STAR WARS™ - X-Wing Alliance™
Fair · Action · 2015
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $9.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 20.1h 45.8h to 100%
- Value
- $0.50/hr
- Reviews
- 82% of 519 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
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.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
A neutral family fights for its business - and its survival - and is swept up in the struggle against the encroaching Empire. You must defy the strong-arm tactics of a rival family who will stop at nothing to destroy your trading company.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (DirectX 9 recommended), 932 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
55 discounts in the 11 years on record, a median of 65 percent off across all of them, roughly 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 6 percent on value. It is pricier than 74 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 84 percent. Among the games that feel like it, No Man's Sky ($59.99, scores 71) beats it on value, while it beats STAR WARS™: Squadrons ($39.99, scores 14).
More about STAR WARS™ - X-Wing Alliance™
Of the 212 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 1 comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 70 percent of the 171 reviews written there were positive, against 82 percent overall, and those are 42 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 20.1 hours; clearing it takes 46, which is 2.3 times the campaign.
Players
- Players online
- 4 when we last checked, on Oct 7, 20:54 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
STAR WARS: X-Wing Alliance is often considered the ultimate evolution of the classic X-Wing space simulator series, combining cinematic storytelling, deep tactical combat, and large-scale space warfare into one of the most immersive Star Wars games ever created. Unlike earlier entries that focused primarily on military campaigns and anonymous pilots, X-Wing Alliance introduces a much more personal narrative centered...
1 more review
Honestly I've been looking at this game for years and finally got it using the Winter Steam sale. Its a little daunting control wise, never really played a flight sim before now. But I'm getting the hang of it, my only major issue is the frequent music glitching. It gets really annoying, hearing the same note of music for several minutes, especially if I am deep into a mission with no way to restart without having...
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No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
STAR WARS™ - X-Wing Alliance™ scores 61/100 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/361670/star-wars-x-wing-allianceReviews 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.