1 and hw2
  • Strong mod support and active community

Things to keep in mind

  • Homeworld 1 remaster uses hw2 engine causing loss of original mechanics
  • Some bugs and technical issues reported
  • Multiplayer still in beta with balance issues
  • Steep learning curve and occasional difficulty spikes
  • No inclusion of homeworld: cataclysm

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • BattleGroupVR

  • Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2

  • Star Control®: Origins

  • ENDLESS Space™ 2

  • Star Trek Online

  • ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition

Less competitive

Games that feels like Homeworld Remastered Collection but with less competition against others

  • AI War 2

  • Between the Stars

  • Star Wolves 3: Civil War

  • SpaceBourne 2

  • Void Destroyer 2

  • Starpoint Gemini Warlords

More dominating

Games that feels like Homeworld Remastered Collection but with more domination over others

  • Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection

  • STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack

  • Stellaris

  • Space Pirates And Zombies 2

  • NEBULOUS: Fleet Command

  • Battlezone 98 Redux

Less story-driven

Games that feels like Homeworld Remastered Collection but with less narrative immersion

  • Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®

  • Space Reign

  • Elite Dangerous

  • Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion

  • Sins of a Solar Empire II

  • Evochron Mercenary

More intimate

Games that feels like Homeworld Remastered Collection but with more focus on close relationships

  • PULSAR: Lost Colony

  • Void Crew

  • CounterAttack: Uprising

  • HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition

  • Empyrion - Galactic Survival

  • Star Conflict

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Borderlands 2

  • Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

  • Borderlands 3

  • Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour

  • Half-Life: Opposing Force

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Homeworld Remastered Collection: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Competition, Status. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy.

Last update: 04/08/2026