Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast

Problems players report

We read the 300 most recent negative Steam reviews of Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast on 30 August 2026 and counted what they mention. These are complaints, not confirmed defects: we have not reproduced any of them, and a review describes one person's machine. What the counts tell you is which problems more than one person ran into.

1. Crashes and freezes24 of 300 (8%)

   The game is clunky, likes to crash, doesn't deal with widescreen well, and after a few hours of trying to get it to cooperate cleanly, I gave up.

   Steam review, 31 December 2014 · 1 hours played · 11 readers marked it helpful

   I loved this game a lot, but this is a broken port that crashes on startup half of the time.

   Steam review, 5 May 2017 · 0 hours played · 3 readers marked it helpful

2. Performance and stutter24 of 300 (8%)

   The first 5 levels are a poorly designed FPS and then you start accumulating 'Force Powers' which make the game much more playable and it picks up pace and enjoyment.

   Steam review, 11 April 2018 · 37 hours played · 15 readers marked it helpful

   Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast (Dark Forces 3), however, abandons the Dark Forces lineage all together by foregoing the importance of the FPS mechanics in order to emphasize the third-person light-saber gameplay and force abilities.

   Steam review, 19 January 2016 · 7 hours played · 12 readers marked it helpful

A further 4 reviews call the game buggy or broken without saying how, which is why they are counted separately rather than assigned to a theme. Counted by keyword across review text, so a review discussing two problems is counted under both. Read the reviews yourself.