🌌Homeworld like games | RTS games with 3D Space fleet combat & building for PC - released & upcoming

Take a look at the best games like Homeworld with ship fleet combat in 3D environments, massive tactical space battles with amazing ships, resource collection, research, and some of the best stories as you wait for Homeworld 3. From fan favorite Nexus: The Jupiter Incident to the upcoming Ephemeris.
🔎Upcoming RTS games in 2024 - • List of New RTS & Base...
🌌Ephemeris space 4X / RTS - • Spaceship 3D combat wi...
✅Era One gameplay: • Better than Homeworld?...
🏆More games like Sins of a Solar Empire: • 🔻Games like Sins of a ...
⭐ UPCOMING STRATEGY GAMES⭐
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Chapters
0:00 Nexus: The Jupiter Incident
1:57 Remaster?
2:32 Ancient Space
3:48 Stellar Warfare
5:08 Genesis Rising
6:44 O.R.B.: Off-World Resource Base
8:33 Far Gate
9:49 Haegemonia: Legions Of Iron
11:18 Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2
12:45 Ephemeris*
14:02 Dust Fleet
14:56 Other games
🔷Nexus: The Jupiter Incident : store.steampowered.com/app/64...
🔶Ancient Space : store.steampowered.com/app/24...
🔷Stellar Warfare : store.steampowered.com/app/11...
🔶Genesis Rising : store.steampowered.com/app/32...
🔷O.R.B.: Off-World Resource Base : store.steampowered.com/app/28...
🔶Far Gate : www.myabandonware.com/game/fa...
🔷Haegemonia: Legions Of Iron : store.steampowered.com/app/29...
🔶Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 : store.steampowered.com/app/57...
🔷Ephemeris* [ name change pending]: yrdvaab.com/
🔶Dust Fleet : store.steampowered.com/app/40...
#Homeworld#SpaceRTS#realtimestrategy

[@stardockgames]

Great video! Looking forward to your other lists!

[@perafilozof]

I bet you are! Thank you for the visit and see you in my next two video lists in fact. As I have your RTS and turn based 4X grand strategy games at the top of the lists. Keep up making and publishing great games for all us fans!

[@General_Hawk]

Awesome to see love and attention for Nexus: The Jupiter Incident. One of the best space games and fleet games ever created. Thank you!

[@perafilozof]

Thank you for watching and spreading the love for Nexus, General Hawk!

[@SonicSidewinder]

Truly. Genuinely I know nothing else like it. I remember playing a Battlestar Galactica mod depicting a Battlestar Vs a Basestar and my computer just couldn't take it once the guns started firing haha

[@perafilozof]

@@SonicSidewinder the modes are amazing and for all the settings people made them.

[@nonyabisness6306]

Nexus was SO good. It's a crime it never got a continuation. Actually all the games listed are FANTASTIC. Disregard any Steam rating, if it's space combat you're looking for these will fill your time, leaving you wanting more.

[@perafilozof]

Hi and welcome to my channel. Thank you for the comment and I do agree with us. What do you think of SINS? Have you seen my list of games similar to it? kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqamqaZ_rMhspaM

[@gmabitx1]

Absolutely insane quality video! I might not play these games mentioned but I quickly hit the subscribe button as soon as I finished the video because I loved how you explained all the necessary details about the games and included actual gameplay clips instead of cinematics. Loved it!

[@perafilozof]

Hello Kaku and welcome to my channel. Thank you kindly for such great feedback and praise! I am very happy to read it. I do try my best and improve with each new video. Do take a short at Nexus, you won't be disappointed even in 2023. Also, you can see more of my similar videos on this playlist, and soon I will post a video of games like Sins of a Solar Empire : kzbin.info/aero/PLRYGjguAn0CETNi54IC0YsVNFtTdd6Ccc

[@yrdvaab3540]

Thanks for having my game Ephemeris on your list again!

[@perafilozof]

It is my pleasure. It will be on another list this week!

[@HighLigerBimBam]

ERA ONE will be the homeworld we all wished for.

[@perafilozof]

Hehe, true that! Thank you for the comment!

[@Gringottone]

Thanks for the video, I was looking for a piece of information like this for a while. Most other videos consider "Is it in space? Then it is like Homeworld" while you really went the correct route. Good job!

[@perafilozof]

Hello Michal and thank you kindly for that feedback. I am glad to see you enjoyed it. I also did a similar list for a game people often miss name as a Homeworld like game but it has its own similar games kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqamqaZ_rMhspaM

[@Gringottone]

@@perafilozof Thank you, I will make sure to check it out!

[@perafilozof]

Great, do let me know which you enjoyed the most

[@Henskelion]

Something surprising about this is how many Homeworld-like games existed back when Homeworld was a fairly new IP.

[@perafilozof]

Space combat games were very popular back than. You would be surprised how high is the % of those games in all games made back in '80 and '90. It only started to go down since 2005 if we go by development and 2008 if we go by release dates.

[@DeusAlgor]

@@perafilozof it's not that surprising to be honest. 1. Space theme are appealing to many. 2. You need to render less stuff for a space sim/rts compared to other themes. So you can pack more content in the limited capabilities computers and consoles had in the 1980-2000

[@perafilozof]

Ah, very good point Algor Deus ! I didn't think along those lines, but it makes perfect sense, a single black background and you're golden :)

[@MartinBGerrald]

Stellar Warfare is amazing! Sure it's definitely an indie title, but one made with a lot of passion. I bought for my brother and myself this past weekend and we had a blast! The fleet editor with custom fleets and unlocking new parts, ships, and weapons is a highlight. I hope more people give it a shot because I really enjoyed it with what's there.

[@perafilozof]

Hi and thank you kindly for sharing your thoughts on it. I do have a special video about it planned so I also hope more people will play it after they see it.

[@Airatgl]

I have to mention Star Wolves series. It's a mix of the 3D space RTS gameplay with party rpg

[@perafilozof]

Oh I know of it very well. Played the first one a dozen times over. So much fun. But with no building, and as you said a party RPG system I simply couldn't add it to this list. I never managed to get into the second and third game due to at first bugs and later unclear open world systems. Did you play those too or just the first?

[@Chuck_vs._The_Comment_Section]

Star Wolves, Fragile Existence & Falling Frontier: Are we a joke to you?

[@perafilozof]

Hi and welcome to my channel. I am familiar with each of those games, but all had multiple reasons why I felt their gameplay wasn't close enough. At least for me. I don't dispute that others would include them in the list, and I thank you for doing just that. Did you play Star Wolves 1 only or others as well?

[@Chuck_vs._The_Comment_Section]

@@perafilozof "Did you play Star Wolves 1 only or others as well?" - Why are you asking me that? That's what websites like steamcharts are for.

[@perafilozof]

I was interested in your opinion on the gameplay difference between the first and the other two games in that franchise.

[@Chuck_vs._The_Comment_Section]

@@perafilozof Ah, that's what you were getting at! In my humble opinion, SW1 is clearly and unfortunately the best part. For SW2, the developer had the "great" idea of turning SW into an open world game. Which means you spend a lot of time idling / waiting. SW2 was also released buggy and unfinished and was dropped after release. SW3 is also open world. But, as far as I know, was released much more "finished". However, SW3 has no voice output and the texts are only in English or Russian. TLDR: A mixture of mismanagement and the developer didn't understand what made SW1, so special has "ruined" this series.

[@perafilozof]

Perfectly summarized! I think exactly the same. I remember getting crashed to desktop when I tried to play SW2 and some bad scripting when I tried to play SW3 where I couldn't do quests/missions at all. While I replayed the first game... honestly I have lost count, probably 5+ times.

[@teseutressoldi3972]

Great vid! Great sugestions! I will for sure try some of the old gems

[@perafilozof]

Hi and thank you, I am glad you liked the video and will try out some of these games. I also have a similar video on games like Sins of a Solar empire here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqamqaZ_rMhspaM

[@---mf9lv]

Nebulous: Fleet Command. As a long-term enjoyer of Homeworld 2 and Remaster I can say confidently that Nebulous plays almost exactly like Homeworld. While it possesses smaller-scale naval warfare on the scale of Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2, it's intricate fleet customization and sheer depth of gameplay more than make up for it and actually meshes very well with said smaller scale.

[@perafilozof]

Hi, thank you for mentioning it. The problem is that is basically the only thing it shares wirh Homeworld. No Mothership, no resources, no construction, no reseach, no missions, no story, no characters. It is mostly just an arena combat game. So while I had it in my mind, it simply isn't close enough.

[@Skittles694]

@@perafilozof they are going to implement a strategic campaign with persistent fleet eventually, in Fact i think they are currently working on this campaign mode.

[@perafilozof]

@@Skittles694 That is great news! Thank you kindly for sharing!

[@trazyntheinfinite9895]

Thank you! I played this back then but forgot the name. Thx for digging this up! Fargate was so frustrating but i loved the designs

[@perafilozof]

Hi and welcome to my channel. I am glad to hear that. Have you played some of the others as well?

[@trazyntheinfinite9895]

@@perafilozof yes, every game in fact. I am looking forward to 23/24 and the deluge of new space games. Keep the videos coming, i do enjoy your style.

[@perafilozof]

Thank you kindly for that praise! You can find several more games like that I have discovered here, some of then already playable: kzbin.info/aero/PLRYGjguAn0CFpLi_MlTb6PIgLkXQM632Y

[@sharkcode1]

For me Imperium Galactica 2 is the complete and primal masterpiece. There is no other game the puts all those elements together, in a single art game. IG2 has everything we need in a game, of course that with the chronological considerations. It has star wars in a 3D plan, colony management, merchant relations, diplomatic relations, spy relations, research and development resources and much more. It was a complete shame it was not updated. I have HW2 and is an excellent game, but nothing compared to IG2, really. Those guys were geniuses.

[@perafilozof]

Hello and thanks for sharing your thoughts on it. I don't know have you seen this game as it is close to what you desire: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYecoHywoJl2hacsi=nzqK2tE-5FOifWyV

[@gangsterHOTLINE]

Stellar Warfare is the kind of project that deserves so much attention. i joined their discord and almost immediately the developer asked me what I thought, how I learned about it, and what could be changed to make it better. Games like this, with a single developer riding the reins. They have to be supported and respected. Also. You are right, no game can compare to Homeworld. Even Deserts of Kharak maintains the same design and love for the series. They need to remake Cataclysm. I don't care that Blizzard copyrighted that name. It needs a remaster.

[@perafilozof]

Hi and thanks for sharing your thoughts and experience with Stellar Warfare, I totally agree and I have had it on my to do list for such a long time that I feel bad for not converting it in a separate video sooner.

[@gangsterHOTLINE]

@@perafilozof Hey man don't feel bad, your content is fantastic! Thank you for doing what you do. :) You keep our minds moving more than one person should even be capable of doing. Cheers to you good sir!

[@perafilozof]

Thank you kindly for such nice words! I am glad to know you think so.

[@Timmaaaigh]

Looking forward to that second list of games. Homeworld and Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion are probably my 2 fav games, but Sins slightly edges it due to its 4X characteristics and ability of sandbox roleplay. I am rather sure i am aware of every game like that, fitting my personal criteria, but perhaps there is some mysterious gem i never heard of, that you will include, so i am definitely curious. Regarding this list, i think old game from 1997 called Star Command Revolution deserves a mention. Its not fully 3D like HW, or actually 3D at all, but it revolves around mothership, thats the only unit that can move between interconnected sectors, while every sector has some enemy, you need to remove, before advancing to the wormhole leading to another sector on the other side of the map (sector). Sometimes there is more of these wormholes, so you can actually choose, which way to go and actually you can move back and forth with the mothership. On every sector you can then harvest resources and build bunch of structures and units. The key element of the game are those resources, its 5 of them, they are finite and persistent across all the sectors, 4 of them are used to build specific types of units, that are hard counters to other units. So it can happen to you, if you are wasteful with them, at some point of the "campaign" it may happen to you, that you lack specific resource to build essential unit type to defeat enemy in that particular sector. All in all, it was very unique game, but very fun and entertaining, having the classic rts elements like unit construction and resource management, while being rather action based and oriented on unit micro-management. Despite that, i feel its rather obscure and unjustly overlooked - unfortuntely it had to compete with Starcraft back in the day. Anyway I believe it does by itself deserve its own video from you.

[@perafilozof]

That is quite a good description. Thank you very much for sharing it with us. I don't remember playing such a game, so it is definitely worth checking out. Love the comment and all the details you gave about it. Indeed SINS gameplay is a step up from homework in complexity and scale so it really deservs a video on its own. Real time staratrgy and 4X space hybrids are a subgenre on their own. And turn based ones are another subset.

[@t1grex104]

@@perafilozof What about game: Andromeda:Rebirth of Humanity ? Its crossplatform game now (Android/IOS/SteamOs). I'm not sure and I'm not saying that this game is a classic RTS and that it's very similar to Homeworld. But I'm sure of two things: 1. this game is a classic, quite canonical 4x, just like Homeworld. 2. Signs of exactly 4 in both games are much more than it might seem. And these signs in v Homeworld, IMHO, are more significant than the signs of the RTS. Because, in such grandiose, large-scale games, most of the gameplay is IMHO, about the economy and micromanagement. Wars - perhaps for some they are the most delicious, at least in games. But wars are always very expensive, if we are talking about strategies, and made as high quality and realistic as possible, with the study of all game mechanics and relationships.

[@perafilozof]

It could be, but I don't really give much space to mobile games, or their PC ports on my channel. Not many people here interested in such games. So even when I find them I mostly ignore them. I check it out, but the ships are just stationary so that doesn't really work for this list. But thank you for adding it, maybe some will enjoy it.

[@t1grex104]

@@perafilozof Ok, cool. First of all, please, check and look to Andromeda:Rebirth of Humanity. Its not only mobile, but cross-platform game. I looked it in Steam. Nice game, I think, very pity, that it so low known and unpopular.

[@DeusAlgor]

Loved to play HW Remaster, except that one campaign mission that was bugged due to mechanics changed to HW2 but I managed find a workaround to that so overall experience was great. Almost like in childhood =) Nexus: The Jupiter Incident - looks like just a game for me. Now the hardest part - to find a time to actually try it. Ancient Space - has some interesting elements. Wonder why it was underloved so much. I won't comment SWf cause I'm too biased towards loving it =P Thx for featuring it tho! Genesis looks like Star Craft that are actually about 'star craft' and not a War Craft in space =) No hate to SC. ORB and Far Gate made me sad that those weren't sold in my country when they were released. Now even if I buy them - most likely only to sit on the steam shelf never to be touched. =( I wish big success to the Ephemeris (or whatever it will be named on release). It has great potential and a nice dev (at least they are nice on the discord). I just hope it will avoid all them indie dev pitfalls. Dust Fleet looks promising.

[@perafilozof]

Hello Algor Deus and thank you for sharing your thoughts, experiences and impressions of these games. Great to hear from another space RTS fan on these games. Nexus: The Jupiter Incident is a must play from the list. I agree that Ephemeris has a lot to go, but it is already showing great potential. You can see my exclusive look at it's RTS gameplay here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3bZlqdqnsSfl7c

[@Milan74]

Nexus, The Jupiter Incident & the Haegemonia games really need a remake or sequels.

[@perafilozof]

You bet! I hope someone is already on top of that. It would be amazing to play them again in 2025 or something. Thank you for the comment. What are you playing these days?

[@Milan74]

@@perafilozof EvE Online, Stranded, Alien dawn & ArmA 3. Will soon tryout EvE Vanguard.

[@perafilozof]

Oh nice spread! Thank you for sharing

[@ukaszzgodka4037]

To be honest one of the most "Homeworldlike" would be "Project Earth: Starmageddon" - I really enjoyed it as a kid, but you won't get it on Steam or GOG, at this moment it's pretty much an abandonwere...

[@perafilozof]

Oh, that is a new one for me. Will have to Google that one. Thank you very much for sharing Łukasz Zgódka !

[@Kiljaedenas]

Surprised how many of these I've already played. Nexus: The Jupiter Incident, Ancient Space, Haegemonia, Legions of Iron, Battlefleet Gothic-Armada 2 (also played 1), Sins of a Solar Empire

[@perafilozof]

Hi, and welcome to my channel! I am glad to see another fan of such games on my channel. Which would you say was your favorite out of them ? And I also did a list of games like SINS here : kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqamqaZ_rMhspaM

[@Kiljaedenas]

@@perafilozof Nexus and Haegemonia were definitely top tier among those. .

[@perafilozof]

Thank you for sharing! Nexus for me as well.

[@TESI303]

With some of those mentions, maybe X4:Foundations & definitely House of the Dying Sun should have been mentioned. The latter is almost Homeworld with a cockpit perspective fighter flight sim element. The former lets you buy or build you own fleets that you can give orders to and command.

[@perafilozof]

Hi, thank you very much for mentioning them. I had them on my list as I was researching this topic, but in the end I decided against adding then to this list as they are not close enough in my book due to their gameplay elements and mechanics.

[@kasarch]

Oh... O.R.B. I still remember days when I played it. My favorite moment when in skirmish mode vs AI I send my carrier to jump out from a battle and this thing jumped directly trough enemy battleship(press F to both)

[@perafilozof]

Oh sweet, it is great to hear from more people who have played these classics! Hehe, that is a crazy idea, but it worked, ha!

[@kasarch]

@@perafilozof It was not classic when I played o.r.b. 😂

[@perafilozof]

@@kasarch That is true. Only the ones that survive the test of time become classics.

[@pluxauag7555]

X Beyond the Frontier (X1 the beginning of the X series currently at X4 with XBTF being played through by Drew Wager on KZbin) and Homeworld were both 1999 games a great year for the Genre.

[@perafilozof]

I remember playing the first X game and being just stunned as I discovered more and more of the scale of it. That was back before there was fast internet and the ability to learn all about a game before I played it... ah such wonderful times. Great mention Plux AuAg. I did have X on my mind when I was making this list, but it just doesn't share enough gameplay with Homeworld even for a mention.

[@YoLo-bb2vc]

1154 "and spacefaring junkayards called Orkships!" yeap that pretty much sums up anything Orkish in Warhammer 40K and it still makes me laugh hearing it everytime XD

[@perafilozof]

Hehe, I am glad I was able to make you laugh! Welcome to my channel YoLo-bb2vc, and thank you for the comment. If you would like to see more such games check this next video out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqamqaZ_rMhspaM

[@YoLo-bb2vc]

@@perafilozof id have to watch more of your older vids and see how consitant your content is :) but if they are what i watched then yes youll have a sub

[@perafilozof]

Hey, I love reading that. Enjoy the videos, more up all the time.

[@YoLo-bb2vc]

@@perafilozof because of your reply you earnt a sub that act of honesty earnt you a sub

[@oprime0078]

Nexus The Jupiter Incident’s designs have been formative on world building of my own sci-fi setting I loved it so much

[@perafilozof]

Same here my friend. I hope other developers will take up its gameplay one day and make more similar games. What are you playing now?

[@oprime0078]

@@perafilozof there were apparently once plans to make a second game, not sure what happened too it As for what I’m playing, replaying the Mass Effect Series, got the Legendary edition on sale

[@perafilozof]

@@oprime0078 Sales weren't high enough most likely. There isn't enough profit in such games for publishers to green light them

[@turquoisemanturk]

Excited for the second list !

[@perafilozof]

I am glad to hear that!

[@perafilozof]

Share with us which have you played and liked, and what new ones are you looking forward to that are similar to Homeworld! Also your favorite Homeworld moments would be lovely to read!

[@placerdemaio]

dont forguet starsector is one of the hiden gems, the indi game

[@silverkerbal]

I highly recommend Nebulous Fleet Command if you haven't tried it.

[@perafilozof]

HI, thank you for mentioning it. It did come up in my research, but it is way to small scale and 2D to be counted on this list.

[@perafilozof]

I have, even made a video about it's lore, and had it in my list of upcoming games. But beyond combat it doesn't have any other Homeworld gameplay or atmosphere element. So I didn't end up putting it up on this list.

[@placerdemaio]

@@perafilozof first of all, i love your channel you are the hidden gem xDDD, second the game is like a mount and blade in space basically, will be/are one of the best space games we have for real, and the 2D thing well we have the dwarf fortress to prove that 2D it is not necessary something bad

[@JohnMiller-zr8pl]

Man, the list keeps growing.

[@perafilozof]

Indeed it does. What are the latest ones you know of?

[@Maxime_Martyr]

Haegemonia is actually Imperium Galactica 3 but Digital Reality had to change its name because they lost the licence to use the original name.

[@perafilozof]

Really? I never saw that any where. Did the developers say that on the record somewhere?

[@Maxime_Martyr]

@@perafilozof I learned it from a review on Haegemonia's GOG page then I checked Wikipedia and it confirmed that Haegemonia was developed next to Imperium Galactica 1 & 2 by the same developer Digital Reality who lost the licence to use the name because of their publisher GT Interactive going bankrupt right after having published Imperium Galactica 2 and having sold the licence to the german publisher CDV who tasked another developer Mithis Entertainment to use the licence to develop Imperium Galactica 3 however Mithis Entertainment didn't care about Imperium Galactica and developed their own game which had nothing to do with the licence therefore CDV and Mithis Entertainment broke up and Mithis renamed their game as Nexus: The Jupiter Incident and found another publisher while Digital Reality who were the original developers of the licence Imperium Galactica developed Imperium Galactica 3 under the name Haegemonia since they lost the licence to use the original name and that's how Haegemonia and Nexus: The Jupiter Incident came to be, both originally as Imperium Galactica 3. 😉

[@perafilozof]

Wow, that is such an incredible story of some of the greatest PC space games. Thank you very much for sharing it with all of us in the comments!

[@opoleboy]

hey, good stuff thanks.. It would even help to divide the video time slider according to a title and its name, so that it would be easy to write down/access the titles.

[@perafilozof]

Hi, the chapters and game names, as well as store links are already in the description. For some reason the video didn't use them. I removed and put them back in and I think it is working now. Thank you for telling me, glad you enjoyed the video. Many more like it here on this playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLRYGjguAn0CETNi54IC0YsVNFtTdd6Ccc

[@opoleboy]

@@perafilozof yea they work know thank you

[@fubblitious]

Dammit man I played Jupiter Incident way back and now you have reminded me how good it was!, and I am going to have to dust it off now! One question, like other games, of that era does it need a degree in computer programming to get it working on win 10 (or 11)?

[@perafilozof]

Hi, it works fine on Win10. I played it not too long ago. You might just check steam mods for it if there are any mods that help it work better or increase resolution.

[@therealmcgoy4968]

Wish they would make a Star Trek armada 3 with homeworld like gameplay (with some base building).

[@perafilozof]

That would be awesome. But there is already such a mod for Sins of a Solar Empire.

[@jamesabernethy7896]

I'm curious if you have every played Sid Meyer's Starships? For me, it had some great-looking features and some nice gameplay but it felt like a long tutorial than an actual Campaign.

[@perafilozof]

Hi, I think I played a few minutes of it. Looked and felt like a mobile game which accidentally was released on PC :)

[@CyanTeamProductions]

Perafilozof! You need to check out a game called nebulous fleet command, it would have fit this video very well. It focuses more on the combat part and not so much the economy part. But it plays similar to this but with more realism

[@perafilozof]

Hello and thank you for the recommendation! I have actually played it, and made a video about it : kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmOqdohmgJmtns0 but it's gameplay is an arena combat style and because of that it didn't feel like a good fit to add to this list. Maybe I could have done an honorable mentions section.

[@user-kr6ih2gz5l]

might be a bit unrelated, but I do recommend playing Highfleet

[@perafilozof]

Well yeah not exactly, but it is a very interesting and fun game. Thx for the recommendation.

[@danielkolev9270]

sorry about my last comment. Im looking forward for your next video !

[@perafilozof]

No problem, don't worry about it, and I hope you enjoy the next one.

[@petresko1041]

I'm surprised Haegemonia - Legions of Iron is even mentioned. I used to play it constantly as a kid. Its ambient and battle soundtracks are phenomenal!

[@perafilozof]

Hi petresko, and welcome to my channel. You shouldn't be surprised, I have almost a 30 year track record with such games so I know almost all of them. Glad to see more fans of Haegemonia are finding my channel. What do you play these days?

[@petresko1041]

@@perafilozof That's awesome! Yeah, Haegemonia to me was Star Wars when I got it around 2006-ish. I got stuck on the 4th mission on the Earth campaign because I couldn't figure out what I was supposed to do after freeing Major Sanders. Realized like 15 years later when I got it on Steam that there is a research window I missed and it was like reliving my childhood anew. Not much in terms of space games nowadays because I can't find anything that matches the Haegemonia feel outside of Homeworld. The only recent space games I've played, that get close, are Avorion and Starsector. Avorion's fighter combat keenly resembles that of Haegemonia and there are some ship designs in Starsector, which oddly resemble designs from Haegemonia. I wonder if one of the devs has a similar track record to yours and that's where they got the design inspiration from. Aside from that I'm mostly playing Battlebit, Battle Brothers and Medieval II Total War.

[@perafilozof]

@@petresko1041 Oh thank you kindly for sharing your experiences with us. I love reading such stories. I remember one game I was stuck at level 3, RTS called Sector Z, or just Z, and after coming back to it after a year or two I finished all 13 levels in one go.

[@Topvideosofandbeyond]

im literally playing nexus: The jupiter incident again right now lol

[@perafilozof]

Hehe, that is great to hear! What do you prefer ? Plasma bombs or lasers?

[@TheSebi99p]

Omg, I loved Nexus: The Jupiter Incident... so sad it never really caught on... iirc, a while back they did a kickstarter for a sequel? Not sure what happened to it in the end...

[@perafilozof]

Hi, I had no idea about that being a thing. And I didn't hear about it, many others didn't as well, so no wonder it didn't pan out. Too bad, as I also truly love it. Even today it is still so good. Thank you for the comment Sebi99p!

[@TheSebi99p]

@@perafilozof no worries... it was a while ago... maybe 2015-2016? Back when kickstarter was the main way of doing early access... Something like that? Not sure what happened to it, as I said...

[@perafilozof]

@@TheSebi99p Thank you for the extra info, I will look into it.

[@outrageous-alex]

Falling Frontier - will never come out. I wish listed it in 2022 when it said it was coming out. It keeps getting pushed back and is now listed at 2025.

[@perafilozof]

Hello and thanks for sharing your thoughts on it. I know what you mean. The delay after delay is terrible especially because the developer is just remaking stuff constantly instead of deciding what is finished and ready for launch.

[@alfaRobotics]

Thanks . A bit necromancy - but i found new games to play :)

[@perafilozof]

Hi, thank you for the feedback, indeed I had to look long and wide for these, as so few games even attempted to be like Homeworld or aimed for similar gameplay with similar polish and quality. Shows just how hard it is making a Homeworld game. Which ones did you like the most?

[@andreasjahrn7891]

To touch on Hegemony and Imperium Galactica without mentioning it's great spiritual predecessor: Merits Galactic Reunion. Shame, such a shame. But bonus point for Nexus: The Jupiter Incident and by association the Imperium Galactica III tech demo.

[@perafilozof]

Hmm, Merits Galactic Reunion, I must admit I did a lot of research for this video, and that is the first time I have read that name. I will look into it now, and I am sorry I didn't find it on time. Thank you very much for sharing! Which one of these is your favorite?

[@andreasjahrn7891]

@@perafilozof I'd have to say Nexus, considering my history with the game and it's community; from being the moderator on the official forums back in the day to pushing out the HD background asteroid mod, higher fidelity planet textured and widescreen mod right before the source code was found by THQ Nordic. And still have more mods coming for the game, hopefully in the future. But Merits Galactic Reunion holds a very special place in my heart, considering it was what got me hooked on Space strategies.

[@perafilozof]

Oh wow you made those mods? I just installed them when I was making this video. Thank you very much for your work! And thx for sharing your likes.

[@nicolaspedrazalis5104]

buen video great choices

[@perafilozof]

Thank you kindly for the feedback and comment. Glad you enjoyed it. Which of these have you played before?

[@crimeskin127]

have you played nebulous: fleet command as well? seemed like it could fit here

[@perafilozof]

Hi, yes I have. And I do like it a lot. But it doesn't have building, or scale or story. It is basically an arena game right now. That is why it didn't make the cut. How do you like it so far?

[@InnerAtmos]

O.R.B - was such an underrated game. Played it years back, and really happy I did. I remember loving the sh1t out of the ambient music too.

[@perafilozof]

Hi @InnerAtmos and thank you for sharing your memories of that game with us! Glad to see more people still remember it! BTW you might like a more in-depth video on Ephemeris? kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3bZlqdqnsSfl7c

[@nonusbusinissus5632]

kudos for mentioning nexus

[@perafilozof]

Oh, thx, it wouldn't be a good list without it. It is probably the only game with similar level of quality to Homeworld out of all these. Really AAA production values and great gameplay. Which other ones did you enjoy?

[@nuruddinshah684]

AAAAAA Stellar warfare. I knew I was forgetting something

[@perafilozof]

Yeah, you and I, and all of us should play it more. The person behind it really gave it his best shoot and it is worth playing.

[@nuruddinshah684]

@perafilozof I want too. But I have to control myself. If not I'm be in debt

[@perafilozof]

oh, please don't go there!

[@nuruddinshah684]

@@perafilozof note expression. Not real....yet

[@KyranFindlater]

the dev of Ephemeris should post again on his blog.. nothing since December 2022. Got good hopes for that one!

[@perafilozof]

He is much more active on his discord. You can see new gameplay clips there too

[@yrdvaab3540]

Nice to hear and sorry about the lack of videos. :) The development is going strong and new videos will come!

[@jz5824]

a new IG3 would be great. Nexus should become Imperium Galactica 3, unfortunately the developer went bankrupt. it's time for a strategy game with big battleships like Imperium Galactica. Like total war in the Galaxy

[@perafilozof]

I agree totally, and I will actually be making a video about similar games to those, with turn based maps and real time combat, very soon.

[@jz5824]

@@perafilozof sounds good, I'm really looking forward to it

[@TheRealXartaX]

Imperium Galactica 2, definitely. You mentioned it but not sure why/where you're drawing a distinction since most of the games you're listing don't have a mothership or space mining anyways.

[@perafilozof]

Hi, yes, Imperium Galactica 2 will be part of my next video list of games like SINS. But the line here was drawn on the moment 4X elements like planet management and resource collection, trade, diplomacy become as big as RTS combat. I was trying to keep this video down to games where the space fleet combat was the main gameplay and some games just had some extra elements. That is why all the other games I will mention in future lists where I think they will match gameplay better. Thank you for a great comment and question TheRealXartaX! Which of these have you played?

[@TheRealXartaX]

@@perafilozof Only Homeworld and Battlefleet Gothic (which I hated). If the game doesn't have a strategic layer (resources, diplomacy, etc.) I'm not that interested. Same reason I think Dawn of War 1 is the best one and the later ones kinda suck (even 2, which many like). Removing strategy for more accessibility. Gothic was a really bad offender because there was almost no actual strategic decision making and just about suiciding objectives (haven't tried the second one).

[@perafilozof]

@@TheRealXartaX I see. And that is a good point. Striping away layers to make games more accessible just makes the game less fun in the end, because it reduces the changes players have to really try their best to learn to play and win. And if it is no challenge it quickly becomes boring and people drop it for the next thing. That kind of gameplay might get you more sales at first, but down the line it dooms the game's potential and everyone forgets about it.

[@TheRealXartaX]

@@perafilozof If game devs want a less complicated game that is easier to get into, I prefer game modes. The best solution is to provide map tools to the community, then they'll make whatever they want and keep the game going that way... like custom maps in WC3.

[@perafilozof]

@@TheRealXartaX That is another feature that is becoming more rare. Partly due to the fact that it makes new content free. And makes it hard for publishers to sell more game content. $$$ ruins everything... I wish big money and corporations never came into gaming.

[@Nardol101]

I would imagine that star wars Empire at war would be a part of this list.

[@perafilozof]

Hi, Diogo Ogura and thank you for mentioning it. I had it on my list, until I realized its Galactic Conquest mode is much different due to the extra 4X layer so I decided to move SW Empire at War to my next list, of games like SINS.

[@Xayl42]

Problem with nexus jupiter incident is i like the start of the game...and the moment it goes "future scifi" im not longer invested.

[@perafilozof]

Interesting. Never heard anyone have that problem. I guess expectations were different for you? What other games on this list have you played?

[@Xayl42]

@@perafilozof Nexus: The Jupiter Incident Stellar Warfare Genesis Rising Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 (and 1 but thats not in your list^^) Dust Fleet. My problem with jupiter is the artstyle. it starts with "realistic" human ships with spinning crewquarters and lasers and canons. this is what you seen in most pictures and what you primarily showed here. this is what i expected. and then out of nothing (one of the twists) it turns into glowing blue balls flying through space and, as i said, scify-looking ships. I would have prefered the human look. teh gameplay is fine though.

[@perafilozof]

Oh, I see. Thank you for the replay.

[@garyhall3919]

i have played nexus so many times over the years but i have never been able to finish the last level

[@perafilozof]

Neither have I. It is the most difficult level I have seen in decades of gaming. And I tried more than a few times. It is why I am going back to play it and finally finish it. I don't like leaving things unfinished. Thx for the comment! BTW I have a similar list of games like Sins if you are interested: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqamqaZ_rMhspaM

[@garyhall3919]

@@perafilozof great list i added a few to my wishlist. subbed :) now off to play nexus

[@perafilozof]

Fantastic! Enjoy! Pro tip: Lots of lasers on ships makes it easier to disable enemy ship subsystems even with shields up, while bombs damage shields and let you hit the hull.

[@Beregorn88]

Haegemonia combact was a let down in SPECTACLE??!! I think you would be hard pressed to find NOWADAYS a game with combats as cinematic as those! Gameplay-wise, on the other hand... usually it ended up in two costant streams of missile battleships clashing in the middle

[@perafilozof]

It could be my memory of it is faulty or it just didn't impress me back than. But thx for sharing your thoughts about it.

[@Audiotrocious]

Assembly underway. Assembly underway. Assembly underway.

[@perafilozof]

I love the reference quote Nicholas Squires! Makes my hair stand up and chilis go down my spine :) HW1 your favorite ?

[@Audiotrocious]

@@perafilozof yes because it is fun to just spam Salvager Corvettes and end the game with a fleet of all the enemy ships 😂

[@perafilozof]

@@Audiotrocious I think it will be the most remembered "feature" until the end of time :)

[@zatnikutel635]

2d gamestyle is not a downside. in homeworld 2 it is really difficult to use the 3rd dimension without having something to click on, for example resourse asteroids. so i think 3d rts is not really worth it yet because it requires a solution not invented yet. there is a game should be mentioned everywhere, and thats FIVE NATIONS. that is the best space RTS i have ever seen, unfortunately one guy makes it in his free time and no one appreciate it...

[@perafilozof]

Hi, thank you for sharing your thoughts. Honestly I have always found 3D movement in Homeworld to be best of any 3D space game as their move in X and move in Z double controls required only two clicks and two keyboard controls. Easy as pie.

[@tiefensucht]

Is there a game that actually plays & feels like Homeworld? I mean all these game play very different as far as I know.

[@perafilozof]

That was the trouble with this list, as I mentioned in the section about Homeworld Remasted edition. No one in almost 25 years has made a game that has ALL the elements Homeworld has and in that specific mix. It is still a unique game. That is why it is so hard to find games which are exactly like it.

[@---mf9lv]

Nebulous: Fleet Command. Its control scheme and general play is almost identical.

[@tiefensucht]

@@---mf9lv Had that on my list, but I see there is now a demo version! I will try it out.

[@perafilozof]

Hi, I did think about Nebulous: FC, but it only shares the combat with Homeworld. Just one element is not enough to put it on this list.

[@zardzewialy]

Didn't we talk about this just few weeks ago? :d

[@perafilozof]

Yeah, I was in preparation mode for this video.

[@eleven2435]

Funny, how match fine tuned polish means to a game, lot of game have amazing concept, idea, and even gameplay, but an unpolished release sometimes dooms it!

[@perafilozof]

Oh, so very true elven. I think this is exactly why so many Early Access games today never take off. They present themselves in too much of a raw and unfinished form, people play them, have their fill and never come back. Which is the same reason so many games in the past were good, but not remembered 10,20,30 years later because they were not: WOW good.

[@TokyoDan0]

Which game was it that had a Battle Royale mode?

[@perafilozof]

Stellar Warfare, there is a link to it in the description. I recommend it.

[@adamofblastworks1517]

Have you heard of Void Destroyer 1 & 2? Did they not make the cut?

[@perafilozof]

Hello, no I must admit I am not familiar with the game, or I saw it during researching and it didn't leave an impression on me. I will Google it. Thank you for the recommendation. Did you play it yourself?

[@adamofblastworks1517]

@@perafilozof I uh... have it in my library... I've been trying to play "lesser" games first. Idk why but I frequently put off playing the games that I actually expect to be the best, even Titanfall 2.

[@adamofblastworks1517]

@@perafilozof I think 2 is probably less like Homeworld than 1.

[@perafilozof]

To tell you the truth I have played very few AAA games this past decade. I always let them get patches and updates and buy them at 75%. Or even get them for free on EPIC. Then I play them. Even saves a lot on PC hardware.

[@perafilozof]

Ah, I see. Thank you for the explanation

[@_Roboute_Guilliman_]

Isn't Heagemonia not the successor of Imperium Galactica 1 and 2?

[@perafilozof]

Well, it was made by the same company, Digital Reality, one game after the other. Considering the gameplay is not exactly the same I wouldn't really call it a successor. More like a new franchise for the same developers. They went on to make more RTS / RTT games I enjoyed like Desert Rats vs. Afrika Korps and War Front: Turning Point, but after that... they went under in a few years.

[@AssHaTeR]

What about Star Wolves 1-3?

[@perafilozof]

Hi Askhat Shintemirov and thank you for that suggestion. I did think about them, Star Wolves 1 is one of my favorite games. But it simply had too few similar elements. Most of all it was missing resources collation and fleet building. Which of these have you played?

[@JAnx01]

What about *Nexus: Jupiter Incident* ?

[@perafilozof]

Mmm, not sure what you mean? It is the first game on this list.

[@JAnx01]

@@perafilozof Oooops, I'm sorry. I skipped to the first timestamp, thinking I was skipping intro.

[@perafilozof]

I stopped doing intros, exactly for that reason :)

[@timkellermann7669]

void destroyer

[@perafilozof]

Thank you for sharing! What are you playing now?

[@archt0r11]

how about Capital Command ?

[@perafilozof]

Hi, good game to mention. From what saw of it, there are just too few Homeworld like elements. If it had building or at least a fleet of ships to control I could add it to this list.

[@tomaszachar809]

And soon ageofcores!

[@perafilozof]

Haha good one! Favorite one of these for you?

[@tomaszachar809]

@@perafilozof homeworld 😇 but honestly i was impressed how many games like homeworld exist :/ and they also look visually awesome. I kinda even felt into little depression, but then i said to myself that my game is really different from all those i seen, its more about strategy and action, and there is big variability, yet the controls are simple and easy to use. But yeah it looks different, not that cool, but rather 2d, but maybe that will be advantage cause it will rwally look different

[@perafilozof]

@@tomaszachar809 I am not sure how 2D will work because Homeworld's main thing was that it was 3D. So you would have to find a propriate 2D game for your game to be the next spiritual successor or similar enough for people to find it.

[@tomaszachar809]

@@perafilozof you might be right (which is bit scary) i liked about homeworld the story, music, sounds, atmosphere and all the 3d things/effects, but i kinda didnt like the 3d world/map, it was confusing and hard to control/orient. so i thought ... :D

[@perafilozof]

Thanks for sharing!

[@jonyterror7624]

Hello, im at fraking start of the video and hear that shit (1:58-2:30 ) and in instant i know that u probably never hear about X4 Foundations

[@perafilozof]

I have played some of the X games, not 4 admittedly, but it is simply not the same type of game. Sure it has some of the same elements but it is not fit for this list.

[@ThatSlowTypingGuy]

Nexus is an okay game but it feels a bit like two games stapled together.

[@perafilozof]

Because of the system of equipping in between missions, or because of something else?

[@ThatSlowTypingGuy]

@@perafilozof You're hyped up about a game we're you're in the Jupiter system dealing with issues of infighting corporations and governments and all that. Then all of a sudden you're not even in the sol system any more fighting ships with FTL and shields. The in-system stuff they'd been preparing you to deal with for the rest of the game never comes back. Both parts of the game are good, but they're each totally different settings.

[@perafilozof]

Hi, I don't see my reply to you, despite writing it days ago. Did you see my comment?

[@ThatSlowTypingGuy]

@@perafilozof Yes, I replied. Very much in the "something else" category.

[@BlueCyberPhoenix]

2D space combat in a space game should be criminal action.

[@perafilozof]

I do agree it just doesn't fit thematically, but often times it fits mechanically. It deepens how the game is designed. What are your favorite off this list?

[@gamerx112]

what a waste of my time.

[@perafilozof]

Hi, care to elaborate on that? Because I can't improve if you aren't more specific.