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Behind a veil of secrecy the evil Empire is creating a doomsday army - one that, if finished, will become the final cog in the Empire's arsenal of terror and domination. Your Mission? Join the Rebel Alliance's covert operations division, infiltrate the Empire.

Release DateSep 16, 2009
Price$ 5.99
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)89.8% (very positive) Top 25% / 89.4%  Top 25%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)85.8% Top 10% / 85.7%  Top 10%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)2.2K  Top 10% / 2.8K  Top 10%
Curators130 reviews  Top 4%
Median Play Time4.9 hours
Play Time per Dollar49 minutes  Top 30%
Followers4K  Top 20%
Owners± 1.3M  Top 3%
Copies Sold± 135.9K  Top 10%
Gross Revenue ($)± 459.7K  Top 15%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of STAR WARS™ - Dark Forces steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see STAR WARS™ - Dark Forces's Steam rating and reviews between October 2010 and December 2023. Steam's rating is in a range going from 89% (June 2021) to 98.4% (May 2013).

STAR WARS™ - Dark Forces is an AAA level success, with 2.8K reviews Top 10%. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for STAR WARS™ - Dark Forces and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut chart displays the languages of STAR WARS™ - Dark Forces's reviewers. The most popular language is English (74%), followed by Russian (6%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 24 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is translated in 5 languages. Considering that, unless the game is text-heavy, adding translations is not a lot of work compared to making a game, it is often a good idea to translate the game in many languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying STAR WARS™ - Dark Forces percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in STAR WARS™ - Dark Forces depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time played is decent, reaching 12 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 5.2 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. When the negative review time is low (median : 66 minutes), it can be a sign that the game crashes on some systems or that players misunderstood the nature of the game (Does the Steam page clearly explain it, with gifs and a gameplay video ?). It can also mean that some players were somehow offended by STAR WARS™ - Dark Forces and decided to review it and get a refund under 2 hours. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Great level design
  • Good balance of puzzles and firefights
  • Variety of weapons
  • Sound effects from Star Wars films
  • Encourages exploration
  • Excellent voiceovers
  • Sprites are detailed
  • Throwback to simpler mechanics
  • Loads of secrets
  • Well-designed cutscenes
  • Uses DOS Box
  • Controller support is virtually nonexistant
  • Antagonist has no character development
  • Some frustrating navigation in levels
  • Life system is limited
  • Soundtrack repeats itself
  • Not particularly long
  • Awkward looking up and down
  • Fighting some enemies is frustrating
  • Final boss fight was a bit disappointing

These advantages and disadvantages are not meant to provide a fair assessment of the game, but to help developers identify potential improvements. The game's rating of 89.8%  Top 25% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of STAR WARS™ - Dark Forces's review data that Steam provides. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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