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STAR WARS™: TIE Fighter Special Edition cover art

STAR WARS™: TIE Fighter Special Edition

Totally Games · LucasArts · 2015-04-28

SteamGOG

Action

Franchise: Star Wars · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 28, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 28, 2014 (Mac), Oct 28, 2014 (Linux)

The Imperial Navy is called upon to eradicate the last of the rebellion and restore law and order. As an Imperial navy starfighter pilot, you will safeguard imperiled lives thoughout the galaxy. Join the Emperor's cause in eliminating the Rebel uprising as the Empire strikes back!

STAR WARS™: TIE Fighter Special Edition is an Action game released in 2015, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and Very Positive (81% of 644 reviews).

2
playing now
81%
positive of 644 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
29h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Star Wars: TIE Fighter is a space combat simulator published in 1994 for MS-DOS and Classic Mac OS as the follow-up to Star Wars: X-Wing. It places the player in the role of an Imperial starfighter pilot during events that occur between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 16k–39k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 644 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.11 at AllYouPlay (2020-10-26) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 20 of 36 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220172026Week of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
353May 2015Aug 2026May 2015 — avg 35 · peak 130Sep 2015 — avg 5 · peak 15Jan 2016 — avg 18 · peak 49May 2016 — avg 14 · peak 46Sep 2016 — avg 4 · peak 15Jan 2017 — avg 13 · peak 44May 2017 — avg 12 · peak 61Sep 2017 — avg 6 · peak 18Jan 2018 — avg 9 · peak 25May 2018 — avg 8 · peak 28Sep 2018 — avg 5 · peak 15Jan 2019 — avg 6 · peak 15May 2019 — avg 8 · peak 30Sep 2019 — avg 4 · peak 13Jan 2020 — avg 9 · peak 26May 2020 — avg 13 · peak 34Sep 2020 — avg 9 · peak 20Jan 2021 — avg 7 · peak 24May 2021 — avg 5 · peak 14Sep 2021 — avg 4 · peak 10Jan 2022 — avg 5 · peak 14May 2022 — avg 5 · peak 16Sep 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13Jan 2023 — avg 4 · peak 15May 2023 — avg 5 · peak 14Sep 2023 — avg 4 · peak 10Jan 2024 — avg 4 · peak 15May 2024 — avg 5 · peak 15Sep 2024 — avg 4 · peak 11Jan 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12May 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Sep 2025 — avg 4 · peak 9Jan 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11May 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$1.192015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $9.992016-05-27 — best price $9.992016-12-22 — best price $3.992017-06-02 — best price $9.992017-11-28 — best price $8.392018-05-03 — best price $2.992018-10-18 — best price $8.392019-05-09 — best price $9.992019-09-28 — best price $7.732020-01-15 — best price $8.212020-03-16 — best price $3.492020-09-28 — best price $9.992021-01-04 — best price $9.992021-07-30 — best price $8.762021-12-28 — best price $2.492022-04-01 — best price $8.162022-06-08 — best price $7.972022-08-14 — best price $1.852022-11-01 — best price $2.192023-01-20 — best price $3.492023-04-15 — best price $8.792023-06-23 — best price $2.092023-10-04 — best price $2.092023-12-13 — best price $3.492024-03-15 — best price $9.992024-05-08 — best price $8.892024-07-25 — best price $9.992024-09-30 — best price $6.292025-02-02 — best price $2.502025-06-18 — best price $3.492025-11-14 — best price $9.992026-04-30 — best price $2.492026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

136462026-05-30 — 93 pageviews2026-06-03 — 106 pageviews2026-06-07 — 98 pageviews2026-06-11 — 90 pageviews2026-06-15 — 90 pageviews2026-06-19 — 75 pageviews2026-06-23 — 82 pageviews2026-06-27 — 75 pageviews2026-07-01 — 62 pageviews2026-07-05 — 69 pageviews2026-07-09 — 79 pageviews2026-07-13 — 77 pageviews2026-07-17 — 89 pageviews2026-07-21 — 94 pageviews2026-07-25 — 56 pageviews2026-07-29 — 67 pageviews2026-08-02 — 67 pageviews2026-08-06 — 49 pageviews2026-08-10 — 79 pageviews2026-08-14 — 73 pageviews2026-08-18 — 72 pageviews2026-08-22 — 81 pageviews2026-08-26 — 80 pageviews2026-08-30 — 115 pageviews2026-09-03 — 68 pageviews2026-09-07 — 95 pageviews2026-09-11 — 87 pageviews2026-09-15 — 62 pageviews2026-09-19 — 55 pageviews2026-09-23 — 61 pageviews2026-09-27 — 64 pageviews2026-10-01 — 76 pageviews2026-10-05 — 56 pageviews2026-10-08 — 61 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Player tags

Space1990'sActionFlightClassicSpace SimSimulationSingleplayer

Census log

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

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