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Homeworld 3

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Homeworld 3
Homeworld 3 cover
Developers
Blackbird Interactive
Publishers
Gearbox Publishing
Engines
Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows May 13, 2024
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Controls Multiple select, Point and select
Genres RTS
Themes Sci-fi, Space
Series Homeworld
Homeworld 3 on HowLongToBeat
Homeworld 3 on IGDB
Homeworld 3 on MobyGames
Homeworld 3 on Wikipedia
Homeworld
Homeworld 1999
Homeworld: Cataclysm 2000
Homeworld 2 2003
Homeworld Remastered Edition 2015
Homeworld 2 Remastered Edition 2015
Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak 2016
Homeworld: Vast Reaches 2024
Homeworld 3 2024

Homeworld 3 is a singleplayer and multiplayer RTS game in the Homeworld series.

General information

Official support knowledgebase
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Epic Games Store
DRM details are not known
Deluxe and Fleet Command Editions also available.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Deluxe and Fleet Command Editions also available.
Windows
Humble Store
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Deluxe and Fleet Command Editions also available.
Windows
Steam
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Deluxe and Fleet Command Editions also available.
Windows
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Windows
All versions require Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM, with a 5-machine activation limit each 24 hours.
Pre-orders additionally included the Kushan Carrier War Games skin.

Version differences

The Deluxe Edition includes the base game and the Year One Season Pass.
The Fleet Command Edition includes the base game, the Year One Season Pass, a multiplayer customization set, the digital soundtrack and a 72 hour early access.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Fleet Command Edition Extra Content
Windows
Year One Season Pass Contains 3 upcoming DLC.
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Homeworld3\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1840080/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Homeworld3\Saved\SaveGames\*.sav
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Homeworld3\Saved\SaveGames\*.hwsg
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1840080/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Vertical FOV can be adjusted in 30-60 range.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Off, FXAA, TAA
High-fidelity upscaling
TAAU, DLSS 3.5, FSR 2.2, XeSS 1.2
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
HDR1000 and HDR2000 presets are available. The game hits 10000 nits of maximum brightness in either of them.
Ray tracing (RT)
Ray-traced shadows can be used.
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Turkish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play
6 Versus, Co-op

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 12
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX
Audio OGG Vorbis, Wwise, XAudio2
Cutscenes Bink Video
Multiplayer Epic Online Services

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10, 11
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-6600
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
System memory (RAM) 12 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 40 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060
AMD Radeon RX 480
Intel Arc A380
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References