The game also features both space and land battles, as well as famous heroes and villains like Darth Vader and Obi-Wan. Empire At War’s campaign builds up to the events of A New Hope and the Battle of Yavin, featuring linear campaign missions as well as a larger, sandbox mode known as Galactic Conquest. It’s a time when the rebels are still trying to come together to take on the Empire who are still busy building the Death Star. Thankfully, it’s very good.Įmpire At War is set in that fun time between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. Yet, the last real Star Wars RTS we’ve got was Empire At War, released back in 2006. Plus, the entire universe is in a constant state of large-scale war. You have multiple, well-defined factions and each has a long list of comparable, but different vehicles and warriors. It’s weird how few Star Wars RTS games are out there considering the universe seems perfect for that type of thing. I await your angry messages and comments.Īnyway, here are the ten best Star Wars games ever made, in no particular order! And before we get to the main entries, here are a few honorable mentions that didn’t make the cut but are still worth shouting out : Star Wars Arcade, Rogue Squadron 2, Galactic Battlegrounds, Racer Revenge, and Jedi Starfighter are all fantastic games but just not quite good enough to crack our top ten. Basically, anything that is considered a video game and has Star Wars slapped on the box could appear on this list.
New games, old games, PC games, console games, handheld games, remakes, ports, and more were all valid options.
These are the kind of games that are so great that even non-S tar Wars fans can’t deny how excellent they are.įor this list, we didn’t set any restrictions. (Editor’s note: That’s incorrect.) But, while many of them are good, some are really, really good. Looking online it seems there have been approximately 64,534 Star Wars games released since the first film hit theatres in the ‘70s.