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STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005)

Join the rise of Darth Vader’s elite 501st Legion of Stormtroopers as you fight through an all new story-based saga where every action you take impacts the battlefront and, ultimately, the fate of the Star Wars galaxy.

First-Person ShooterStrategy

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Player score
9.5/10
54,262 reviews
Released
2009
Developer
Pandemic Studios
Platforms
1 systems
Critics
78
Steam Deck
playable
Download
Not stated
We have not written a full review of this game.This is a catalogue entry: everything below comes from a source we can link, checked on a stated date. There is no score and no verdict here, because we only publish those after a reviewer has played the game and written it up properly. Our team may well have played this one. Until someone writes the review, we are not going to imply a verdict we have not put our name to.

What is STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005)?

Join the rise of Darth Vader’s elite 501st Legion of Stormtroopers as you fight through an all new story-based saga where every action you take impacts the battlefront and, ultimately, the fate of the Star Wars galaxy.

Description as published by the developer on its own store page, read 30 August 2026. It is marketing copy, not our assessment.

The record

Catalogue facts
First released7 July 2009
DeveloperPandemic Studios
PublisherLucasfilm, LucasArts, Disney
PlatformsPC
GenresFirst-Person Shooter, Strategy
Languages1 supported

Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata , seeded TBA. Store data from Steam, read 30 August 2026.

How was STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) received?

Players95%positive of 54,262 · Very Positive
Metacritic78critic aggregate, PC

Method. Player figures are Steam's own totals for the PC version, read 30 August 2026. The Metacritic score is the one Steam publishes on its store page and can lag the site itself. Metacritic page. Neither is our opinion. We have not published a review of this game.

What does it support?

Technical support
CapabilitySupport
ControllerNot stated
Cloud savesYes
Cross-platform playNo
Mod supportNo official workshop
Online playYes
In-game purchasesNo
Steam Deckplayable
Download sizeNot stated
Add-on contentNone listed
Age gateNone

Method. Read from the publisher's Steam listing on 30 August 2026. Describes the PC version. Console versions differ.

What does it cost?

$9.99

Steam price in US dollars, read 30 August 2026. Prices move hourly and vary by region. Check the current price.

Is STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) worth it?

95% of 54,262 Steam reviews are positive, which Steam rates Very Positive. It costs $9.99 on Steam, and critics score it 78/100. About 323 people were playing at once when we last checked, so it is still active.

That is the data, not a verdict for sale: whether it is worth it depends on the price you pay and what you want. We have not published our own review of this game.

STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) system requirements

The minimum requirements from STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005)'s Steam page. These are what it takes to launch and be playable, not to run at high settings.

STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) minimum requirements
Memory0.3 GB RAM (other games at this level)
ProcessorIntel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz
Graphics64MB 3d Graphics card with Vertex Shader and Pixel Shader (VS/PS) Capability · runs on a low-end GPU

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Is STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) still active? Players right now

323concurrent playerssnapshot, 19 October 2026
64%busier than this shareof the 1,496 games we track
53,287Steam reviews writtenevery one an owner

STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) has a small, niche following: 323 people were playing at once when we last read Steam on 19 October 2026. This is a snapshot, not a live counter, and it is a recent concurrent reading rather than an all-time record. For what is trending across the catalogue right now, see the pulse.

How many people own STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005)

2.0M–5.0MEstimated owners on Steama band, not a figure · SteamSpy
53,287Reviews writtena floor: every one owns it
323Playing at peak, recentlyconcurrent players

This is an estimate, not a sales figure, and the two are not interchangeable. SteamSpy samples public profiles and publishes a range; the range here spans a factor of 2.5, and that width is the honest part of it. We show both ends rather than a midpoint, because a midpoint would look like a measurement.

Steam only. Console and storefront sales are not counted, so a game that sold heavily elsewhere reads low here. Read on 19 October 2026. Where a publisher has announced a real unit figure, that appears separately and carries its source.

Estimated sales for STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005)

These are estimates, not reported figures. Pandemic Studios has not published unit sales for STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005), and nobody outside the company can measure them. What follows is arithmetic on the review count, with the method printed below so you can check it or reject it.

1.6M–3.3MEstimated copies soldon Steam, lifetime
$5.4M–$21MEstimated player spendbefore Valve's cut
$3.8M–$15MEstimated to the publisherafter the 30% platform cut

How this was calculated

Steam sales track review counts closely enough that dividing one by the other across games with published figures gives a usable multiplier. This is the standard method for estimating sales from outside a publisher.

Sales estimate working
Reviews on Steam54,262
Sales per review30 to 60
List price$9.99
Assumed average selling price33% to 66% of list
SteamSpy owner estimate2.0M–5.0M, a different measure, see below

What this cannot tell you

Steam only. Console, Epic, GOG and retail sales are not in here. For a game that sold heavily on PlayStation this is a fraction of the real number.

The band is wide because the method is imprecise. Review rates vary with price, genre, launch era and how insistently a game asks. Published analyses put the ratio between 30 and 60 for paid games, and we show the whole range rather than picking a point in it.

The owner estimate above measures something else. SteamSpy counts accounts that have the game, which includes free weekends, bundles, giveaways and gifts. It sits higher than a sales figure for that reason, and the two are not alternative answers to the same question.

Revenue is the shakiest line. It assumes an average selling price well below list because most copies move in sales, and it ignores regional pricing, refunds, key resellers and whatever deal the publisher actually has with Valve. Treat it as an order of magnitude, not a figure.

If Pandemic Studios publishes a real number we will use that instead and say where it came from. Our editorial policy covers how we handle figures we cannot verify.

STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) price & deals: is it on sale?

We have one reading so far: $9.99 on 30 August 2026. Prices are checked daily from here, and this becomes a chart once there is more than one point to join. A single observation is a price, not a history.

What readers say about STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005)

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Games like STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005)

24 games overlap with STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) on the tags Steam players applied to it, on genre, and on theme. The closest are STAR WARS Republic Commando, STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004) and Star Wars: Battlefront II.

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Common questions about STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005)

What platforms is STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) on?

STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) is available on PC. It first released in 2009.

How much does STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) cost?

$9.99 on Steam in the United States, read on 30 August 2026. Prices move often and vary by region, so check the store before buying.

Do players recommend STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005)?

95% of 54,262 Steam reviews are positive, which Steam rates Very Positive. That is players rating it, not our review. We have not published a review of this game.

What is the Metacritic score for STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005)?

78 out of 100 for the PC version, as published on the game's own Steam store page. Steam can lag Metacritic by a few points.

Does STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) work on Steam Deck?

Valve rates STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) as playable on the Steam Deck, from its own testing.

Who made STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005)?

STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) was developed by Pandemic Studios and published by Lucasfilm, LucasArts, Disney.

Is STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) worth it in 2026?

95% of 54,262 Steam reviews are positive (Very Positive), and it is $9.99 on steam. That is the strongest signal we hold; "worth it" depends on the price you pay and what you want, so weigh the sentiment against the current price above.

Is STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) dead?

No. About 323 people were in-game at once when we last read Steam's concurrent-player figure. Peak activity is higher; this is a recent snapshot, not the all-time peak.

Is STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) on sale?

Not at the moment. STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) is at its $9.99 list price on Steam, read on 30 August 2026. It has been cheaper before; the price history above shows when.

What are the system requirements for STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005)?

At minimum, STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) needs 0.3 GB RAM, a Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz, a 64MB 3d Graphics card with Vertex Shader and Pixel Shader (VS/PS) Capability, from its Steam listing. That is what it takes to launch and be playable, not to run at high settings. Check it against your own PC on the can-I-run page.