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STAR WARS™ Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) cover art

STAR WARS™ Battlefront II (Classic, 2005)

Pandemic Studios · Lucasfilm · 2009-07-08

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Action

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

Releases: Oct 31, 2005 (PlayStation Portable), Oct 31, 2005 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 01, 2005 (PlayStation 2), Nov 01, 2005 (Xbox)

Join the rise of Darth Vader’s elite 501st Legion of Stormtroopers as you fight through an all new story-based saga where every action you take impacts the battlefront and, ultimately, the fate of the Star Wars galaxy.

195
playing now
95%
positive of 54k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
85/100
IGDB user rating (733 ratings)
8h
to beat · rushed 4h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Star Wars: Battlefront II is a 2005 first and third-person shooter video game based on the Star Wars film franchise. Developed by Pandemic Studios and published by LucasArts, it is a sequel to 2004's Star Wars: Battlefront and the second installment in the Star Wars: Battlefront series. The game was released in PAL regions on October 28, 2005, on the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable (PSP), Microsoft Windows, and Xbox platforms, and in North America on November 1 of the same year. It was released on the PlayStation Store on October 20, 2009, for download on the PSP. The PSP version was developed by Savage Entertainment. A remastered compilation featuring both the game and its predecessor with additional content, titled Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection, was released on March 14, 2024.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 195 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 861 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~108/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 2.2M–4.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 54,261 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.11 at AllYouPlay (2020-10-26) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 23 of 46 observed days · $8.88 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.3k1.3k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 419 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 499 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 501 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 626 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 860 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1,257 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 848 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 395 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 460 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 517 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,003 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 499 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 375 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 393 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 559 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 652 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 645 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 421 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 455 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 339 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 721 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

249672026-08-06 21:00 — 138 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 113 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 80 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 173 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 116 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 114 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 249 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 152 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 111 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 227 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 107 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 92 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 171 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 125 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 113 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 150 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 135 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 116 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 224 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 157 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 90 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 191 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 177 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 91 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 162 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 166 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 80 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 139 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 195 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.26$1.622015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $6.692015-12-11 — best price $3.992016-05-09 — best price $9.992016-12-29 — best price $9.992017-05-14 — best price $8.112017-09-01 — best price $4.992018-01-21 — best price $8.722018-07-05 — best price $9.992018-12-18 — best price $3.492019-06-25 — best price $3.492019-11-29 — best price $2.992020-01-26 — best price $2.992020-05-05 — best price $2.692020-10-29 — best price $3.052021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-08-18 — best price $8.642022-01-04 — best price $8.332022-04-29 — best price $3.492022-07-02 — best price $2.492022-09-21 — best price $1.892022-12-20 — best price $2.012023-03-06 — best price $2.092023-06-03 — best price $8.892023-08-21 — best price $1.622023-11-23 — best price $2.062024-01-25 — best price $1.992024-03-26 — best price $9.992024-06-18 — best price $6.472024-09-20 — best price $2.042024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-04-28 — best price $2.492025-10-16 — best price $1.622025-12-09 — best price $2.362026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSCo-opSpaceActionSci-fiClassicShooterMilitaryModdableTactical

Census log

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

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