Amazing Workshop modding community
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 positive reviews
“Almost 20 years and the MOD community is still keeping it alive.”
Steam review · 2198.3 h played ↗
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 98%Petroglyph2010RTS · Strategy · Action
The verdict
A beloved 2006 Star Wars RTS with superb capital-ship space battles and a huge Workshop modding scene. Skip it if you want polished modern controls, balanced ground combat or flawless stability.
Great for
Star Wars fans who enjoy space fleet battles and want to dive into Workshop mods
Main risk
Dated, clunky controls and crashes or soft-lock bugs on modern PCs
What players love
Best Star Wars RTS, great nostalgia
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Greatest Star Wars game of all time and one of the best strategy games of all time.”
Steam review · 168.2 h played ↗
Holds up well for its age
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Holds up unbelievably well for a 20 year old game”
Steam review · 94.7 h played ↗
Brilliant capital-ship space combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The space battles are magnificent, cinematic spectacles where targeting specific ship subsystems actually matters”
Steam review · 16.4 h played ↗
Galactic conquest layer with space and ground
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“I like the galactic view/tactical battle separation in Galactic Conquest”
Steam review · 341.4 h played ↗
Runs well on low-end PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 30 positive reviews
“Very fun and FPS friendly game for lower end PC users”
Steam review · 138.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Crashes and instability
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“So STUPID. It just CRASHES AND CRASHES AND CRASHES.”
Steam review · 12.3 h played ↗
Unbalanced factions and cheating AI
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“The Zann Consortium is too powerful, and the Rebellion is far too weak.”
Steam review · 10.6 h played ↗
Won't launch or run on modern systems
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“If you have an Intel processor, do not bother.”
Steam review · 5.8 h played ↗
Clunky controls and bad pathfinding
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“They get stuck being geometry, they get stuck behind other units, and sometimes they just ignore commands for no obvious reason.”
Steam review · 48 h played ↗
Game-breaking bugs and soft locks
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“There are several soft lock bugs half way through the campaign that brick your game and stop you from progressing in the story.”
Steam review · 54.6 h played ↗
Multiplayer synchronization errors
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 negative reviews
“you cannot play multiplayer without constant "Synchronization Errors"”
Steam review · 23.9 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable
Minimum
OSWindows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7
ProcessorIntel Pentium III 1.0GHz or AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz
Memory512 MB
Graphics64 MB graphics card with Shader Model 2.0 support / ATI Radeon 9600 / NVIDIA 7200 / Intel 965
Recommended
OSWindows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7
ProcessorIntel Pentium Dual Core CPU
Memory1 GB
Graphics256 MB graphics card with Shader Model 3.0 support / ATI Radeon X1900 / NVIDIA 8600
OSWindows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7
ProcessorIntel Pentium III 1.0GHz or AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz
Memory512 MB
Graphics64 MB graphics card with Shader Model 2.0 support / ATI Radeon 9600 / NVIDIA 7200 / Intel 965
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