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Homeworld Remastered Collection

Homeworld Remastered Collection

Gearbox Software, Aspyr (Mac) · released Feb 25, 2015

SimulationStrategyPC

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.

Steam page ↗OpenCritic ↗Metacritic 86 · users 8 ↗
78
VGC Score
▲Improvinghigh confidence

anchored at patch: “Patch 2.303” (2y ago)

81%
At launch
88%
Steam all-time
87%
Press
82%
Player sentiment
82%
Recent sentiment

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Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (OpenCritic)–8712
All-time Steam reviews88%821000
Metacritic user ratings–8416
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)82%761816
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Nov 13, 2023) · 300 reviews sampled · 1816 total reviews in window · weighted 206.3 up / 36 down · computed 4h ago · full methodology →

Press & Creators reviews (60)

Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.

  • 90
    GRYOnline.plGRYOnline.pl
    trust 75Mar 9, 2015

    “Homeworld Remastered Collection is one of the best reissues ever. This package has been prepared by fans for fans. The graphics look phenomenal, the gameplay model did not age at all and the satisfaction after completing some more difficult missions is as big as it used to be 15 years ago. Gearbox simply nailed it.”

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  • 90
    PC InvasionPC Invasion
    trust 69Feb 24, 2015

    “An essential pair of games for your collection, beautifully remastered and enhanced.”

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  • 90
    GameWatcherGameWatcher
    trust 69Mar 2, 2015

    “Gearbox Software today owns the Homeworld IP and remastering the originals might seem a 'cash grab' at first glance, but considering the enormity of their effort to bring Relic's space RTS masterpiece of the late 90s and early 2000s into today's gaming arena, they more than prove their commitment.”

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  • 90
    ZTGDZTGD
    trust 68Mar 18, 2015

    “As a modern re-release of two classic games, the Homeworld Remastered Collection should ultimately be considered a benchmark. Gearbox have delivered on all fronts: visuals, playability, compatibility and spirit. It's also a heck of a lot of fun.”

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  • 80
    EurogamerEurogamer
    trust 66Mar 3, 2015

    “With space battles now more spectacular than even the evergreen Eve Online, and with far less effort required to enjoy them, this sees two excellent games restored. While in a past it was tricky to argue a decisive case for either of the Homeworld games for greatest RTS of all time, now they've been forever merged, updated and supplemented with the original games, the collection is indispensable. ”

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  • 80
    GameSpotGameSpot
    trust 66Mar 8, 2015

    “Not every change in this collection is for the best, but Homeworld and Homeworld 2 remain gorgeous classics that withstand the test of time.”

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  • 90
    MonsterVineMonsterVine
    trust 65Mar 6, 2015

    “Despite some needless changes to Homeworld 1's mechanics, this is still a fantastic remastered collection by Gearbox that shouldn't be missed by newcomers to the series or fans who have been itching to replay the series.”

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  • 90
    GameGrinGameGrin
    trust 65Mar 18, 2015

    “The titan of the RTS genre is back, made all pretty, and still as playable and enthralling as ever. This is one that deserves to be in your library.”

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  • 90
    Metro GameCentralMetro GameCentral
    trust 64Feb 26, 2015

    “A near perfect remastering of a classic strategy game, that succeeds not just because of nostalgia but because there's never been anything else quite like Homeworld.”

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  • 80
    PC PowerPlay
    trust 64Mar 26, 2015

    “Mesmerising setting, story and battling. Just beautiful. [Apr 2015, p.62]”

  • 92
    PC GamerPC Gamer
    trust 64Mar 23, 2015

    “A worthy upgrade to one of the best strategy games ever, featuring the best space battles in the business.”

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  • 80
    TechRaptorTechRaptor
    trust 63Apr 8, 2015

    “The Homeworld: Remastered Collection is an excellent game that is well worth any RTS lovers' time.”

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…and 48 more tracked reviews.

Patch history

  1. Homeworld Remastered Collection Update 2.303
    Nov 13, 2023
  2. Patch 2.303
    Nov 13, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  3. Homeworld Remastered Collection Update 2.302
    Aug 17, 2023
  4. Homeworld Remastered Collection Update 2.301
    Aug 3, 2023
  5. Patch 2.301
    Aug 3, 2023
  6. Homeworld Remastered Collection Update 2.300 Patch Notes
    Jul 26, 2023
  7. Patch 2.300
    Jul 26, 2023
  8. Minor Update - 2023.06.20
    Jun 20, 2023
  9. Homeworld: Remastered Collection Update
    Jun 10, 2016
  10. Homeworld: Remastered Collection Update
    Jun 10, 2016significant · resets scoring window
  11. Homeworld Remastered Collection Update 2.0 Notes
    Jun 6, 2016significant · resets scoring window
  12. Homeworld Remastered Collection Update 2.0 Notes
    Jun 6, 2016significant · resets scoring window
  13. Homeworld Remastered Collection Update
    Aug 20, 2015
  14. Homeworld Remastered Collection Update
    Aug 20, 2015
  15. Homeworld Remastered Collection Update
    Aug 13, 2015significant · resets scoring window
  16. Homeworld Remastered Collection Update
    Aug 13, 2015significant · resets scoring window
  17. Homeworld Remastered Collection Update
    Jun 9, 2015significant · resets scoring window
  18. Homeworld Remastered Collection Update
    Jun 9, 2015
  19. Homeworld Remastered Collection Update
    May 19, 2015significant · resets scoring window
  20. Homeworld Remastered Collection Update
    May 19, 2015
  21. Homeworld Remastered Collection Update
    May 7, 2015
  22. Homeworld Remastered Collection Update
    May 7, 2015
  23. Homeworld Remastered Collection Update
    May 6, 2015significant · resets scoring window
  24. Homeworld Remastered Collection Update
    May 6, 2015significant · resets scoring window
  25. Homeworld Remastered Collection Update
    Mar 23, 2015
  26. Homeworld Remastered Collection Update
    Mar 23, 2015
  27. Homeworld Remastered Collection Update
    Mar 19, 2015significant · resets scoring window
  28. Homeworld Remastered Collection Update
    Mar 19, 2015significant · resets scoring window
  29. Homeworld Remastered Collection Update
    Mar 6, 2015
  30. Homeworld Remastered Collection Update
    Mar 6, 2015
  31. Homeworld Remastered Update 1
    Mar 5, 2015significant · resets scoring window
  32. Homeworld Remastered Update 1
    Mar 5, 2015
  33. Homeworld Remastered Update 1
    Mar 5, 2015significant · resets scoring window