A ground-based RTS prequel to the classic Homeworld games. Assemble your fleet and lead them to victory on the shifting sands of Kharak in this compelling strategy game for PC from Blackbird Interactive.
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Most players never reach the end. On a 10.3-hour game, that's a lot you pay for and may never use. Steam global achievements
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Fair · Strategy · 2016
Steam Deck PlayableNO RUSH.
Fair at $4.99. Buy it if you want it, no rush.
about 10.3h$4.99 (~)
Better value than 89% of Strategy games
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Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak scores 56/100 on the BANG Score (fair value). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steamBANGERS.com/game/281610/homeworld-deserts-of-kharak<a href="https://steamBANGERS.com/game/281610/homeworld-deserts-of-kharak"><img src="https://steambangers.com/api/badge/281610" alt="BANG Score" width="340" height="80"></a>[](https://steamBANGERS.com/game/281610/homeworld-deserts-of-kharak)The BANG Score is one number for value, 0 to 100: price against how it reviews and how long it was built to be. It rates value, not taste. Whether it is for you is on you. How the score is computed → Data · updated 6h ago.
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The lowest price on record is $4.99, set in June 2020. It has been discounted 60 times in the 11 years tracked here, typically at 90 percent off, with about 7 weeks between sales.
On value it sits in the top 11 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Hardspace: Shipbreaker ($10.49, scores 80) beats it on value, while it beats Homeworld 3 ($19.79, scores 1).
Steam's global achievement data says about under 1 percent of players ever finish it. On a 10.3-hour game, that is a lot of paid-for hours most people never see.