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STAR WARS™: Squadrons

MOTIVE · Electronic Arts · 2020-10-01

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ActionSimulation

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

Releases: Oct 02, 2020 (SteamVR), Oct 02, 2020 (Oculus Rift), Oct 01, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 02, 2020 (PlayStation VR), Oct 02, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Oct 02, 2020 (Windows Mixed Reality)

Master the art of starfighter combat in the authentic piloting experience STAR WARS™: Squadrons. Feel the adrenaline of first-person multiplayer space dogfights alongside your squadron, and buckle up in a thrilling STAR WARS™ story.

65
playing now
65%
positive of 28k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (12 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (142 ratings)
12h
to beat · rushed 9h · completionist 42h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

65 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 65 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 685 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~86/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (11,760 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 563k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 28,155 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
lowest across shops (ITAD)$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at EA Store (2023-11-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 24 of 38 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8.7k8.7k20202026Week of 2020-10-01: 8,669 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3,091 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,766 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 472 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,288 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 478 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 640 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 260 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 172 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 171 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 44 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

96272026-08-06 21:00 — 58 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 32 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 65 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 73 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 38 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 69 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 85 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 56 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 59 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 91 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 48 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 57 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 66 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 46 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 46 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 52 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 39 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 77 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 54 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 28 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 34 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 56 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 46 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 49 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 46 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 37 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 33 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 37 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 47 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 65 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$0.002020-06-152026-08-262020-06-15 — best price $39.992020-08-15 — best price $39.992020-10-05 — best price $35.992020-11-02 — best price $39.992020-11-27 — best price $21.592020-12-11 — best price $23.992021-01-04 — best price $21.592021-01-26 — best price $37.992021-03-16 — best price $20.992021-04-20 — best price $37.992021-05-12 — best price $19.992021-06-25 — best price $39.992021-07-29 — best price $37.992021-09-01 — best price $35.892021-10-07 — best price $39.992021-11-18 — best price $39.992021-12-09 — best price $14.792022-01-06 — best price $39.992022-02-15 — best price $39.992022-04-28 — best price $9.992022-06-17 — best price $39.992022-08-23 — best price $9.992022-11-01 — best price $39.992022-12-15 — best price $5.992023-02-06 — best price $39.992023-04-26 — best price $5.992023-07-20 — best price $5.992023-11-02 — best price $39.992024-02-09 — best price $1.992024-05-02 — best price $1.992024-08-01 — best price $39.992024-11-27 — best price $1.992025-02-10 — best price $3.992025-06-19 — best price $3.992025-09-11 — best price $5.992025-12-18 — best price $3.992026-02-23 — best price $39.992026-06-18 — best price $3.992026-08-10 — best price $3.992026-08-26 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

002026-08-26 19:15 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

47
achievements tracked
56.5%
earned "Fracture at Fostar Haven"
3.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportVR SupportedSteam Trading Cards

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America

Where its players are

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

Player tags

VRPvPCo-opSpaceActionFlightSci-fiShooterControllerSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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