Space Real-time strategy?

[calahan]

Guys please can you help I am looking for space real-time strategy games like Homeworld. I am remember when I went to college I played Homeworld I and II, now I try to find some similar games because my son and I are astronomy fans. It would be glad if you help me.

 

[datalink7]

Sins of a Solar Empire is great if you like multiplayer. Not so great if single (thought it's still ok).

 

[BlitzPuppet]

I actually think Sins is fine single...it's such a HUGE game it's nice to play it in spurts and then just pick up where you left off.

 

[Red Storm]

FYI there's a Homeworld remastered collection on Steam, but I have no idea if it's worth it or not since I never played the originals.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/244160/

 

[shortylickens]

Hegemonia
Sins of a Solar Empire
Nexus: The jupiter incident

 

[Riverhound777]

Endless Space is pretty fun.

 

[Vivendi]

Try out Star Ruler. I wasted a lot of time on this one years back. I believe there's a Star Ruler 2 out as well I haven't played it. I'm afraid nothing comes closes to awesomeness that was the Homeworld games. I still have discs somewhere.

 

[Sabrewings]

Guys please can you help I am looking for space real-time strategy games like Homeworld. I am remember when I went to college I played Homeworld I and II, now I try to find some similar games because my son and I are astronomy fans. It would be glad if you help me.

Not RTS, but if you like space you should check out Kerbal Space Program.

 

[Elcs]

RTS:
Homeworld
Nexus: The Jupiter Incident
/end

Notable mentions for Endless Space and Starpoint Gemini 2 (not the first one)

If you're looking towards the future and more general space-y type stuff...
Starhammer (Space TBS)
Shallow Space
Rebel Galaxy
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (likely TBS)

 

[wanderer27]

Distant Worlds (low DRM version) or Steam version.


Here's a thread on it with links to the original and multiple expansions :

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2383076


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[Chiropteran]

Starcraft 2

 

[Elcs]

Starcraft 2

Seriously?

 

[Maximilian]

Sins of a solar empire.

I thought Nexus: The Jupiter Incident was a pretty atrocious game. Each to their own I guess.

 

[calahan]

FYI there's a Homeworld remastered collection on Steam, but I have no idea if it's worth it or not since I never played the originals.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/244160/

that nice! I will try my old good Homeworld!

Sins of a Solar Empire pretty good I saw on youtube gameplay, I will try it on weekend.

Thanks guys!

 

[Malladine]

Sins was good for a while

Come to think of it i haven't seen many space based RTS in the past several years. I remember a few star trek ones back in the day - Armada maybe?

 

[Elcs]

Sins was good for a while

Come to think of it i haven't seen many space based RTS in the past several years. I remember a few star trek ones back in the day - Armada maybe?

They're all the rage lately.

There have been a few on Kickstarter and some looking around on Steam Early Access.

Plus earlier this year (or late last, I've lost track of time) we had Ancient Space.

I thought Nexus: The Jupiter Incident was a pretty atrocious game. Each to their own I guess.

A much deeper and more tactical game focused around small numbers of large ships with some customisation ability.

My main issues with it were a horrifically terribad storyline and the near requirement of 100% foresight to predict exactly what equipment you need on the exact ship for each mission... felt quite apparent at times, especially when going back and reading over mission FAQ's.

 

[cbrunny]

Sins of a Solar Empire.

 

[Oyeve]

Starcraft 2

I think the OP means IN space, not sci-fi.

 

[Malladine]

They're all the rage lately.

There have been a few on Kickstarter and some looking around on Steam Early Access.

Plus earlier this year (or late last, I've lost track of time) we had Ancient Space.

Ancient Space huh...hmmm!

 

[Blue_Max]

Hegemonia

Don't underestimate this old gem. The talking heads look dated but the in-game graphics are still good today. Great strategy and plays well.

Crashes with audio errors fairly often though... need to find a fix.

 

[Kalmah]

This is a little different than what you are likely looking for, but I thought it was a damn good game. I believe that it one a game of the year award.

http://www.ftlgame.com/

 

[Denithor]

SPAZ? Kinda...

 

[Annisman*]

Another vote for Sins, nothing beats seeing a swarm of thousands of fighters dog fighting next to giant capitol ships and massive dreadnoughts while the nearby planet is getting nuked from orbit...

 

[Blue_Max]

Another vote for Sins, nothing beats seeing a swarm of thousands of fighters dog fighting next to giant capitol ships and massive dreadnoughts while the nearby planet is getting nuked from orbit...

Whoa... good sell! I'll check it out now! :biggrin:

 

[Annisman*]

Whoa... good sell! I'll check it out now! :biggrin:

You can zoom way down and watch the individual fighters too :awe: