STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II

STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II

Fair · Shooter · 2009

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 5 of 8 sales

Fair at $5.99. Buy it if you want it.

Cost per hourS
$0.67/hr
Reviews▼
81% of 2,279
Critics
91 players 10 lower
Genre rank
Top 24% Shooter

Holding it back: Reviews

Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Time and effort

Main story
9h
To 100%
12.2h 1.4x the story

Price and sales

Sales
57 on record
Typical cut
65% off
Steam low
$1.49 February 2016
Sale every
63d last October 2026
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $0.55 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
4 now
Cheaper than
68% of its genre
Better reviewed
56% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story

The value story

It has been discounted 57 times in the 14 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 65 percent, about 9 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.

Against its own genre its score lands in the top 24 percent. It is cheaper than 68 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™ ($9.99, scores 87) beats it on value, while it beats STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Mysteries of the Sith™ ($2.99, scores 20).

More about STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II

Critics scored it 91, but players land 10 points lower at 81 percent. The reviews were kinder than the room.

Of the 406 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 1 comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 58 percent of the 569 reviews written there were positive, against 81 percent overall, and those are 31 percent of everything written about it.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Discounted in 5 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

Raising the score
Cost per hour$0.67/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
MonetizationNone
No in-game purchases. Paid DLC exists and is not docked
Holding it back
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
Refunds1 of 406 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II picks up where the award-winning Dark Forces™ game left off...with even more features and firepower in dazzling 3D graphics. As Kyle Katarn, you must acquire a lightsaber and learn the ways of the Force to become a Jedi Knight.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: DirectX, 696 MB of storage. Windows only.

No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II scores 61/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/32380/star-wars-jedi-knight-dark-forces-ii
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Reviews 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 Oct 31, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players-10
Critics91
Players81
Metacritic critics · 2,279 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperLucasArts
PublisherLucasArts
GenreShooter
Released2009
Players750Kowners, SteamSpy estimate