Developer Blackbird Interactive and publisher Gearbox have released a blog post revealing the system requirements for Homeworld 3. The third installment of the popular sci-fi space RTS has pretty generous minimum requirements. For those looking to enable raytracing, Homeworld 3 will understandably require a beefier machine.
Homeworld 3 PC System Requirements
Here are the system requirements for Homeworld 3 on PC:
| Minimum | Recommended | High | Ultra | RT Low | RT High | RT Ultra | |
| Preset | Low | Medium | High | Epic | Ray Tracing: Low | Ray Tracing: High | Ray Tracing: Epic |
| Resolution | 1080p | 1080p | 1440p | 2160p | 1080p | 1440p | 2160p |
| GPU | Nvidia GTX 1060 AMD R9 480 Intel ARC A380 | Nvidia RTX 2070 AMD RX 5700 Intel ARC A580 | Nvidia RTX 2070S AMD RX 6600 XT Intel ARC A770 | Nvidia RTX 3080 AMD RX 6900XT | Nvidia RTX 3060 AMD RX 6650 XT | Nvidia RTX 3080 AMD RX 6900 XT | Nvidia RTX 4080 AMD RX 7900 XTX |
| CPU | Intel i5 8600K AMD Ryzen 5 3600X | Intel i7 11700K AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | Intel i7 12700K AMD Ryzen 7 5800X | Intel i7 13700K AMD Ryzen 9 7900X | Intel i5 10600K AMD Ryzen 5 5500 | Intel i7 12700K AMD Ryzen 7 5800X | Intel i7 14900K AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D |
| RAM | 12GB | 16GB | 16GB | 16GB | 16GB | 16GB | 16GB |
| VRAM | 6GB | 8GB | 8GB | 12GB | 8GB | 12GB | 16GB |
| OS/Storage | Windows 10 64-Bit Windows 11 64-Bit 40GB HDD | Windows 10 64-Bit Windows 11 64-Bit 40GB HDD | Windows 10 64-Bit Windows 11 64-Bit 40GB HDD | Windows 10 64-Bit Windows 11 64-Bit 40GB HDD | Windows 10 64-Bit Windows 11 64-Bit 40GB HDD | Windows 10 64-Bit Windows 11 64-Bit 40GB HDD | Windows 10 64-Bit Windows 11 64-Bit 40GB HDD |
Nothing too extreme
The minimum, recommended, and arguably even high requirements are quite minimal. All three even alow for an Intel ARC discrete GPU, requiring only 8GB of VRAM. All presets except for minimum require 16GB of RAM, which is pretty standard at this point. Looking over the requirements, it seems Homeworld 3 will be more CPU-reliant as opposed to GPU, which is par for the course for RTS titles. Even though Homeworld 3 is looking beautiful, the true marvel is having a ton of ships on the screen engaged in battle all at once.
It looks like the game filesize will be around 40GB, which unlike some recent titles, can apparently be played on an HDD and does not required an SSD.
Homeworld 3 releases on PC in February 2024.
