STAR WARS™: Squadrons
Skip · Shooter · 2020
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 14, under the fair line, at $39.99.
- Cost per hour▼
- $4.39/hr
- Reviews▼
- 65% of 28,284
- Critics
- 79 players 14 lower
- Genre rank
- Top 79% Shooter
Holding it back: Reviews, DRM
Why
Recent reviews trending down: 47% over the last 30 days against 65% all-time.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 9.1h
- To 100%
- 37.9h 4.2x the story
- Achievements
- 47
Price and sales
- Sales
- 51 on record
- Typical cut
- 85% off
- Steam low
- $1.99 November 2023
- Sale every
- 42d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 29 now
- Recent reviews
- 47% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 3% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 18% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
56% start to <1% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
51 discounts in the 6 years on record, a median of 85 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 82 percent. House of the Dying Sun ($5.99, scores 74) outscores it, and so does Elite Dangerous ($19.99, scores 45). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about STAR WARS™: Squadrons
Critics scored it 79, but players land 14 points lower at 65 percent. The reviews were kinder than the room.
Players rate it 65 percent positive over its lifetime, but the last 30 days run 47 percent. Something recent has soured the room. Of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 14 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written October 2025 to October 2026. That is more refunded reviewers than 7 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 1,424 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 366 have a larger share. Inside the two-hour refund window, 28 percent of the 5,252 reviews written there were positive, against 65 percent overall, and those are 21 percent of everything written about it.
9.1 hours to finish it, 38 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 4.2 times the campaign.
At 9.1 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
Multiplayer was dead on arrival sadly. Was very fun. Campaign was decent. Would only recommend on sale.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
On Steam Deck this game won't launch 9 out of 10 times due an unskippable, unresponsive, unclosable verification window that blocks the game.
STAR WARS: SQUADRONS - For the Empire? That CG trailer was PEAK Star Wars cinema . Seriously, it got me so hyped for this game that my expectations were through the roof. And thankfully, for the most part, I wasn't too disappointed! Let's start with the best part: THE FLYING. The fighter selection is fantastic, with each ship having its own abilities, strengths, and drawbacks. Choosing the right fighter for the job...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Master the art of starfighter combat in the authentic piloting experience STAR WARS™: Squadrons. Feel the adrenaline of first-person multiplayer space dogfights alongside your squadron, and buckle up in a thrilling STAR WARS™ story.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, Radeon HD 7850 or better/GeForce GTX 660 or better, 40 GB of storage. Windows only.
Cite this score
STAR WARS™: Squadrons scores 14/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1222730/star-wars-squadronsReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 8, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.