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STAR WARS™ - X-Wing Special Edition cover art

STAR WARS™ - X-Wing Special Edition

Lucasfim · LucasArts · 2015-04-28

SteamGOG

ActionSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 28, 2015 (Mac), Apr 28, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 28, 2014 (Linux)

Against the overwhelming might of the Empire stands a small but growing Rebel Alliance. Scattered resistance groups are uniting and what is needed most now are Starfighter pilots. Will you join their struggle to end this tyranny and become a hero of the Rebellion?

STAR WARS™ - X-Wing Special Edition is an Action and Simulation game released in 2015, priced at $9.99, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 473 reviews).

2
playing now
78%
positive of 479 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Star Wars: X-Wing is a space simulation video game, the first of the X-Wing combat flight simulation games series. The player's character flies starfighters, including the X-wing, for the Rebel Alliance. The narrative precedes and parallels the events of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 12k–29k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 479 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 35 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120172026Week of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek 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: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-14 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.19$1.572015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $9.992016-06-07 — best price $10.152016-12-23 — best price $4.992017-06-06 — best price $3.992017-11-28 — best price $8.392018-05-03 — best price $2.992018-09-29 — best price $11.192019-05-03 — best price $2.492019-09-04 — best price $8.292020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-02-14 — best price $9.742020-09-12 — best price $8.052020-12-18 — best price $2.212021-06-28 — best price $9.992021-12-13 — best price $3.492022-03-04 — best price $8.392022-06-02 — best price $9.992022-08-02 — best price $8.222022-10-08 — best price $8.782023-01-06 — best price $8.892023-04-17 — best price $8.892023-06-28 — best price $9.842023-10-03 — best price $2.162023-12-06 — best price $2.502024-03-10 — best price $2.052024-05-06 — best price $9.992024-07-18 — best price $3.492024-09-25 — best price $2.502025-01-02 — best price $6.292025-05-05 — best price $2.172025-10-28 — best price $1.572026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

103372026-06-02 — 81 pageviews2026-06-06 — 49 pageviews2026-06-10 — 43 pageviews2026-06-14 — 82 pageviews2026-06-18 — 50 pageviews2026-06-22 — 63 pageviews2026-06-26 — 56 pageviews2026-06-30 — 63 pageviews2026-07-04 — 58 pageviews2026-07-08 — 55 pageviews2026-07-12 — 44 pageviews2026-07-16 — 37 pageviews2026-07-20 — 53 pageviews2026-07-24 — 75 pageviews2026-07-28 — 47 pageviews2026-08-01 — 42 pageviews2026-08-05 — 42 pageviews2026-08-09 — 55 pageviews2026-08-13 — 54 pageviews2026-08-17 — 44 pageviews2026-08-21 — 55 pageviews2026-08-25 — 64 pageviews2026-08-29 — 53 pageviews2026-09-02 — 67 pageviews2026-09-06 — 67 pageviews2026-09-10 — 71 pageviews2026-09-14 — 40 pageviews2026-09-18 — 45 pageviews2026-09-22 — 53 pageviews2026-09-26 — 48 pageviews2026-09-30 — 61 pageviews2026-10-04 — 58 pageviews2026-10-08 — 50 pageviews2026-10-12 — 64 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Player tags

RetroSpace1990'sActionFlightSci-fiClassicSpace SimSimulationSingleplayer

Census log

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

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