STAR WARS™: TIE Fighter Special Edition
Fair · Action · 2015
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $9.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 28.2h 60h to 100%
- Value
- $0.35/hr
- Reviews
- 81% of 644 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in 5 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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About the game
The Imperial Navy is called upon to eradicate the last of the rebellion and restore law and order. As an Imperial navy starfighter pilot, you will safeguard imperiled lives thoughout the galaxy. Join the Emperor's cause in eliminating the Rebel uprising as the Empire strikes back!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (DirectX 9 recommended), 410 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
It has been discounted 55 times in the 11 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 65 percent, about 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 8 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 74 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 81 percent. Among the games that feel like it, X3: Terran Conflict ($15.99, scores 72) beats it on value, while it beats House of the Dying Sun ($19.99, scores 55).
More about STAR WARS™: TIE Fighter Special Edition
This site sampled 272 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 1 was written by a buyer who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 61 percent of the 161 reviews written there were positive, against 81 percent overall, and those are 30 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 28.2 hours; clearing it takes 60, which is 2.1 times the campaign.
Players
- Players online
- 4 when we last checked, on Oct 14, 01:54 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
STAR WARS: TIE Fighter Special Edition is widely considered one of the finest space combat simulators ever created and remains one of the most immersive Star Wars games released even decades after its original launch. Instead of placing players in the role of heroic Rebel pilots, the game offers something far more unusual by allowing players to serve directly within the Galactic Empire. This shift in perspective...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
It's a Classic. Satisfying game play. Use a Joystick and relive your childhood pretending to be a tie fighter pilot.
Game continues to crash mid mission. The keyboard can freeze up during traing simulator.
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No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
STAR WARS™: TIE Fighter Special Edition scores 58/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/355250/star-wars-tie-fighter-special-editionReviews 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 Sep 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.