# Homeworld

12 Hacker News commenters recommended Homeworld and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a classic 3D space strategy game that people remember as magical and artful, with its 3D ship control praised.

## Why people recommend it

- Remembered as magical and memorable (3 comments): "Homeworld was awesome and it felt magical playing it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46963279)) "it truely was a memorable experience" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46968585)) "It was magical at the time" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46964417))
- Striking 3D art and interface (3 comments): "Rob Cunningham had the idea of "painting with light" using giant polygons and spicing them up with pixels" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46964801)) "had a great 3D interface for viewing and controlling ships" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46088400)) "That game was a magnificent piece of art." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46964062))
- Iconic game people grew up with (2 comments): "Homeworld was an iconic game for me growing up" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46964757)) "thanks for making Homeworld, it was great!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46964571))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Beyond All Reason](https://hackerapproved.com/p/beyond-all-reason.md): 76 recommend
- [Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness](https://hackerapproved.com/p/warcraft-ii-tides-of-darkness.md): 51 recommend
- [Total Annihilation](https://hackerapproved.com/p/total-annihilation.md): 48 recommend
- [StarCraft](https://hackerapproved.com/p/starcraft.md): 36 recommend
- [StarCraft II](https://hackerapproved.com/p/starcraft-ii.md): 32 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Homeworld", https://hackerapproved.com/p/homeworld/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).