A brand new Star Wars sport is formally a #1 best-seller, at the least on Steam. How nicely it’s acting on console is much less clear as a result of we should not have weekly charts for PlayStation and the Xbox Retailer. Now we have dwell charts, the place it sits at #3 on Xbox and #9 on PlayStation, however this doesn’t inform us a lot. On the Steam dwell chart, it’s #15. For the weekly chart on Steam, although, for the week of August 25 to September 1, it was the #1 best-selling sport, beating last week’s #1, Tips on how to Fish, and NBA 2K27 pre-orders.
Again on August 27, developer Bit Reactor, with assistance from Respawn Leisure and in collaboration with EA, launched Star Wars Zero Firm, a turn-based ways sport. That is the debut launch from Bit Reactor, however the studio was based and partially staffed by ex-Firaxis Video games, a 2K Video games studio primarily recognized for the Civilization sequence, but in addition the XCOM sequence. In different phrases, based and partially staffed by technique consultants with expertise making ways video games. To this finish, it’s no shock Star Wars Zero Firm has come out as a reliable technique sport. Whereas gross sales are little question bolstered by the IP, it’s earned a really stable 85 on Metacritic and is a candidate for finest technique sport of 2026.
Its consumer overview scores are typically in the identical ballpark. On Steam, for instance, it has an 80% approval ranking. On the PlayStation Retailer, although, its ranking, 4.53 out of 5, is best. Its Xbox Retailer ranking is nearer to its Steam rating, although, coming in at 4/5 stars.
A Flip-Primarily based Ways Star Wars Sport
As for the sport itself, you play as Hawks, a former Republic officer turned chief of Zero Firm, an elite and gritty squad of troopers that has been recruited for an operation that pits them towards an rising risk that may eat the galaxy if not stopped in its tracks.
Story and character-wise, the sport isn’t nice. These features of the sport aren’t dangerous, by any means, however they aren’t its robust factors. Its robust factors are its turn-based tactical gameplay. Specifically, it’s extra for followers of the style than informal Star Wars followers with minimal expertise with stated style. That stated, as our official review notes, be ready for some bugs.
These within the new Star Wars sport might want to fork over $60 for it. In return, you’ll get a Star Wars expertise that lasts between 20 and 30 hours. A completionist, in the meantime, will want extra like 40 hours with the brand new PC, PS5, and Xbox Collection X launch.