STAR WARS™ SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE™
Skip · Shooter · 2017
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 37, under the fair line, at $5.99.
- Length
- 5h 12.4h to 100%
- Value
- $1.20/hr
- Reviews
- 74% of 877 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
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
As Luke Skywalker and the Rebel Alliance struggle to defeat Darth Vader and the Empire, a new threat arises. Dark Prince Xizor aspires to take Darth Vader's place at the Emperor's side. As Dash Rendar, it's up to you to protect Luke and help the Alliance. May the Force be with you!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, DirectX 9.0c Compatible Video Card w/ 256 MB RAM, 328 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 45 discounts in the 10 years tracked, the median cut is 65 percent, about 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is cheaper than 72 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 63 percent. On the same math STAR WARS™: Bounty Hunter™ ($19.99, scores 43) and STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II ($5.99, scores 61) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
More about STAR WARS™ SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE™
3 of the 425 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 61 percent of the 302 reviews written there were positive, against 74 percent overall, and those are 41 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 5 hours. Doing everything runs 12, 2.5 times as long.
Players
- Players online
- 3 when we last checked, on Sep 30, 18:53 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
SOTE on N64: 12 FPS if you're lucky SOTE on Steam: Oh you wanted to jump across a small gap? How about half the map. Still fun, but in need of an actual remaster.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
God this game rocks. I only have vague memories of playing it decades ago because I was really young. But the nostalgia is strong here.
This game is a gem, but playing this on PC kind of sucks. I tried to make my controller work but no success. I pushed through to play with mouse and keyboard and I made it through several missions, even the Boba Fett fight. However, you need the patience to do all of that and need to collect as many lives as you can on the early and easier missions for insurance. It was a little fun to replay some of it despite the...
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No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
STAR WARS™ SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE™ scores 37/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/560170/star-wars-shadows-of-the-empireReviews 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.