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STAR WARS™ SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE™ cover art

STAR WARS™ SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE™

LucasArts · Disney · 2017-02-07

SteamGOG

ActionAdventure

Franchise: Star Wars · Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 17, 1997 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 1996 (Nintendo 64)

As Luke Skywalker and the Rebel Alliance struggle to defeat Darth Vader and the Empire, a new threat arises. Dark Prince Xizor aspires to take Darth Vader's place at the Emperor's side. As Dash Rendar, it's up to you to protect Luke and help the Alliance. May the Force be with you!

3
playing now
74%
positive of 870 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
68/100
IGDB user rating (84 ratings)
14h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

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

Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire is a 1996 action video game developed by LucasArts and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It is primarily a third-person shooter, with multiple types of vehicular combat and third-person shooting sequences. A version for Windows was released by LucasArts in 1997.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 37% of 10,911 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 22k–52k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 870 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.55 at AllYouPlay (2020-10-26) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 24 of 47 observed days · $5.44 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

602026-08-11 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 6 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 6 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$0.662016-05-032026-08-302016-05-03 — best price $4.792017-05-13 — best price $5.992018-03-20 — best price $5.992018-10-12 — best price $2.092019-05-09 — best price $5.992019-09-04 — best price $4.972020-01-01 — best price $5.042020-02-05 — best price $4.942020-05-08 — best price $5.992020-11-02 — best price $1.192021-01-15 — best price $1.312021-06-24 — best price $2.092021-12-01 — best price $5.992022-02-03 — best price $5.992022-04-24 — best price $5.992022-06-08 — best price $4.782022-08-01 — best price $4.582022-09-22 — best price $1.502022-11-29 — best price $5.992023-01-19 — best price $1.232023-04-11 — best price $1.102023-05-24 — best price $5.992023-07-13 — best price $5.992023-10-12 — best price $1.242023-12-04 — best price $1.252024-02-08 — best price $1.372024-03-25 — best price $5.392024-05-10 — best price $5.282024-07-17 — best price $4.312024-09-16 — best price $1.252024-11-16 — best price $4.782025-01-23 — best price $1.242025-05-02 — best price $1.722025-10-08 — best price $5.992025-11-25 — best price $2.992026-02-03 — best price $5.992026-08-30 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

342982026-05-30 — 278 pageviews2026-06-02 — 230 pageviews2026-06-05 — 157 pageviews2026-06-08 — 199 pageviews2026-06-11 — 198 pageviews2026-06-14 — 229 pageviews2026-06-17 — 130 pageviews2026-06-20 — 147 pageviews2026-06-23 — 201 pageviews2026-06-26 — 240 pageviews2026-06-29 — 184 pageviews2026-07-02 — 145 pageviews2026-07-05 — 183 pageviews2026-07-08 — 177 pageviews2026-07-11 — 145 pageviews2026-07-14 — 141 pageviews2026-07-17 — 126 pageviews2026-07-20 — 98 pageviews2026-07-23 — 109 pageviews2026-07-26 — 138 pageviews2026-07-29 — 113 pageviews2026-08-01 — 107 pageviews2026-08-04 — 149 pageviews2026-08-07 — 109 pageviews2026-08-10 — 126 pageviews2026-08-13 — 138 pageviews2026-08-16 — 150 pageviews2026-08-19 — 128 pageviews2026-08-22 — 116 pageviews2026-08-25 — 141 pageviews2026-08-27 — 137 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

Player tags

Space1990'sActionSci-fiClassicShooterAdventureSingleplayerGreat SoundtrackThird-Person Shooter

Census log

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

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