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STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ cover art

STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™

Broadsword · Electronic Arts · 2020-07-21

Steam

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Franchise: Star Wars · Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Dec 20, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 20, 2024 (Mac)

STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ is a free-to-play MMORPG that puts you at the center of your own story-driven saga. Play as a Jedi, Sith, Bounty Hunter, or one of many other iconic STAR WARS roles in the galaxy far, far away over three thousand years before the classic films.

STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ is a free-to-play Massively Multiplayer, RPG, and Free To Play game released in 2020, with an estimated 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 75412 reviews).

1,901
playing now
90%
positive of 76k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
138
twitch viewers (latest)
11.5
viewers/channel (concentration)
85/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (242 ratings)
30
Nexus mods (28k downloads)
417h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

1,901 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Star Wars: The Old Republic is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) based in the Star Wars fictional universe. Developed by BioWare Austin and a supplemental team at BioWare Edmonton, the game was announced on October 21, 2008. The video game was released for the Microsoft Windows platform on December 20, 2011 in North America and part of Europe. It was released in Oceania and Asia on March 1, 2012.

Trailer

STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ trailer thumbnail

STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ - 4K ULTRA HD – ‘Return’ Cinematic Trailer

≈161,591 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,901 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4,410 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~551/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 1,822 Massively Multiplayer games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $19.99 at EA Store (2018-01-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4.0k4.0k20202026Week of 2020-07-01: 4,046 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 686 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3,189 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 406 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1,864 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 189 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1,324 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3,775 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 258 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2,179 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2,062 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 166 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,453 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,231 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,063 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,164 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 961 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,379 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,726 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 136 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,403 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,222 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,640 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,314 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,185 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,589 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 321 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,025 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 204 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 911 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 986 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,216 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 160 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,000 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 798 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 570 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 593 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 742 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 745 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 826 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 622 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 805 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 890 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,069 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 164 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 801 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 694 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 597 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 637 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 673 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 770 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 681 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 712 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 602 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 705 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 568 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 712 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 620 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 602 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 534 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 417 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 449 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 642 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 645 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 983 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 471 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 551 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 520 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 828 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 136 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 823 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 555 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 465 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 360 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 557 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 473 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 493 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 426 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 760 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 627 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 398 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 456 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 19 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5.4k1.8k2026-09-14 19:00 — 4,817 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 2,901 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 2,172 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 4,553 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 3,601 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 2,061 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 4,538 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 3,315 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 1,940 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 4,297 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 3,820 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 1,820 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 2,959 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 3,292 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 2,374 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 3,866 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 3,579 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 2,173 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 2,285 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 4,222 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 3,136 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 1,953 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 4,507 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 1,901 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
18k3.1kJul 2020Aug 2026Jul 2020 — avg 18,450 · peak 27,416Sep 2020 — avg 7,541 · peak 11,800Nov 2020 — avg 6,375 · peak 10,369Jan 2021 — avg 7,807 · peak 13,143Mar 2021 — avg 5,468 · peak 9,667May 2021 — avg 5,872 · peak 10,021Jul 2021 — avg 6,281 · peak 10,388Sep 2021 — avg 6,465 · peak 10,986Nov 2021 — avg 5,725 · peak 9,787Jan 2022 — avg 6,268 · peak 10,602Mar 2022 — avg 6,309 · peak 11,568May 2022 — avg 5,289 · peak 9,067Jul 2022 — avg 5,701 · peak 10,045Sep 2022 — avg 3,531 · peak 6,336Nov 2022 — avg 3,809 · peak 6,716Jan 2023 — avg 4,910 · peak 8,498Mar 2023 — avg 4,264 · peak 7,428May 2023 — avg 6,939 · peak 12,172Jul 2023 — avg 4,185 · peak 7,021Sep 2023 — avg 3,602 · peak 6,510Nov 2023 — avg 3,941 · peak 6,752Jan 2024 — avg 4,457 · peak 7,744Mar 2024 — avg 4,253 · peak 7,560May 2024 — avg 4,451 · peak 8,237Jul 2024 — avg 3,855 · peak 6,462Sep 2024 — avg 3,447 · peak 6,179Nov 2024 — avg 3,292 · peak 6,167Jan 2025 — avg 4,309 · peak 7,422Mar 2025 — avg 3,702 · peak 6,594May 2025 — avg 4,854 · peak 9,037Jul 2025 — avg 4,232 · peak 7,186Sep 2025 — avg 3,216 · peak 5,683Nov 2025 — avg 3,274 · peak 5,878Jan 2026 — avg 4,219 · peak 7,441Mar 2026 — avg 3,689 · peak 6,917May 2026 — avg 5,661 · peak 9,827Jul 2026 — avg 3,754 · peak 7,329Aug 2026 — avg 3,659 · peak 6,667
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
31312026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 31 new positive2026-09-21: 5 new negative2026-09-22: 12 new positive2026-09-22: 3 new negative2026-09-23: 9 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 12 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 7 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 8 new positive2026-09-27: 4 new negative2026-09-28: 10 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 2 new positive2026-09-30: 3 new negative2026-10-01: 9 new positive2026-10-02: 4 new positive2026-10-02: 3 new negative2026-10-03: 24 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 19 new positive2026-10-04: 2 new negative2026-10-05: 9 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 4 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 7 new positive2026-10-08: 6 new positive2026-10-10: 7 new positive2026-10-10: 3 new negative2026-10-13: 6 new positive2026-10-13: 3 new negative2026-10-14: 7 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$0.002015-01-012022-04-052015-01-01 — best price $0.002016-11-16 — best price $29.992016-12-22 — best price $22.492017-01-05 — best price $29.992017-04-29 — best price $0.002018-01-23 — best price $19.992018-01-30 — best price $29.992018-02-20 — best price $19.992018-03-06 — best price $29.992018-05-01 — best price $19.992018-05-15 — best price $29.992018-06-15 — best price $0.002020-07-21 — best price $0.002020-10-19 — best price $28.312020-11-03 — best price $29.992021-03-23 — best price $0.002022-04-05 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.2k3862026-06-01 — 980 pageviews2026-06-05 — 824 pageviews2026-06-09 — 672 pageviews2026-06-13 — 618 pageviews2026-06-17 — 1,161 pageviews2026-06-21 — 609 pageviews2026-06-25 — 507 pageviews2026-06-29 — 548 pageviews2026-07-03 — 424 pageviews2026-07-07 — 506 pageviews2026-07-11 — 431 pageviews2026-07-15 — 522 pageviews2026-07-19 — 491 pageviews2026-07-23 — 398 pageviews2026-07-27 — 423 pageviews2026-07-31 — 432 pageviews2026-08-04 — 402 pageviews2026-08-08 — 386 pageviews2026-08-12 — 400 pageviews2026-08-16 — 724 pageviews2026-08-20 — 450 pageviews2026-08-24 — 472 pageviews2026-08-28 — 482 pageviews2026-09-01 — 535 pageviews2026-09-05 — 512 pageviews2026-09-09 — 422 pageviews2026-09-13 — 665 pageviews2026-09-17 — 443 pageviews2026-09-21 — 502 pageviews2026-09-25 — 442 pageviews2026-09-29 — 440 pageviews2026-10-03 — 420 pageviews2026-10-07 — 476 pageviews2026-10-10 — 469 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1.0k52026-09-30 18:34 — 187 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 116 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 86 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 249 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 114 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 66 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 229 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 135 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 67 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 64 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 229 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 54 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 213 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 76 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 78 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 190 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 92 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 49 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 174 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 79 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 63 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 174 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 85 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 132 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 68 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 197 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 79 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 162 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 138 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
19.8%
earned "The Final Trial"
8.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerMMOPvPCo-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing3 DLC

2 supported languages: English, French

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2020-07-21, latest 2026-02-17 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Player tags

PvPRPGSpaceActionMMORPGSci-fiAdventureOpen WorldStory RichMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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