Star Wars: The Old Republic
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.
Action RPGMMORPGOpen WorldRole-Playing
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- Released
- 2011
- Developer
- Not recorded
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- 85
- Steam Deck
- playable
- Download
- 75 GB
What is Star Wars: The Old Republic?
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.
Description as published by the developer on its own store page, read 30 August 2026. It is marketing copy, not our assessment.
The record
| First released | 20 December 2011 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Not recorded |
| Publisher | Electronic Arts |
| Platforms | PC |
| Genres | Action RPG, MMORPG, Open World, Role-Playing |
| Languages | 3 supported |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q737308, seeded 30 August 2026. Store data from Steam, read 30 August 2026.
How was Star Wars: The Old Republic received?
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?
| Capability | Support |
|---|---|
| Controller | Not stated |
| Cloud saves | No |
| Cross-platform play | No |
| Mod support | No official workshop |
| Online play | Yes |
| In-game purchases | Yes |
| Steam Deck | playable |
| Download size | 75 GB |
| Add-on content | 3 DLC listed |
| Age gate | None |
Method. Read from the publisher's Steam listing on 30 August 2026. Describes the PC version. Console versions differ.
What does it cost?
Steam price in US dollars, read 30 August 2026. Prices move hourly and vary by region. Check the current price.
Is Star Wars: The Old Republic worth it?
90% of 75,206 Steam reviews are positive, which Steam rates Very Positive. It is free to play, and critics score it 85/100.
That is the data, not a verdict for sale: whether it is worth it depends on the price you pay and what you want. Players do report problems — see the reported-problems section below before buying. We have not published our own review of this game.
How long is Star Wars: The Old Republic? How long to beat it
Total play time for Star Wars: The Old Republic is about 1356.5 hours to do everything, and around 79.2 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.
| How you play | Hours | Players logged |
|---|---|---|
| Just the main story: straight through the critical path | 79.2h | 36 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 201.8h | 50 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 1356.5h | 5 |
Star Wars: The Old Republic is free to play, so the only cost is your time: about 79.2 hours to beat it.
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Star Wars: The Old Republic system requirements
The minimum requirements from Star Wars: The Old Republic's Steam page. These are what it takes to launch and be playable, not to run at high settings.
| Memory | 6 GB RAM (other games at this level) |
|---|---|
| Processor | AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4000+ |
| Storage | 75 GB (more games this size) |
| System | 64-bit OS required |
Where Star Wars: The Old Republic sits on the grid
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How positions are decided
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Star Wars: The Old Republic price & deals: is it on sale?
We have one reading so far: Free 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.
Latest Star Wars: The Old Republic updates & patch notes
Pulled from Star Wars: The Old Republic's own Steam feed on 5 September 2026. Posts marked as from the studio were written by the developer; the rest are articles Steam syndicated from elsewhere. Every one links to its source.
- Celebrate the launch of Star Wars Zero Company™ with a free mini-pet!
- SWTOR In-Game Events for September 2026
- Game Update 7.9.1b Patch Notes
- Difficulty Modes, Additional Class Balance Updates, and more are now on the PTS!
- Let's Play livestreaming coming August 20th!
- Galactic Seasons 11 “Light and Shadow”
What readers say about Star Wars: The Old Republic
Reviews written by people who have played it. These are separate from the GamingPickz Score and are never averaged into it: that score comes from thousands of Steam reviews with a sample-size correction, and a handful of unverified ratings would distort it rather than improve it.
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Problems players report
We read the 300 most recent negative Steam reviews of Star Wars: The Old Republic 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.
- Monetisation inside the game12 of 300 (4%)
Once you get there, you have to pay money of some kind just to not be behind the paywall because, if you don't, the community doesn't really have a place for you in their guilds.
Steam review, 15 April 2026 · 181 hours played · 12 readers marked it helpfulthis game literally locked everything behind paywalls it's not worth in the long term to keep subscribing every single month just to have some merits which already should be free or even permanent once u subscribed for 1 month.
Steam review, 24 June 2026 · 455 hours played · 6 readers marked it helpful - Will not launch or install10 of 300 (3%)
With a newer machine the game won't launch.
Steam review, 1 July 2026 · 5,533 hours played · 2 readers marked it helpfulDownload game and then click to play and it wont run!
Steam review, 15 June 2026 · 55 hours played · 1 readers marked it helpful
A further 9 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.
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Where Star Wars: The Old Republic appears
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Games like Star Wars: The Old Republic
24 games overlap with Star Wars: The Old Republic on the tags Steam players applied to it, on genre, and on theme. The closest are Mass Effect (2007), Champions Online and STAR WARS Knights of the Old Republic.
Part of the Star Wars series
Star Wars: The Old Republic is one of 24 Star Wars games we track. See the whole series ranked by the GamingPickz Score, plotted on the grid, and listed in release order:
Star Wars: The Old Republic head to head
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Common questions about Star Wars: The Old Republic
What platforms is Star Wars: The Old Republic on?
Star Wars: The Old Republic is available on PC. It first released in 2011.
Is Star Wars: The Old Republic free?
Yes. Star Wars: The Old Republic is free to download on Steam. It carries in-game purchases.
Do players recommend Star Wars: The Old Republic?
90% of 75,206 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: The Old Republic?
85 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: The Old Republic work on Steam Deck?
Valve rates Star Wars: The Old Republic as playable on the Steam Deck, from its own testing.
How big is the Star Wars: The Old Republic download?
75 GB on PC, from the storage requirement on its Steam listing. Console versions differ.
Is Star Wars: The Old Republic worth it in 2026?
90% of 75,206 Steam reviews are positive (Very Positive), and it is free to play. 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.
What are the system requirements for Star Wars: The Old Republic?
At minimum, Star Wars: The Old Republic needs 6 GB RAM, a AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4000+, 75 GB of storage, 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.
How long does it take to beat Star Wars: The Old Republic?
about 79.2 hours for the main story, 201.8 hours with the main extras, 1356.5 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.