STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast™
Worth it · Shooter · 2009
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $9.99. Typically $3.49 in seasonal sales. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17.
- Cost per hourS
- $0.79/hr
- ReviewsS
- 91% of 4,983
- Critics
- 89 players 2 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 4% Shooter
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 12.7h
- To 100%
- 18.3h 1.4x the story
Price and sales
- Sales
- 67 on record
- Typical cut
- 65% off
- Steam low
- $2.49 May 2016
- Sale every
- 63d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 27 now
- Cheaper than
- 46% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 87% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
It has been discounted 67 times in the 14 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 65 percent, about 9 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Its score puts it in the top 4 percent of the games it competes with. It is better reviewed than 87 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™ ($9.99, scores 91) beats it on value, while it beats STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II ($5.99, scores 61).
More about STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast™
Of the 464 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 2 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 77 percent of the 591 reviews written there were positive, against 91 percent overall, and those are 15 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 5 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
This is a classic that every star wars fan should play through at least once. Back in the day before Disney did their damage to Star Wars, we had this. Excellent story telling, heroes, villains, and Luke Skywalker that wasn't a shell of his former self.
2 more reviews
Absolutely love this game. Great lightsaber combat and the awesome atmosphere makes it quite immersive. It holds up very well considering it's age.
Terrible guns, a bloated arsenal with overlapping functionality, a slow start, levels that feel unfinished (missing lights, missing textures, critical path not always obvious), floaty platforming, overly complicated controls, and a very average story (sorry, Kyle). So why the thumbs up? You know why: the lightsaber combat. Only the sequel even comes close to this. Turn on dismemberment and realistic lighsabers (via...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
The Legacy of Star Wars Dark Forces™ and Star Wars® Jedi Knight lives on in the intense first-person action of Jedi Outcast.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 61 MB of memory, 16 MB OpenGL compatible, 799 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast™ scores 84/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/6030/star-wars-jedi-knight-ii-jedi-outcastReviews 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.