10 Greatest Star Wars Games, Ranked

There aren’t many movie franchises which have spawned the plethora of well-liked video video games as Star Wars, which has been going sturdy for the reason that Eighties. The first sport, The Empire Strikes Back, was launched on the Atari 2600 in 1982, and from there, a whole lot adopted. We not too long ago ranked the highest ten greatest LucasArts Star Wars video games, however that left a number of the franchise’s greatest video games out, as LucasArts led to 2021. To cowl all of the bases, we at ComicBook obtained collectively and located the highest ten Star Wars video games of all time, no matter writer, and ranked them.

10) Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire

Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire was launched in 1996 for the Nintendo 64, and it’s top-of-the-line Star Wars video games on the console. The sport is a third-person shooter that includes quite a few automobiles utilized by Dash Rendar, the participant character. It’s set between the occasions of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. The sport explores varied acquainted locales and characters all through its 4 chapters. Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire wasn’t an enormous hit when it was launched in ‘96. Still, many fans love it today for its accurate recreation of the Battle of Hoth and for various elements from the franchise. It’s since been ported to trendy gadgets and is offered on Steam.

9) LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

As of writing, there are ten LEGO Star Wars video games, and whereas everybody has their favorites, for most individuals, their record is topped by LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. It’s the sixth installment within the collection and was launched in 2022. The sport adapts all 9 movies, often known as the “Skywalker Saga,” right into a single sport launched on all main consoles and PC. This title differs from others within the franchise by permitting the participant to start out whichever trilogy they need, making it considerably nonlinear. LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga was an enormous success, promoting greater than 5 million copies since its launch.

8) Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords

One of the franchise’s most beloved eras is The Old Republic, and solely a handful of video games have explored the interval. The second, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, is among the greatest Star Wars video games ever made, because it carries on the story established by its predecessor, although it’s set 5 years later. The sport’s story and characters are simply its greatest options. Additionally, it’s been lauded for a lot of facets of its presentation, mechanics, and adherence to persevering with the story set 4,000 years earlier than The Phantom Menace. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords offered over 1.5 million copies and stays extremely well-liked to this present day.

7) Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

When Star Wars: The Force Unleashed got here alongside in 2008, it upended Star Wars gaming as a massively well-liked exploration into a brand new character who’s apprenticed to Darth Vader. The sport follows Galen “Starkiller” Marek, a newly-trained Sith apprentice on the hunt for survivors of the Great Jedi Purge. Gameplay includes buying and upgrading varied Force powers, permitting for extra numerous interplay than in any earlier franchise title. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed was an amazing success, spawning a sequel. While Starkiller has but to make the transition from Legends into canon, the sport’s enchantment can’t be denied, because it offered greater than 9 million copies.

6) Star Wars: Battlefront II

While there’s a 2017 Electronic Arts sport titled Star Wars: Battlefront II, this entry is in regards to the 2005 LucasArts model. The sport was the second within the Star Wars: Battlefront collection, and it upped each characteristic over its predecessor, together with the addition of latest characters, automobiles, maps, missions, and improved sport mechanics. It additionally contains an overarching narrative centered round a veteran Clone Trooper who recounts his exploits in the course of the Clone Wars and shortly after. Star Wars: Battlefront II has since been re-released and stays well-liked, having offered over 6 million copies.

5) Star Wars: Empire at War

Most Star Wars video games concentrate on people, and whereas they may participate in large, pivotal battles, their tales are comparatively small. That doesn’t describe Star Wars: Empire at War, which is a real-time technique sport set all through the Star Wars galaxy. Players take management of total factions and battle in certainly one of three sport modes in area and in battlespaces on varied worlds. The sport’s story is a lead-up to the occasions of A New Hope, coping with the Empire’s building of the Death Star. Star Wars: Empire at War stays well-liked lengthy after its 2006 launch, as an energetic modding group continues to make additions and tweaks. It offered over 6.7 million copies and is a incredible RTS sport out and in of the franchise.

4) Star Wars: Jedi Survivor

While Star Wars: Fallen Order was a massively profitable authentic sport that includes a great deal of lore and nice characters, its 2023 sequel is a superior follow-up. Star Wars: Jedi Survivor continues the story of Cal Kestis (Cameron Monaghan), set 5 years after the occasions of Fallen Order, the place he continues to battle towards the Galactic Empire. Like the primary sport, Jedi Survivor options massive areas to discover, a brilliantly written marketing campaign, and fight mechanics that set it aside as a superior entry within the franchise. It’s unclear what number of copies of Star Wars: Jedi Survivor offered, however in response to Electronic Arts’ earnings stories, the quantity is probably going shut to fifteen million.

3) Star Wars: TIE Fighter

Star Wars: TIE Fighter is a 1994 spaceflight sim and the sequel to Star Wars: X-Wing. The sport shifts the participant’s perspective to the Empire’s, because the story picks up after the Battle of Hoth. It has a incredible story, although the participant character is unnamed throughout the sport’s narrative. Regardless, they take flight in a TIE Fighter, and each component of the sport is considerably improved over its predecessor, from its mechanics to the graphics and sound. While it’s dated in comparison with trendy area flight sims, Star Wars: TIE Fighter is well top-of-the-line Star Wars video games, and it stays well-liked right now, due to a number of re-releases. 

2) Star Wars Rogue Squadron 2: Rogue Leader

Another flight-based sport, Star Wars Rogue Squadron 2: Rogue Leader, was launched completely for the Nintendo GameDice in 2001. The sport spans all three movies within the Original Trilogy. It permits the participant to manage both Luke Skywalker or Wedge Antilles, arguably the 2 greatest fighter pilots within the Rebel Alliance. It options ten missions set throughout varied worlds, because the participant should battle the Empire and its large fleets of starships. Star Wars Rogue Squadron 2: Rogue Leader options wonderful graphics, gameplay, and music, although it lacked multiplayer. This was a minor grievance, and most gamers take into account it the very best entry within the Rogue Squadron trilogy, having offered over 2 million copies.

1) Star Wars: Knights of The Old Republic

If you understand something about Star Wars video games, and let’s face it, you wouldn’t be studying this should you didn’t, you most likely anticipated to search out Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic on the primary spot. The sport completely redefined what Star Wars video video games may very well be, incorporating an enormous, expansive open-world idea to a galaxy-wide journey that explores the Old Republic interval set 4,000 years earlier than the occasions of The Phantom Menace. While it’s not canon, many avid gamers and franchise followers hope it is going to be taken out of Legends, which appears attainable with the announcement of Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic on the 2025 Game Awards. KOTOR stays well-liked by way of re-releases, although it’s but to be remade, and it offered over 3.2 million copies.

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