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STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapo
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
69 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“One of the if not THE best Star Wars FPS's, but in order to get it to run properly in updated resolution you need to download the SWRC fix and copy the files into your Gamedata folder.”
“I really love this game. It feels like a missing piece from the Clone Wars animated show. The gameplay is a bit dated but still really fun. I love how tense this game gets. If you like the clone wars era of star wars…”
“Good God, i cant explain how much i love this game, the story of this game is pure cinema, and honestly this is the kind of star wars ive been missing in my life as of lately we need more games like this, this game…”
19 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“In my opinion, the best Star Wars game ever made. Played it a lot as a kid and to this day as an adult for nostalgia purposes. I still enjoy the game's story, soundtrack, and characters. 11/10 has a special place in my…”
“Good God, i cant explain how much i love this game, the story of this game is pure cinema, and honestly this is the kind of star wars ive been missing in my life as of lately we need more games like this, this game…”
“Genuinely one of the best first person shooters i have ever played. the ending left me with my jaw dropped when i was ten. and to this day, i still find myself coming back to it simply to shoot some clankers with the…”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“This is far away the best game of SW. It shows the more human face of the Clone Wars. Its pure beauty”
“This game is how I view Star Wars in my head. Immersive. Highly recommend.”
“When star wars games were works of art”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“In my opinion, the best Star Wars game ever made. Played it a lot as a kid and to this day as an adult for nostalgia purposes. I still enjoy the game's story, soundtrack, and characters. 11/10 has a special place in my…”
“Star Wars: Republic Commando has a great soundtrack along with an amazing story reminiscent of a Clone Wars arc, if your a Star Wars fan and haven't played it yet I cannot recommend it enough!”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I enjoyed how hard this game was and I hope that they remaster this game so the graphics would be better. 10/10”
“this game is tuff”
11 of the 103 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“One of the if not THE best Star Wars FPS's, but in order to get it to run properly in updated resolution you need to download the SWRC fix and copy the files into your Gamedata folder.”
“Somehow, you guys can't ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ program a simple UI menu that doesn't force your mouse sensitivity up to x 5000...... and once I opened and closed the game, you somehow lowered my graphics settings on my actually…”
“I bought this game a long time ago and couldn't get it to work in windows 7 or windows 10. For some reason I tried it on windows 11 and it worked fine with no mods or anything, I just installed it and it worked. I used…”
11 of the 103 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“Long time ago, while chatting with a friend, he asked if I've ever played this game called "Star Wars Empire at War", when I answered that I did not, he recommended that I bought it with the Star Wars collection so that…”
“I enjoyed how hard this game was and I hope that they remaster this game so the graphics would be better. 10/10”
“+1 for a remake”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Loved it 22-20 years ago. Aged like a glass of milk on the windowsill on a sunny week Only worth playing for nostalgia and even then i only managed to make it 1,5 hours thru this. Clunky, janky, and if you can still…”
“I dropped the game back when I first tried it at release, and today, I couldn’t bring myself to even finish the first planet. I genuinely don’t understand why this game is rated so highly. The awful shooting simply…”
“20 years old, still a good shooter. Not a personal fan of the squad mechanic, but if that's what you're into, go for it.”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“We need a remaster of this awesome work. That or at the least implement native controller support for PC. It should NOT be allowed to fade into oblivion for the sake of that ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ RAT and his cronies.”
“The tragedy of "no controller support" the wise For a game released on Xbox ♥♥♥♥ these old ports”
“Somehow, you guys can't ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ program a simple UI menu that doesn't force your mouse sensitivity up to x 5000...... and once I opened and closed the game, you somehow lowered my graphics settings on my actually…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“I dropped the game back when I first tried it at release, and today, I couldn’t bring myself to even finish the first planet. I genuinely don’t understand why this game is rated so highly. The awful shooting simply…”
“Never played this as a kid so I don't have the nostalgia factor, but I found this to be a really fun game. My only complaints are that some of the enemies felt like bullet sponges, the guns didn't have much impact to…”
“I remember this game from my childhood as very hard and skill based. Never played it more than a few hours and never finished it, because i couldn't just to pass through unkillable droids. Now i understand why i thought…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 95.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“My only criticism is that I wanted more, like getting a bit more closure on the abrupt ending. Or just a chance to blow up even more droids. Mechanically solid if a bit dated, and a cool part of the Star Wars universe. It amazes me to have AI squadmates, dreamed up and…”
— a player, Steam review · 25 hrs played“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good(Nostalgic) ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don't look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“Not only a perfectly preserved time capsule that lets you peek into the world of early 2000s star wars games and media in general but it also delivers a truly good gaming experience. The music is memorable and epic as is the scale of the story and the mechanics and gunplay hold…”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:39 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action |
| Player tags | FPS · Action · Tactical · Sci-fi · Singleplayer · Shooter · First-Person · Classic · Multiplayer · Great Soundtrack · Space · Atmospheric (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Steam Cloud · Remote Play Together · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , German * , Spanish - Spain * |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.lucasarts.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
OS *: Windows 2000, XP or Vista Processor: Pentium III or Athlon 1.0 GHz or faster CPU Memory: 256MB RAM Graphics: 64MB 3D Graphics card with Vertex Shader and Pixel Shader (VS/PS) capability DirectX®: 9.0b Hard Drive: 2.0GB Sound: 100% Directx 9.0c