Legendary story and twist
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“THE FRICKIN TWIST BRO THE TWIST I"M SO FRLL MY JAW DROPPED ON THE GROUND.”
Steam review · 72.2 h played ↗
STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 91%Very Positive · 91%BioWare, Aspyr (Mac)2009Party-Based RPG · RPG · Adventure
The verdict
A legendary BioWare Star Wars RPG with a brilliant story and companions, but the Steam PC port is buggy and often needs mods. Skip it if you want plug-and-play or dislike dated d20 combat.
Great for
Star Wars and story-driven RPG fans willing to install community patches and tolerate dated combat
Main risk
The port crashes or freezes on modern PCs and may need hours of modding to run
What players love
Best Star Wars game and authentic atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“you're not just playing the best Star Wars game ever developed, you are also playing one of the best games ever made.”
Steam review · 301.2 h played ↗
Memorable companions and writing
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The Ebon Hawk Crew is probably the strongest point of KOTOR and one that really elevates the story as well, The Banter is top tier”
Steam review · 47.8 h played ↗
Timeless classic that still holds up
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Impressed how well it still holds up after 23 years”
Steam review · 31.1 h played ↗
Community mods improve it greatly
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“There are amazing mods that improve the graphics, fix bugs, and enhance the overall experience while staying true to the original.”
Steam review · 8 h played ↗
Meaningful choices and light/dark moral system
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“It's a roleplaying game that still, to this day, offers countless choices to dealing with enemies, obstacles and quests”
Steam review · 301.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Crashes and instability on modern PCs
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“Crashing to this game is what death and taxes are to life - inevitable, unavoidable, and equally frustrating.”
Steam review · 6.6 h played ↗
Needs heavy modding to run
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Should not have to mod and set up to play!”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
No modern resolution or widescreen, tiny text
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Lack of support to modern screens, way too smal ui elements and fonts makes this game unplayable nowadays.”
Steam review · 6.6 h played ↗
Character freezes after combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Once your character engages an enemy it bricks itself. You have to save and reload after every. single. enemy.”
Steam review · 25.1 h played ↗
Dated, clunky combat and level design
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“Combat is opaque and frustrating; instead of inhabiting the characters, I feel like I'm babysitting idiots who are doing their best to ignore me.”
Steam review · 9.7 h played ↗
Poor controller and Steam Deck/Mac support
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“The issue isn’t Proton or the Deck, it’s the Aspyr 2015 OpenGL port that Steam distributes.”
Steam review · 2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable3.5 GB
Minimum
OSWindows XP and Windows Vista
ProcessorIntel Pentium 3 1Ghz or AMD Athlon 1GHz
Memory256 RAM
Graphics32 MB with Hardware T&L
Storage3.5 GB
OSWindows XP and Windows Vista
ProcessorIntel Pentium 3 1Ghz or AMD Athlon 1GHz
Memory256 RAM
Graphics32 MB with Hardware T&L
Storage3.5 GB
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