Released Jan 20, 2016 $49.99 Mostly Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak

By Blackbird Interactive · published by Gearbox Publishing

Strategy RTS Sci-fi Multiplayer Story RichGreat SoundtrackSpace Female Protagonist AtmosphericSingleplayerActionFuturistic

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Reviews 7,819 Mostly Positive

Players yesterday 23 at the busiest moment

Owners 500K–1M estimated

Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak is a game tagged Strategy, RTS and Sci-fi by Blackbird Interactive, released Jan 20, 2016. It has 7,819 Steam reviews (Mostly Positive). It has an estimated 500K–1M owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Supreme Commander, Perimeter and Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance.

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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Supreme Commander 95% match · Strategy, RTS, Sci-fi
Perimeter 91% match · Strategy, RTS, Sci-fi
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance 91% match · Strategy, RTS, Sci-fi
Ancient Space 89% match · Strategy, RTS, Sci-fi
Etherium 87% match · Strategy, RTS, Sci-fi
O.R.B: Off-World Resource Base 86% match · Strategy, RTS, Sci-fi
Meridian: New World 86% match · Strategy, RTS, Sci-fi
Genesis Rising 85% match · Strategy, RTS, Sci-fi
Homeworld Remastered Collection 85% match · Strategy, RTS, Sci-fi
Z Steel Soldiers 84% match · Strategy, RTS, Sci-fi

Steam data

Everything Steam lists for Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak · record updated 22 hours ago

Steam store

Overview

App ID281610

Release dateJan 20, 2016Early Access Jan 20, 2016

Last change number37432709

Last record update22 hours ago

App type: Game
Developer: Blackbird Interactive
Publisher: Gearbox Publishing, 2K
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Franchise: Homeworld
Metacritic: 79
Website: desertsofkharak.com

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
English	Yes	Yes	Yes
French	Yes		Yes
Italian	Yes		Yes
German	Yes		Yes
Spanish - Spain	Yes		Yes
Russian	Yes		Yes
Polish	Yes		Yes

Windows macOS

Steam Deck: Playable

Single-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

Prices

Price · US$49.99

On sale0 of 40regions right now

Lowest seen · US$49.99Oct 24, 2026

Checked13 hours agoin 40 regions

South Asia (USD)$USD

Every price change is kept from Oct 24, 2026 on. Pick a region below to compare.

Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
910678	local	Oct 24, 2026
12339551	public	Oct 4, 2023

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Games	Price (US)
38647	Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak	1	$49.99
577 Bundle	Homeworld Remastered Collection and Deserts of Kharak Bundle	1	$49.99
269 Bundle	Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak Deluxe Edition	1	$77.95

ID	Name	Price (US)
433240	Not on the store yet	—
433241	Not on the store yet	—
433242	Not on the store yet	—
436550	Not on the store yet	—

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
228988	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
229003	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
281611	—	Windows	7.99 GB	4.05 GB	5210092107733013038
281612	—	Windows	148.0 MB	121.4 MB	2202974001492067414
281613	—	Windows	156.2 MB	123.7 MB	7207157799389788718
281614	— DLC 433240	Windows	771.0 MB	606.0 MB	3792884669909128939
281615	—	macOS	7.67 GB	3.90 GB	5591641159003219646
281616	— DLC 433240	macOS	772.7 MB	600.1 MB	8548008470451474605
436550	— DLC 436550	All	1.23 GB	1.19 GB	9154155049379705947

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	12339551	Oct 4, 2023	Open
local Local Content Server	910678	—	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Deserts of Kharak

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
DesertsOfKharak.exe	--steam	Windows	Deserts of Kharak (Beta)
TechnicalManual\DoK_Manual.exe		Windows	Launch Expedition Guide
DesertsOfKharak32.exe	-force-d3d9	Windows · 32-bit	DoK (32bit, d3d9)
DesertsOfKharak.app\Contents\MacOS\DesertsOfKharak		macOS	Deserts of Kharak
DoKManual.app		macOS	Launch Expedition Guide
DesertsOfKharak.exe		Windows	Deserts of Kharak (Beta)

All 8 launch options

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
DesertsOfKharak.exe		Windows	Deserts of Kharak (Beta)
DesertsOfKharak64.exe	--steam	All · 64-bit	Deserts of Kharak (old)

Space per player953.7 MB

Filesup to 1,000

Save locations4

Root	Path	Pattern	Systems
gameinstall	out/cloud	*.sbfleet	All
gameinstall	out/cloud	*.sbsave	All
gameinstall	out/cloud	*.sbprogression	All
gameinstall	out/cloud	*.dokhotkeys	All

Screenshots

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Update history

Oct 25, 2026 · 16:21 #37432709
- appid removed
- common.ReleaseState added released
- common.releasestate removed
- config.launch.10.config.BetaKey added qa_testing
- config.launch.10.config.betakey removed
- config.launch.5.config.BetaKey added qa_testing
- config.launch.5.config.betakey removed
- config.launch.8.config.BetaKey added kumquat
- config.launch.8.config.betakey removed
- config.launch.9.config.BetaKey added kumquat_debug
- config.launch.9.config.betakey removed

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Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak

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Asia-Pacific 15

Middle East & Africa 7

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