Summary
- Star Wars games offer a mix of multiplayer modes with engaging stories and visuals.
- Star Wars Squadrons harks back to classic 90s space fighter games with a modern-day flair.
- Star Wars: Battlefront 2 (2017) redeemed itself after updates, providing extensive content and a solid multiplayer experience.
The world of Star Wars has always been a franchise for everyone, whether it’s kids or even the elderly; it’s something that brings people together to enjoy a sci-fi fantasy story in a galaxy far, far away. This includes the world of gaming, where developers use their own passion for Star Wars to give gamers a chance to play together or against each other in video games.
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From online player-versus-player modes to local cooperative gameplay, Star Wars games have allowed players to use blasters, lightsabers, and starships across various generations of gaming. In addition to engaging multiplayer experiences, these games also feature compelling stories and stunning visuals.
9 Star Wars: Battlefront (2015)
The Reboot Is Pretty But Lacking Content
Star Wars Battlefront (2015)
- Released
- November 17, 2015
WHERE TO PLAY
- ESRB
- T For Teen
- Genre(s)
- First-Person Shooter, Third-Person Shooter
Along with the beginning of a new trilogy of movies, fans were excited to see more Star Wars video games, starting with the 2015 reboot of Star Wars: Battlefront, developed by DICE and EA. It brought back planetary skirmishes with some of the most advanced visuals of its time that made the player truly feel immersed in locations from the Star Wars universe.
Star Wars: Battlefront did not meet the expectations of fans for a reboot. Almost all of its content can be experienced in just a few hours, and it offers only a limited number of maps and game modes for online play. Even when playing with friends, Star Wars: Battlefront feels more like a glorified demo than a complete game, providing only temporary enjoyment before it becomes a repetitive shadow of its predecessors.
8 Star Wars: Battlefront (2004)
The Multiplayer Shooter That Started A Franchise
Star Wars Battlefront
- Released
- September 24, 2004
WHERE TO PLAY
- ESRB
- T for Teen: Violence
- Genre(s)
- Third-Person Shooter, FPS
The original Star Wars: Battlefront changed everything back in 2024, showing what the franchise could do as a military shooter to emulate iconic battles from the movies. Whether it's playing as a Stormtrooper on Cloud City or a separatist battle droid storming the grassy fields of Naboo, Star Wars: Battlefront made those skirmishes feel real on the PS2.
Even to this day, there are still fans who look fondly at the original Star Wars: Battlefront, thanks to its memorable user interface, large maps, and intense battles. It may not hold a candle to what would come later, but it still made an impact, with single-player and local multiplayer combat that defined many people’s childhoods, hence why it was remastered in 2024.
7 Star Wars Episode 1: Racer
Now This Is Pod-Racing
Star Wars Episode 1: Racer
- Released
- April 30, 1999
WHERE TO PLAY
- ESRB
- t
- Genre(s)
- Racing, Action
Star Wars Episode 1: Racer is based entirely around the famous pod-racing sequence from The Phantom Menace, allowing players to take part in racing circuits across the galaxy. Between races, players can buy upgrades for their pods from Watto’s shop, allowing for more depth, especially with the different racers involved.
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On the original Nintendo 64 and PlayStation 1, two players can race against each other and CPU opponents across multiple Star Wars planets in the form of tracks. The game accurately portrays the intense speeds of pod-racing, which makes it fun but also rather difficult. One obstacle can destroy the pod, and trying to dodge other pods and obstacles results in a hectic racing game.
6 Star Wars: Empire At War
Real Time Strategy Is The Perfect Fit For Star Wars
Star Wars: Empire at War
- Released
- February 16, 2006
WHERE TO PLAY
- ESRB
- t
- Genre(s)
- Real-Time Strategy
Thanks to updates on Steam, Star Wars: Empire At War still has online functionality for up to four players to engage in intense real-time strategy action as the Empire or Rebellion. It offers a fun campaign as well that delves into aspects of the Galactic Civil War, such as how the Rebel Alliance came into possession of X-Wing starfighters.
With the Forces Of Corruption expansion, players will also have access to the Zann Consortium as a third faction in Star Wars: Empire At War. Anybody who has played the likes of StarCraft or Halo Wars can fit right into Empire At War, and newfound fans can expand the game themselves thanks to a still-dedicated modding community.
5 Star Wars Squadrons
Classic Space Fighter Gameplay With Modern Visuals
Star Wars: Squadrons
- Released
- October 2, 2020
WHERE TO PLAY
- ESRB
- T for Teen: Fantasy Violence, Mild Language
- Genre(s)
- Action, Flight Simulator
While there is an enjoyable canon story mode, focusing on protagonists of the New Republic and Imperial Remnant, it serves as a tutorial for the online multiplayer in Star Wars Squadrons. The game is the spiritual successor to games like Star Wars: X-Wing and Star Wars: TIE Fighter, but given more graphical fidelity to make the player truly feel like they are a star pilot.
With fully customizable pilots and ships, Star Wars Squadrons allows up to ten players to battle with and against each other in intergalactic dogfights that look and sound like they would be in the movies. They are also difficult, with every ship having proper weight combined with the floatiness of being in space, to force players to master their skill, or they won’t last long in a fight.
4 LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
Nine Chapters Allows For The Ultimate Co-Op Adventure
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
- Released
- April 5, 2022
WHERE TO PLAY
The intense battles against other players are fun, but sometimes people just need a fun romp to run around in, and the best solution for that would be LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. For over twenty years, Traveller's Tales has honed its craft at making silly, yet entertaining games for the whole family made out of LEGO, and that continues to be the case.
As the title suggests, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga recreates all nine mainline Star Wars movies, taking iconic moments and making them playable for all ages. Two players can run around, smash every item in sight, collect LEGO studs, unlock characters, and freely roam open-world planets across all eras, with the humor and antics that the LEGO games are known for since the early 2000s.
3 Star Wars: The Old Republic
The MMORPG Where Players Choose Their Destiny
Star Wars: The Old Republic
- Released
- December 20, 2011
WHERE TO PLAY
- ESRB
- T for Teen: Blood and Gore, Mild Language, Sexual Themes, Violence
- Genre(s)
- MMO
From wielding a lightsaber as a Jedi to soaring through the galaxy as a wanted smuggler, Star Wars: The Old Republic is the closest thing fans have to a Star Wars life simulator. There are multiple classes, both good and evil alike, and thanks to BioWare, players can choose just how good, evil, or somewhere in the middle they want to be.
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Star Wars: The Old Republic provides plenty of multiplayer fun as an MMORPG in the same vein as World Of WarCraft or Guild Wars 2, but with a few signature BioWare gameplay mechanics. Friends and total strangers can come together to form a guild to take on stories, dungeons, and other kinds of objectives in a galaxy far, far away.
2 Star Wars: Battlefront 2 (2005)
Star Wars Fans Still Come Back To The Classic Sequel
Star Wars Battlefront II
- Released
- October 28, 2005
WHERE TO PLAY
Following the success of its predecessor, the now-defunct Pandemic Games pushed themselves even further with Star Wars: Battlefront 2 by retaining what made the original so good and simply expanding on it while addressing a few issues. For instance, heroes and villains were enhanced with more legacy characters from the original and prequel trilogies, even gaining their own mode.
More infantry classes were introduced in various war-centric modes, including the then-new story mode, Galactic Conquest, Assault, Capture The Flag, and several others that gamers expect from shooters. The gameplay itself was similar but also refined, thus embodying what a proper sequel should be: an upgrade from the original in nearly every way.
1 Star Wars: Battlefront 2 (2017)
From A Disastrous Launch To A Definitive Star Wars Title
Star Wars Battlefront 2
- Released
- November 17, 2017
WHERE TO PLAY
- ESRB
- T for Teen: Violence
- Genre(s)
- FPS
Thanks to pay-to-win microtransactions and a noticeable lack of content, Star Wars: Battlefront 2 had a controversial launch that could have ended in disaster, but EA, DICE, and Motive didn’t give up. Instead, they worked hard to remove the maligned aspects and provide fans with a better multiplayer game. After many updates and free content patches later, Star Wars: Battlefront 2 has had a massive turnaround.
Now, Star Wars: Battlefront 2 feels like a proper reboot of the beloved franchise, featuring many modes to enjoy, more content from all Star Wars eras, a plethora of characters, and an actual canon story mode that was sorely missing in the first EA game. Even after five years since the final update for the game, there is still a dedicated fanbase that plays on the servers every day.
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