STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
BANGER · Shooter · 2009
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
BUY IT.
A BANGER at $9.99. Typically $3.49 in seasonal sales. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17.
- Cost per hourS
- $1.00/hr
- ReviewsS
- 96% of 13,864
- Critics
- 81 players 15 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 1% Shooter
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Time and effort
- Main story
- 10h
- To 100%
- 14h 1.4x the story
Price and sales
- Sales
- 66 on record
- Typical cut
- 65% off
- Steam low
- $2.49 May 2016
- Sale every
- 63d last September 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 0 now
- Cheaper than
- 46% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 98% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
Across all 66 discounts in the 14 years tracked, the median cut is 65 percent, about 9 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 8 weeks ago.
Its score sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It is better reviewed than 98 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 II - Jedi Outcast™ ($9.99, scores 84).
On this data it would still be a BANGER at $13.37.
More about STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
81 from critics against 96 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
This site sampled 493 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 6 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 84 percent of the 1,172 reviews written there were positive, against 96 percent overall, and those are 10 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 55 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
The definitive lightsaber combat simulator. Nothing they've made since comes anywhere near this. Satisfying and fair, like any jedi power fantasy ought to be.
1 more review
This games lightsaber mechanics trump every other star wars game I've played. I reload the last mission every time i beat it just keep dueling. The story is pretty engaging as well.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 123 MB of memory, 32 MB OpenGL compatible, 1.3 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™ scores 91/100 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/6020/star-wars-jedi-knight-jedi-academyReviews 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.