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STAR WARS™ X-Wing vs TIE Fighter - Balance of Power Campaigns™ cover art

STAR WARS™ X-Wing vs TIE Fighter - Balance of Power Campaigns™

Totally Games · LucasArts · 2015-04-28

Steam

ActionSimulation

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

Releases: Apr 30, 1997 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Real-time against real pilots; this is Star Wars space combat as it was meant to be! Featuring challenging real-time dogfights of 2 to 8 players, Star Wars™: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter is one of the most historically significant space combat simulators ever made.

STAR WARS™ X-Wing vs TIE Fighter - Balance of Power Campaigns™ is an Action and Simulation game released in 2015, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (76% of 308 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

0
playing now
76%
positive of 308 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.7k–18k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 308 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.11 at AllYouPlay (2020-10-26) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 20 of 35 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620162026Week of 2016-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek 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 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.26$1.112015-01-212026-07-092015-01-21 — best price $9.992016-06-07 — best price $10.152016-12-22 — best price $3.992017-06-06 — best price $3.992018-01-26 — best price $2.992018-06-19 — best price $9.992018-12-21 — best price $2.492019-08-12 — best price $7.592019-12-11 — best price $3.492020-02-06 — best price $8.092020-06-23 — best price $8.792020-11-25 — best price $3.492021-05-03 — best price $2.182021-11-24 — best price $2.222022-02-03 — best price $9.992022-05-05 — best price $9.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-09-29 — best price $3.492023-01-03 — best price $9.992023-04-10 — best price $2.502023-06-18 — best price $7.972023-09-13 — best price $8.992023-12-04 — best price $2.092024-02-19 — best price $6.472024-04-27 — best price $2.402024-07-13 — best price $1.992024-09-20 — best price $2.042024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-02-26 — best price $3.492025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-11-05 — best price $9.992026-02-03 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

Player tags

SpaceActionFlightSci-fiClassicSpace SimSimulationMultiplayer

Census log

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

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