Homeworld is a real-time strategy game set in space and the first game by Relic Entertainment, a Vancouver studio founded on 1 June 1997. Sierra Studios published it for Windows on 28 September 1999. Development took just over two years under the working title Spaghetti Ball, and Sierra agreed to publish it after two whiteboard presentations and no demo.
Paul Ruskay composed the score. Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings became a central theme, and the band Yes wrote the closing track. The stand-alone expansion Homeworld: Cataclysm, made by Barking Dog Studios, followed in September 2000.
Gearbox bought the rights at auction for US$1.35 million on 22 April 2013 and released the Homeworld Remastered Collection on 25 February 2015; a Mac version by Aspyr Media followed that August.1
Names and releases
| Region | Title on the box | Platform | Date | Publisher | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NA | HomeworldRegion not specified in the source. | Windows | Sep 28, 1999 | Sierra Studios | 1 |
| WW | Homeworld Remastered CollectionDigital release; retail by Ubisoft on 7 May 2015. | Windows | Feb 25, 2015 | Gearbox Software | 1 |
| WW | Homeworld Remastered Collection | Mac | Aug 6, 2015 | Aspyr Media | 1 |
Also known as: Spaghetti Ball1Homeworld Remastered Collection WW1
Box art by region
NA Homeworld
Box art © its publishers, shown to identify each release. Scans: Wikipedia.
Version differences
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ContentRemastered Collection
The 2015 Homeworld Remastered Collection also includes the original game as Homeworld Classic.2
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TextRemastered Collection
The Remastered Collection on Steam lists French, Italian, German, Spanish and Russian in addition to English.2
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Contentsource code (2003)
After Relic shared the source code with members of the Relic Developer Network in 2003, unofficial ports for Mac OS X and Linux appeared.1
Translations
Where to play legally today
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Steam Purchase
Homeworld Remastered Collection
Remastered Homeworld and Homeworld 2, plus Homeworld Classic and Homeworld 2 Classic
Checked: 2026-10-132store.steampowered.com
How to run it today
The Homeworld Remastered Collection on Steam runs on Windows and Mac and includes the original game as Homeworld Classic.2
Reception
Homeworld sold over 500,000 copies in its first six months and was the highest-rated PC game of 1999 on Metacritic. IGN and PC Gamer named it Game of the Year, and Computer Gaming World chose it as Strategy Game of the Year.1
Sources
Checked: 2026-10-13Text reviewed: 2026-10-13
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