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STAR WARS™ Battlefront (Classic, 2004) cover art

STAR WARS™ Battlefront (Classic, 2004)

Pandemic Studios · Lucasfilm · 2019-05-01

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Action

Franchise: Star Wars · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen

Releases: Jul 29, 2005 (Mac), Sep 21, 2004 (Xbox), Sep 17, 2004 (PlayStation 2), Sep 22, 2004 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Fight the greatest battles in the STAR WARS universe any way you want to. The choice is yours.

47
playing now
96%
positive of 4.7k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (359 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

47 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Star Wars: Battlefront is a 2004 first and third-person shooter video game based on the Star Wars film franchise. Developed by Pandemic Studios and published by LucasArts, it is the first installment in the Star Wars: Battlefront series. It was released in September 2004 for PlayStation 2, Xbox and Windows to coincide the release of the Star Wars Trilogy DVD set. Aspyr released a Mac OS X port in July 2005, and a mobile phone version, Star Wars Battlefront Mobile, was released on November 1, 2005.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 47 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 227 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~28/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 10,820 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 118k–282k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,706 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.11 at AllYouPlay (2020-10-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 24 of 48 observed days · $8.88 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
44944920192026Week of 2019-05-01: 449 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

70142026-08-06 21:00 — 28 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 24 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 28 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 50 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 25 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 40 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 36 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 20 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 25 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 70 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 20 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 23 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 43 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 30 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 28 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 33 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 19 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 24 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 57 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 28 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 28 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 53 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 50 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 31 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 43 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 41 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 21 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 37 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 47 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.232019-05-022026-08-302019-05-02 — best price $8.492019-12-13 — best price $8.672020-02-08 — best price $8.342020-05-14 — best price $9.992020-06-23 — best price $8.792020-07-23 — best price $8.892020-08-23 — best price $8.892020-09-22 — best price $8.892020-10-24 — best price $9.992020-12-01 — best price $7.972021-01-13 — best price $9.992021-02-23 — best price $9.992021-04-14 — best price $8.892021-05-18 — best price $8.892021-06-30 — best price $9.992021-11-21 — best price $9.992022-02-05 — best price $9.992022-05-06 — best price $7.772022-08-01 — best price $7.532022-11-25 — best price $1.932023-03-03 — best price $9.992023-05-05 — best price $9.992023-07-17 — best price $2.192023-11-05 — best price $8.882024-01-05 — best price $7.972024-03-24 — best price $8.272024-06-27 — best price $1.622024-09-23 — best price $6.472024-12-19 — best price $2.072025-03-24 — best price $6.472025-08-16 — best price $8.892025-11-10 — best price $1.622026-04-30 — best price $2.492026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

187992026-05-31 — 184 pageviews2026-06-03 — 137 pageviews2026-06-06 — 168 pageviews2026-06-09 — 133 pageviews2026-06-12 — 131 pageviews2026-06-15 — 129 pageviews2026-06-18 — 127 pageviews2026-06-21 — 119 pageviews2026-06-24 — 125 pageviews2026-06-27 — 143 pageviews2026-06-30 — 122 pageviews2026-07-03 — 133 pageviews2026-07-06 — 136 pageviews2026-07-09 — 129 pageviews2026-07-12 — 164 pageviews2026-07-15 — 114 pageviews2026-07-18 — 110 pageviews2026-07-21 — 117 pageviews2026-07-24 — 131 pageviews2026-07-27 — 122 pageviews2026-07-30 — 109 pageviews2026-08-02 — 106 pageviews2026-08-05 — 110 pageviews2026-08-08 — 105 pageviews2026-08-11 — 166 pageviews2026-08-14 — 109 pageviews2026-08-17 — 122 pageviews2026-08-20 — 129 pageviews2026-08-23 — 124 pageviews2026-08-26 — 104 pageviews2026-08-28 — 122 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Player tags

FPSCo-opSpaceActionSci-fiClassicShooterModdableControllerMultiplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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