Excellent voiced class stories
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“The stories are unmatched: Even after all these years, no other MMO comes close to the original eight class stories.”
Steam review · 6066.1 h played ↗
STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 89%Very Positive · 89%Broadsword2020MMORPG · RPG · Adventure
The verdict
A free-to-start, story-first Star Wars RPG with fantastic voiced class stories, wrapped in an aging MMO. Skip it if you want a polished modern MMO, or if you hate account-login and support problems.
Great for
Star Wars and BioWare fans who want to play it like a solo story RPG, mostly free
Main risk
Account login, email verification and locked support can stop you from playing at all
What changed in the last 30 days
108 recent reviews
Many recent negative reviews describe being unable to log in, email verification never arriving, and support locked behind a subscription. Some also blame Broadsword's direction. Fairly confident, but based on reviews only.
108 recent reviews
What players love
Authentic Star Wars fantasy and choices
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Star Wars: the Old Republic is the most comprehensive and immersive Star Wars game that has ever been made”
Steam review · 964.6 h played ↗
Generous free-to-play and cheap one-month sub
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The best part is you can play all of the origin stories for free, and only need to subscribe once to play the DLC. No better deal on the market.”
Steam review · 89.7 h played ↗
Plays like a solo BioWare RPG
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Even if you're not into MMOs, SWTOR is like 8 single player games packed into one, F2P game.”
Steam review · 859.8 h played ↗
Housing, customization and friendly community
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“I've spent more time decorating my in-game houses than I have actually playing the game.”
Steam review · 296.7 h played ↗
Huge amount of content
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“the sheer amount of content is massive”
Steam review · 6066.1 h played ↗
What players complain about
Login, verification and account recovery failures
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“you NEED to verify your email in order to play higher than lvl 17.”
Steam review · 6.1 h played ↗
Clunky combat and tedious grind
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“the gameplay is so mind-numbingly boring that I abandoned after finishing a couple of planets”
Steam review · 19.1 h played ↗
Support locked behind a subscription or unresponsive
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“No way to contact support if you do not have an active subscription which does not help when it comes to account recovery.”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗
Predatory cash shop and F2P restrictions
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“They charge $10+ for dye (NOT DYES PLURAL, DYE SINGULAR), to be used ONE time on ONE item.”
Steam review · 22.2 h played ↗
Decline under Broadsword, little new content
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“the game has not had any new content for years and is just in a state of maintenance”
Steam review · 832.8 h played ↗
Steam purchases and subscriptions don't credit
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 negative reviews
“Do not pay for ANYTHING related to this game on Steam.”
Steam review · 29 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable75 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 or later – 64-bit
ProcessorAMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4000+ or better / Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz or better
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsStar Wars: The Old Republic requires a video card that has a minimum of 1 GB of on-board RAM as well as support for Shader 3.0 or better. Examples include: Intel HD 3000 or better/AMD Radeon HD 7450/Nvidia GeForce 610
Storage75 GB available space
OSWindows 10 or later – 64-bit
ProcessorAMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4000+ or better / Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz or better
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsStar Wars: The Old Republic requires a video card that has a minimum of 1 GB of on-board RAM as well as support for Shader 3.0 or better. Examples include: Intel HD 3000 or better/AMD Radeon HD 7450/Nvidia GeForce 610
Storage75 GB available space
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