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Homeworld 3

Blackbird Interactive · Gearbox Publishing · 2024-05-13

SteamEpic Games Store

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 13, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Tactical, beautiful, and wholly unique, the GOTY-winning sci-fi RTS returns with Homeworld 3. Assume control and battle through fleet combat in dazzling, fully 3D space while the award-winning story unfolds on a galactic scale.

Homeworld 3 is a 2024 Simulation, Strategy game priced at $29.99, estimated to have 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners, with a Mixed sentiment (41% of 8729 reviews).

27
playing now
41%
positive of 8.8k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
7
Nexus mods (3.2k downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

27 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Homeworld 3 is a real-time strategy video game developed by Blackbird Interactive and published by Gearbox Software. The game was released on May 13, 2024.

Trailer

Homeworld 3 trailer thumbnail

Homeworld 3 - Official Launch Trailer

≈451,046 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 27 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 176 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~22/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (3,791 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 16,715 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 175k–394k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,762 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $16.63 at GreenManGaming (2026-06-05) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 82 of 126 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.2k2.2k20242026Week of 2024-05-01: 1,626 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2,165 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 299 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

60112026-09-15 12:00 — 19 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 29 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 13 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 37 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 33 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 13 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 11 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 16 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 18 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 20 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 23 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 19 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 13 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 25 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 44 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 24 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 38 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 26 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 17 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 35 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 45 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 18 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 27 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.3k23May 2024Aug 2026May 2024 — avg 1,259 · peak 4,315Jun 2024 — avg 233 · peak 728Jul 2024 — avg 84 · peak 200Aug 2024 — avg 64 · peak 155Sep 2024 — avg 46 · peak 87Oct 2024 — avg 44 · peak 96Nov 2024 — avg 72 · peak 214Dec 2024 — avg 65 · peak 166Jan 2025 — avg 47 · peak 110Feb 2025 — avg 39 · peak 96Mar 2025 — avg 65 · peak 150Apr 2025 — avg 52 · peak 107May 2025 — avg 43 · peak 89Jun 2025 — avg 33 · peak 75Jul 2025 — avg 35 · peak 74Aug 2025 — avg 31 · peak 71Sep 2025 — avg 31 · peak 69Oct 2025 — avg 28 · peak 71Nov 2025 — avg 30 · peak 70Dec 2025 — avg 31 · peak 70Jan 2026 — avg 33 · peak 75Feb 2026 — avg 31 · peak 66Mar 2026 — avg 26 · peak 58Apr 2026 — avg 28 · peak 70May 2026 — avg 24 · peak 58Jun 2026 — avg 23 · peak 67Jul 2026 — avg 35 · peak 76Aug 2026 — avg 27 · peak 55
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$99.99$16.632022-05-192026-08-242022-05-19 — best price $99.992023-12-11 — best price $53.332024-05-01 — best price $50.992024-06-21 — best price $51.992024-08-26 — best price $59.992024-10-14 — best price $59.992024-10-28 — best price $41.272024-11-14 — best price $29.992024-11-23 — best price $26.092024-12-03 — best price $49.292024-12-22 — best price $28.262024-12-30 — best price $28.262025-01-09 — best price $59.992025-02-04 — best price $59.992025-03-10 — best price $59.992025-04-01 — best price $59.992025-05-09 — best price $26.402025-06-26 — best price $29.992025-10-15 — best price $49.992025-10-28 — best price $47.872025-11-12 — best price $30.002025-12-03 — best price $49.992025-12-19 — best price $25.592026-02-03 — best price $56.392026-02-17 — best price $23.992026-03-10 — best price $59.992026-03-27 — best price $30.002026-04-08 — best price $59.992026-05-07 — best price $29.992026-05-28 — best price $59.992026-06-16 — best price $51.992026-07-10 — best price $19.802026-07-22 — best price $59.992026-08-07 — best price $17.422026-08-24 — best price $17.65
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

136462026-05-27 — 72 pageviews2026-05-31 — 82 pageviews2026-06-04 — 73 pageviews2026-06-08 — 93 pageviews2026-06-12 — 68 pageviews2026-06-16 — 70 pageviews2026-06-20 — 60 pageviews2026-06-24 — 63 pageviews2026-06-28 — 67 pageviews2026-07-02 — 89 pageviews2026-07-06 — 81 pageviews2026-07-10 — 82 pageviews2026-07-14 — 63 pageviews2026-07-18 — 65 pageviews2026-07-22 — 58 pageviews2026-07-26 — 59 pageviews2026-07-30 — 71 pageviews2026-08-03 — 59 pageviews2026-08-07 — 64 pageviews2026-08-11 — 76 pageviews2026-08-15 — 60 pageviews2026-08-19 — 60 pageviews2026-08-23 — 67 pageviews2026-08-27 — 60 pageviews2026-08-31 — 57 pageviews2026-09-04 — 70 pageviews2026-09-08 — 136 pageviews2026-09-12 — 76 pageviews2026-09-16 — 68 pageviews2026-09-20 — 66 pageviews2026-09-24 — 67 pageviews2026-09-28 — 77 pageviews2026-10-02 — 62 pageviews2026-10-06 — 47 pageviews2026-10-10 — 66 pageviews2026-10-12 — 76 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
86.5%
earned "If You’ll Be My Bodyguard"
43.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsAdjustable Text SizeCamera Comfort7 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 7 DLC released, first 2024-05-10, latest 2024-11-21 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,3834%35

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DRTSCo-opSpaceCombatSci-fiStrategyTacticalReal-TimeRogue-like

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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