

Homeworld 1999
Developed by Relic Entertainment
- Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Adventure, Science fiction
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.
Real Time Strategy (RTS)StrategyAdventureScience fictionWarfarespace simulationspace combatspace strategyconstructionopen-sourcespaceshipmicromanagementgame critics awardsrivaling factionsbink videopolygonal 3dresource gatheringLinux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
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Earnest, epic, grave and plot-driven.
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- resolvedopen-ended
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About the game
- Platforms
- Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
- Developer
- Relic Entertainment
- Publisher
- Sierra Entertainment
- Released
- September 28, 1999
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
IGDB rating 8.7/10 from 70 ratings.
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