Earth 2150 Trilogy

2000 Reality Pump Studios Strategy

Windows 11With a fix

MacNot confirmed

LinuxNative

Gamicality score

Metacritic 784

OpenCritic Not rated

Steam players 731

How it’s combined

Playability today

Runs today3/5

Design today1/5

Steam user reviews

Mostly Positive

77%

874 reviews1

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Facts checked November 1, 2026

Does Earth 2150 Trilogy run on Windows 11, Apple Silicon Macs, Linux and Steam Deck?

Windows 11With a fix

Runs with a fix. See the steps below.1

Mac (Apple Silicon)Not confirmed

A Mac version is sold. Not yet confirmed on Apple Silicon.1

LinuxNative

Native Linux version.1

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How to get Earth 2150 Trilogy running today

Do not pick a 16:9 resolution in setup.exe, since the game crashes when the Construction menu opens; choose a 4:3 or 16:10 resolution there, or apply the unofficial patches that PCGamingWiki points to.
If the mouse cursor jumps around, install MixSets and set FixMouseMovement = 1, as described on PCGamingWiki.
The frame rate is capped at 20 FPS; open the console with Enter and type graphrate 60 to raise it (PCGamingWiki).
For 4K, use dgVoodoo 2 with the Direct3D HAL adapter and a 2400×1800 custom resolution, since the cursor disappears above 1800 pixels high (PCGamingWiki).

Synopsis

Earth 2150 Trilogy bundles the 3D real-time strategy game Earth 2150: Escape from the Blue Planet with its two standalone follow-ups, The Moon Project and Lost Souls. As Earth falls toward the sun, three factions race to gather resources and ship them off the planet, and players design their own units from chassis and weapon parts, dig tunnels, manage finite ammunition and carry a home base across a long campaign.

Developer: Reality Pump Studios
Released: 2000
Genre: Strategy
Where to get it: Steam

Reception

Critics in 2000 respected its ambition and fully 3D maps, but some found it overly complex, with a clumsy interface of large windows and tiny icons and a slow rhythm of mining and research between battles. A 2016 retrospective praised the three distinct factions and the depth of the tech tree while calling mandatory unit design and drawn-out endgames tiresome. Recent Steam players are mostly positive and enjoy the nostalgia, tunnels and long campaigns, but many say the game has aged, needs tinkering to run, and crashes on modern Windows.

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Playability today

The average of two parts, each from 1 to 5. Tap a check to see why. How it works

Runs today

3/5

Sold or given away today by an official source
Needs fan patches to run well on Windows 11
?Not confirmed yetSingle-player works without an internet connection
No source covers the current version yet, so this check counts as open, not passed. Played it lately? Tell us
All of its content still works (servers, DLC, unlocks)
LAN, direct IP and online play are still listed as working (PCGamingWiki).
No proper support for modern resolutions and widescreen
Widescreen needs workarounds, with cropped gameplay and a stretched GUI (PCGamingWiki).
No full controller support and no remappable controls
The game has no controller support (PCGamingWiki).
?Not confirmed yetSteam Deck Verified or Playable
No source covers the current version yet, so this check counts as open, not passed. Played it lately? Tell us
No intrusive DRM or required third-party launcher account
No pay-to-win or pushy microtransactions
Known game-breaking bugs in the current version
Recent Steam reviews report the game crashing every few minutes or failing to launch on Windows 10, and it crashes at 16:9 unless patched (Steam).

Design today

1/5

Controls feel awkward on a modern controller or mouse and keyboard
Directing units works, but the orders panel gets crowded and players today describe the controls as clunky and dated. Source: justgamesretro.com, steamcommunity.com.
Menus, text or interface are hard to read on today's screens
The interface uses large, clunky windows with tiny icons, and on widescreen screens the GUI is stretched and gameplay is cropped. Source: gamerevolution.com, pcgamingwiki.com.
Saving is harsh: few saves or checkpoints, progress gets lost
PCGamingWiki confirms local save files in the game folder and Steam Cloud sync, but no source opened states whether a mission can be saved at any point or how the campaign carries progress over. Source: pcgamingwiki.com.
Hard to make progress without a guide
The learning curve is very steep, with unit design, finite ammunition and resupply all left for the player to work out. Source: justgamesretro.com, gamerevolution.com.
Pacing drags: grind, filler or forced backtracking
Battles are broken up by long stretches of mining and research, and missions often end with tedious harvesting and transport runs. Source: gamerevolution.com, justgamesretro.com.
Camera or movement fights the player
The 3D camera rotates freely but zoom and tilt are limited, and reviewers found it messy to manage in the middle of a battle. Source: gamerevolution.com, justgamesretro.com.