Best Star Wars Videogames of the Last 20 Years
Videogames based on movies often get a bad rap, but those based on the Star Wars universe have largely bucked the trend. Fans are spoiled for choice—there’s a wide selection of excellent titles across a number of genres. Here are the 25 best Star Wars games from the last two decades, as rated by the critics (and our unique Metascore).
Note: For the purposes of this list, we excluded Star Wars pinball titles and games with fewer than seven reviews. (And if a game was released on more than one platform, we included the version that received the largest number of reviews from critics.)
(#11)Released in 2005, this first- and third-person shooter expands on the story and gameplay of the original Star Wars: Battlefront with new vehicles, missions and more.
Getting the most out of the game required an Xbox Live subscription. “Armed with a healthy Internet connection, this game will hold at bay the forces of boredom for months,” writes Game Revolution. “Switch off that connection, though, and witness the biggest turn to the lame side since the new Star Wars [prequels].”