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Live a voiced Star Wars saga through one of eight class stories, making choices, exploring planets, and joining online battles.
Released 21 Jul 2020
Play Eight Class Stories
Choose Light or Dark
Decorate Galactic Strongholds
STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ is a free-to-play MMORPG that puts you at the center of your own story-driven saga. Play as a Jedi, Sith, Bounty Hunter, or one of many other iconic STAR WARS roles in the galaxy far, far away over three thousand years before the classic films.
Developed by Broadsword · Published by Electronic Arts









Set thousands of years before the films, the game casts you as a character in the Republic or Sith Empire. Choose from eight class storylines, with cinematic, voiced conversations and decisions that can steer your character toward the Light or Dark side.
Travel across planets, complete story and side quests, fight enemies with class abilities, and level up to gain skills and gear. Companions join your adventures, while character and combat-style options let you shape how your hero looks and fights.
The story can be played largely solo, while multiplayer activities include Flashpoints, Operations, PvP arenas and Warzones, and Galactic Starfighter missions. You can also craft, collect items, and acquire and decorate Galactic Strongholds; an optional subscription provides access to additional content and benefits.
Across the supplied reviews, players repeatedly praise the distinct class stories, especially their voiced conversations and moral choices, which make the game feel like a personal Star Wars RPG. Many also appreciate that much of the story can be played solo, alongside a wide range of planets, characters, and multiplayer activities. Some reviews also point to dated presentation and restrictions for free accounts.






| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 191 |
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| Players | 1–16 |
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| Multiplayer | STAR WARS: The Old Republic is a massively multiplayer online game with both solo-capable and multiplayer content. It supports cooperative PvE through Flashpoints, Operations, Heroics, Uprisings, guilds, and open-world grouping, and competitive online PvP through Warzones, Arenas, world PvP, and Galactic Starfighter. The game world is persistent and shared with other players. |
| Multiplayer & mods | No multiplayer mod support is mentioned in the provided information. |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 3 listed on Steam |
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| Metacritic | 85/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |