STAR WARS Zero Company™

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Very Positive · 83%Very Positive · 83%2026

$49.99

US Steam price, checked 6 h ago

The verdict

A story-driven XCOM-lite with excellent Star Wars characters and writing, held back by shallow progression, repetitive missions and buggy UE5 performance. Skip it if you want deep XCOM-style tactics.

Great for

Star Wars and Clone Wars fans, and tactics newcomers who want a character-driven story with accessible combat

Main risk

Bugs, freezes and poor optimization, plus shallow, repetitive, easy tactics that disappoint XCOM veterans

What players love

Fun XCOM-style tactical combat

Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews

“it took everything that was good about xcom and wrapped it in a star wars clothes and it just awesome”
Steam review · 29.5 h played ↗

“every battle feel like its own little puzzle without becoming frustrating”
Steam review · 43.4 h played ↗

“It's X-com without the first 5-10 minutes of every battle where you're skulking around and trying to surprise the aliens.”
Steam review · 14.3 h played ↗

Great characters and writing

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews

“Every character feels like they're meant to be in the game and not like some random nameless NPC.”
Steam review · 38.5 h played ↗

“The primary characters are extremely well written, and I grew to love each and every one of them.”
Steam review · 52.2 h played ↗

“They constantly tease and joke with each other, yet there's room for drama and moral dilemmas.”
Steam review · translated · 27.8 h played ↗

Authentic Star Wars atmosphere and lore

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews

“Fantastic Star Wars atmosphere, the tone, the world, the missions, everything feels right”
Steam review · 36.9 h played ↗

“Felt like playing through a great season of the Clone Wars.”
Steam review · 30.5 h played ↗

“I'm a big Star Wars fan, and this is a very authentic Star Wars experience.”
Steam review · 33.5 h played ↗

Deep customization and class builds

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“whoever on the dev team had the genius idea to let you dress your entire squad as clone troopers probably single-handedly sold 10x more copies”
Steam review · 37.5 h played ↗

“Character customisation is insane, I love bedazzling all my guys and gals.”
Steam review · 24.7 h played ↗

Voice acting, visuals and music

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“The voice acting is off the charts for every character in the game”
Steam review · 39.2 h played ↗

“Both voice acting and music is excellent.”
Steam review · 24.2 h played ↗

Beginner-friendly and forgiving

Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews

“First turn-based tactics game I've ever played and I'm hooked. Super beginner friendly for those in my shoes.”
Steam review · 34.5 h played ↗

“Multiple difficulty settings meant the game was enjoyable for a tactics newbie like me”
Steam review · 49 h played ↗

What players complain about

Bugs, freezes and softlocks

Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews

“enemies teleporting around the map and animations hanging, several times every mission, normally for 10-20 sec some times forever and you have to restart.”
Steam review · 38.4 h played ↗

“This happened to me 7 times in my 4 hours of playtime and the last time I was 1 move away from extraction.”
Steam review · 4.2 h played ↗

“Having to restart almost-hour-long mission because of technical issues, when the game doesn't even allow to save mid-mission is a terrible experience.”
Steam review · 22.1 h played ↗

Poor UE5 optimization and stutter

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“Doesn't matter how good a game is if you only get 5 FPS in *static menu's*.”
Steam review · 4.5 h played ↗

“Getting about 30fps on low graphics with a 3070 ryzen 5 7600x and 32gb ddr5 ram”
Steam review · 7.9 h played ↗

“Performance is unacceptable. On a 9950x3d, RTX, 64GB overclocked RAM and an SSD, such a lagfest and constant visible content streaming?”
Steam review · translated · 0.9 h played ↗

Repetitive missions and little enemy variety

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“This is one of the most repetitive games I've ever played”
Steam review · 23.8 h played ↗

“The whole gameplay can be split into three parts; all missions follow the same scheme.”
Steam review · translated · 13.9 h played ↗

“the biggest strategic choice is deciding which of your same 3 moves to use against the same 3 enemies—for the 37th wave in a row.”
Steam review · 9.3 h played ↗

Shallow progression and weapons

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“Each skill progression literally adds + 1 dmg or + 0,5 meters travel distance.”
Steam review · 12.4 h played ↗

“Take a mission from the start of the game and the end of the game. You will hardly be able to tell the difference.”
Steam review · 21.1 h played ↗

“There's no progression at all, just +1 damage or +4 HP.”
Steam review · translated · 14.4 h played ↗

Overwatch and combat logic unreliable

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“Overwatch shooting through wall: 3 Hostiles running directly through (NO COVER) overwatch and not being shot: 3”
Steam review · 4.5 h played ↗

“Overwatch, an incredibly important strategic tool just doesn't work half the time due to not triggering, stop randomly or hitting the wrong targets.”
Steam review · 5.9 h played ↗

Unskippable slow animations, no speed-up

Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews

“There's no way to speed up combat or skip animations (many of which are lengthy and incredibly repetitive)”
Steam review · 26.4 h played ↗

“You cannot skip the animations on any actions.”
Steam review · 25.7 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Unsupported

Minimum

OS64 bit Windows 10/11 (Windows 11 Recommended)

ProcessorIntel Core i5-8400 or Ryzen 5 2600X

Memory16 GB RAM

GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 1080, Radeon RX 5600 XT, or Intel ARC B580

Storage50 GB available space

Recommended

OS64 bit Windows 10/11 (Windows 11 Recommended)

ProcessorIntel Core i7-10700K or Ryzen 7 3700X

Memory32 GB RAM

GraphicsNvidia Geforce RTX 3080 or Radeon RX 7800 XT

Storage50 GB available space

OS64 bit Windows 10/11 (Windows 11 Recommended)

ProcessorIntel Core i5-8400 or Ryzen 5 2600X

Memory16 GB RAM

GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 1080, Radeon RX 5600 XT, or Intel ARC B580

Storage50 GB available space

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