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STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II picks up where the award-winning Dark Forces™ game left off...with even more features and firepower in dazzling 3D graphics. As Kyle Katarn, you must acquire a lightsaber and learn the ways of the Force to become a Jedi Knight.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-08-31 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
29 of the 70 reviews raise this.
“A classic, I played this as a kid and it still feels as amazing today as it did then.”
“I first played this game back in 2002. It's a solid blast to the past, good action, solid puzzles, actions in your play style have consequences, real actors in cutscenes. It's a solid of a game now as it was 24 years…”
14 of the 70 reviews raise this.
“I first played this game back in 2002. It's a solid blast to the past, good action, solid puzzles, actions in your play style have consequences, real actors in cutscenes. It's a solid of a game now as it was 24 years…”
“I've always been a prequels fan since childhood, but something about this game really feels special to me, and it can't be nostalgia. First off, this is a definite improvement over the original Dark Forces (which was a…”
3 of the 70 reviews raise this.
“Works good on pc”
“Played thiss game orignally start to finish on my old windows xp pc. I still havbe the disc. This runs really stablly on modern systems and is defo worth buying”
19 of the 70 reviews raise this · 13 of them still recommend the game.
“Fun game. Not as tight as the first one, but an interesting continuation of the Kyle Katarn story nonetheless. There are some issues where you may soft-lock yourself, so save often so that you can backtrack if needed.…”
16 of the 70 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“Fun game. Not as tight as the first one, but an interesting continuation of the Kyle Katarn story nonetheless. There are some issues where you may soft-lock yourself, so save often so that you can backtrack if needed.…”
10 of the 70 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“The game is fixed at 480p resolution, and no display setting can be changed. I mean it is possible to choose different settings in game, but they literally don't do anything, so practically no display options can be…”
7 of the 70 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
5 of the 70 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“An expansive traditional shooter that succesfully follows the Starwars theme. I had a fun playing it but was also frustrated at times. Powerful ammo is very short and the levels are complex, needing te find switches in…”
“my fav sw game. good mood, hard, dark.”
Counted across 70 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 80.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Get your hands on this masterpiece before Disney decides to nuke it.”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“I love this game, and have way too much fun playing something like this. Beyond the fun of a nearly 30 year-old game, the level design is wild. Be prepared to go over every bit of the levels for secrets and fun for this game.”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“the game is fine but it needs the manual included”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Get Ready to Face the Music…
Love Star Wars Jedi Knight – Dark Forces II, but the lack of a soundtrack is getting you down? Well, you’re in luck, because we just released a patch that fixed issues with the music not playing on Wi
Get Ready to Face the Music…
Love Star Wars Jedi Knight – Dark Forces II, but the lack of a soundtrack is getting you down? Well, you’re in luck, because we just released a patch that fixed issues with the music not playing on Wi
Attention all Jedi!
We just pushed out a patch that should address compatibility issues some users experienced running Jedi Knight Dark Forces 2 on Windows 10. We also added Xbox 360 controller support! So, you can now f
Attention all Jedi!
We just pushed out a patch that should address compatibility issues some users experienced running Jedi Knight Dark Forces 2 on Windows 10. We also added Xbox 360 controller support! So, you can now f
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action |
| Player tags | Action · FPS · Classic · Sci-fi · Third Person · Singleplayer · First-Person · Shooter · Multiplayer · Space · Adventure · Great Soundtrack (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Remote Play Together · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , Spanish - Spain * * |
| Official site | http://www.lucasarts.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
OS *: Windows 2000, XP or Vista Processor: Pentium 90 Memory: 16 MB Graphics: DirectX DirectX®: DirectX 5.2 or higher Hard Drive: 700 MB Sound: 16-bit sound card Multiplayer: 8 players IPX or TCP/IP. Pentium 133 Note: Due to the age of the title, users may run into a few compatibility issues from use of current hardware. Please see the forums for more information.