STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
BANGER · Shooter · 2009
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
A BANGER at $9.99. Typically $3.49 in seasonal sales. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17.
- Cost per hourA
- $1.15/hr
- ReviewsS
- 96% of 17,273
- Critics
- 78 players 18 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 2% Shooter
Watch this gameOne alert when it goes on sale.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 8.7h
- To 100%
- 10.2h 1.2x the story
Price and sales
- Sales
- 56 on record
- Typical cut
- 65% off
- Steam low
- $2.49 May 2016
- Sale every
- 70d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 44 now
- Recent reviews
- 92% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 46% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 97% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
Across all 56 discounts in the 14 years tracked, the median cut is 65 percent, about 10 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 2 percent. It is better reviewed than 97 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, STAR WARS™ Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) ($9.99, scores 93) beats it on value, while it beats STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II ($5.99, scores 61).
The math says it holds its tier up to $11.19.
More about STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
The press gave it 78; the people who bought it give it 96 percent. An 18-point gap in the buyer's favour.
Of the 608 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 10 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 84 percent of the 2,110 reviews written there were positive, against 96 percent overall, and those are 14 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 4 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 days ago.
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
It's like playing a singleplayer co-op shooter (and I love co-op shooters). A surprising amount of depth to both the FPS and strategy gameplay. I played in hard mode and I died plenty, but often the answer to beating a section I was stuck on was a change in squad tactics rather than simply improving my shooting on the next try. Alongside fantastic art, music, characters and atmosphere, this makes for one of the best...
2 more reviews
very fun game, as long as you have a mouse with extra buttons for the commands you give your squad. i felt the ending was a bit rushed.
I love old slow paced first person games and one of the best example is this game right here.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 256 MB of memory, 64MB 3D Graphics card with Vertex Shader and Pixel Shader (VS/PS) capability, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™ scores 87/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/6000/star-wars-republic-commandoReviews 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.