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STAR WARS™ SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE™
As Luke Skywalker and the Rebel Alliance struggle to defeat Darth Vader and the Empire, a new threat arises. Dark Prince Xizor aspires to take Darth Vader's place at the Emperor's side. As Dash Rendar, it's up to you to protect Luke and help the Alliance. May the Force be with you!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“I played this game all throughout my childhood on the N64. This is my honest take on the game, I’ll give my experience with it and a pros/cons. For starters, this game is the original Windows 95 release of the game. It’s quite dated not greatly optimized for modern hardware.…”
— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played“It's a very good game with a thrilling story, almost like an actual good star wars movie. To play on modern hardware set your frame rate to 30 FPS to play it very smoothly. Just be careful and take your time on Gall Spaceport, the rocks are very slippery on a slope.”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“This game was a classic of my childhood, I remember spending many hours with my now departed father trying to beat IG-88. This game was amazing, and I bought it to relive some old memories. But Lord is this port absolutely abysmal, there was little to no work done on ensuring…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:24 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Player tags | Action · Adventure · Space · Classic · Third-Person Shooter · Singleplayer · Sci-fi · 1990's · Great Soundtrack · Shooter (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 / 8 / 10 Processor: 1.8 GHz Processor Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 9.0c Compatible Video Card w/ 256 MB RAM DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 329 MB available space