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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)

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.

4,631
playing now
90%
positive of 75k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1,089
twitch viewers (latest)
85/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (242 ratings)
417h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

4,631 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 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
  • · 4,631 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4,624 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~578/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 865 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: 303 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 36 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6.0k9322026-08-06 21:00 — 4,494 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 2,574 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 932 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 4,697 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 2,864 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 3,472 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 5,339 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 3,078 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 3,901 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 5,463 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 2,687 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 2,875 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 4,531 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 2,438 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 2,936 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 4,316 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 2,801 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 3,264 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 6,004 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 3,266 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 2,580 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 5,100 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 4,264 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 3,388 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 4,891 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 4,436 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 2,326 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 4,225 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 4,631 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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 pageviews2026-06-04 — 814 pageviews2026-06-07 — 787 pageviews2026-06-10 — 620 pageviews2026-06-13 — 618 pageviews2026-06-16 — 661 pageviews2026-06-19 — 711 pageviews2026-06-22 — 582 pageviews2026-06-25 — 507 pageviews2026-06-28 — 550 pageviews2026-07-01 — 462 pageviews2026-07-04 — 538 pageviews2026-07-07 — 506 pageviews2026-07-10 — 423 pageviews2026-07-13 — 518 pageviews2026-07-16 — 420 pageviews2026-07-19 — 491 pageviews2026-07-22 — 430 pageviews2026-07-25 — 418 pageviews2026-07-28 — 399 pageviews2026-07-31 — 432 pageviews2026-08-03 — 446 pageviews2026-08-06 — 494 pageviews2026-08-09 — 513 pageviews2026-08-12 — 400 pageviews2026-08-15 — 570 pageviews2026-08-18 — 487 pageviews2026-08-21 — 411 pageviews2026-08-24 — 472 pageviews2026-08-27 — 476 pageviews2026-08-28 — 482 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1.1k1052026-08-26 19:15 — 362 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 218 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 264 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 185 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 268 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 195 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 309 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 245 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 355 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 224 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 166 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 125 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 105 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 296 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 452 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 379 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 353 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 275 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 277 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 186 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 314 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 125 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 196 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 383 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 370 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 271 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 254 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 141 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 193 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 230 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 1,050 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 1,089 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

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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