5 Greatest Star Wars Games Nobody Talks About

Published Aug 9, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT Jared is a writer, editor, and Communications Studies graduate who loves popular nerd culture (almost anything to do with Marvel, DC, Star Wars, or The Lord of the Rings) and the interactive storytelling medium. Jared's first console was the PS1, wherein he fell for Spider-Man, Spyro the Dragon, and Crash Bandicoot. Sign in to your ScreenRant account Ask anyone what they think is the best Star Wars game ever, and their answer is likely to be either Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, or Star Wars Battlefront, with little variance. These are usually the only beloved Star Wars games that anyone talks about today, aside from a mention here or there about somebody’s more obscure favorite, commonly Star Wars: Empire at War, Star Wars: Dark Forces, or the Star Wars: Jedi Knight games, though it’s true that the LEGO Star Wars games have always been acclaimed. It’s not that Star Wars doesn’t have plenty of fantastic games; it’s that only some of the best Star Wars games aren’t talked about nearly as much as others. In fact, some of the Star Wars games that were the most interesting or had the most potential may never have anyone talking about them ever again due to them being delisted and unplayable, or poorly received enough that a sequel is a pipe dream. 5 Star Wars: Hunters In an alternate reality, Star Wars: Hunters would’ve been hailed as Star Wars’ Marvel Rivals. They’re comparable enough in gameplay as competitive, squad-based PvP arena fighter games, but Star Wars: Hunters was much more niche in every way imaginable. Perhaps one of its biggest handicaps was that it was exclusive to mobile devices and Nintendo Switch, meaning it was never going to amass as massively significant a playerbase as it might have if it was a standard platform game like Marvel Rivals. As such, Star Wars: Hunters obviously had a much smaller scope. Star Wars: Hunters should be commended for not taking the safest route possible and relying on synergy with popular Star Wars iconography, instead choosing to boast an original character roster (as small as it was). However, that would have ultimately been to its detriment, as there are likely many fans who would love a free-to-play hero-shooter game where they can play as iconic Star Wars characters like Asajj Ventress, The Mandalorian’s Din Djarin, or Boba Fett. Star Wars: Hunters wasn’t talked about much at all when it was still around. Now, with the game having been shut down, there’s a low likelihood that it’ll ever be talked about again. Just like how a DC version of Marvel Rivals would be an infinite money glitch, Marvel Rivals will hopefully inspire Lucasfilm to commit to a clone of its own, with a similarly gargantuan scale as a live-service game. 4 Angry Birds Star Wars Star Wars has some of the best video game crossovers of all time, including Soul Calibur IV, LEGO, and Fortnite. One that nobody talks about but was quite iconic is Angry Birds Star Wars. Angry Birds Star Wars and Angry Birds Star Wars II essentially adapt the original and prequel Star Wars movie trilogies, respectively, translating their characters and events to Angry Birds’ signature mobile device gameplay. Interestingly, the Angry Birds Star Wars games were also ported to home/handheld consoles and contained exclusive features, such as multiplayer. Angry Birds Star Wars and Angry Birds Star Wars II probably won’t appeal to or be talked about by anyone who isn’t a fan of Angry Birds first and foremost, and these games have also been removed from mobile app storefronts for more than half a decade. A new Angry Birds movie is releasing this Boxing Day, suggesting that the brand still has legs in 2026, but Angry Birds Star Wars is undoubtedly a relic of the past. 3 Star Wars: Squadrons Dogfights in space are some of the best spectacle set pieces that Star Wars can offer, and anyone who appreciates that starfighter combat would be foolish to overlook Star Wars: Squadrons. There’s always been a lot of love shared for Star Wars: X-Wing and Star Wars: TIE Fighter, but Star Wars: Squadrons definitely isn’t the most popular Star Wars game ever. Star Wars: Squadrons is fantastic because it represents a corner of a galaxy far, far away that is decidedly more niche than, say, being able to play as a Jedi character, and it’ll surely scratch an itch for fans who are obsessed with Star Wars’ starfighter lore (the lore established for the New Republic and the Galactic Empire following Star Wars: Episode VI - The Return of the Jedi, at least). That said, space combat is one of the least-preferred gameplay modes in EA and DICE’s Star Wars Battlefront games, so it isn’t surprising in the slightest that a game fully devoted to space combat wouldn’t be able to cast a wide net. With Star Wars: Squadrons being relatively obscure and niche, it’s unknown if Star Wars will ever dedicate a game purely to space combat ever again. Who knows, though, maybe the upcoming Star Wars: Galactic Racer will reinvigorate the niche of Star Wars racing games and reinforce the nostalgia that these highly specific games have, especially now that Star Wars has indulged in action-adventure games for a while. Depending on how successful Ryan Gosling and Shawn Levy’s Star Wars: Starfighter is, for instance, space combat Star Wars games may have a much-needed and long-awaited renaissance. Rather, unless a brand-new space combat game featured some fairly iconic starfighters, took place in a favorable era of Star Wars’ timeline, or was inspired by Gosling’s character or Star Wars: Starfighter explicitly, it’d be fighting an unmistakably steep uphill battle. 2 Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles is a great action-platformer and arguably one of the best things to come from the movie it was loosely based on, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace. Realistically, the only reason anyone might be talking about Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles is because of the remaster that was released at the beginning of last year, and yet nobody was talking about it then, either. Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles has a terrific roster of characters to choose from, including Qui-Gon Jinn, Mace Windu, and Plo Koon, as well as Jar Jar Binks and a handful of others that were introduced in the remaster. Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles can easily be beaten in a quick sitting and excels in co-op, and it’s amusing getting kicked by B1-series battle droids or hearing Yoda chortle whenever you receive a pickup. 1 Star Wars Outlaws If it hadn’t been poorly received, it’s interesting to imagine how much more Star Wars Outlaws would be talked about. Unfortunately, few fans paid any mind to it after it was compared to Ubisoft’s traditional open-world gameplay practices, which fans massively oppose nowadays. It’s not a perfect 10/10 Star Wars game by any means, yet it deserves to be talked about far more for everything that it does exceptionally well. For example, it’s the first single-player, action-adventure open-world Star Wars game, and you’d be hard-pressed to find a Star Wars game whose bustling hubs are more immersive or detail-rich. Moreover, players who refuse to stray from the main questline will miss out on Star Wars Outlaws’ best story beats. In particular, one heartbreaking side quest has Kay Vess and ND-5 comfort a marooned, veteran BX-series commando droid named MT-7. Like The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’s gwent, Star Wars Outlaws’ sabacc minigame alone is worth exploring new planets for, and its Wild Card DLC was brilliant for emphasizing it further. Then, embedding itself into every one of players’ choices and actions is the thrilling and rewarding syndicate reputation system we may also never experience again in a Star Wars game, and that nobody talked about when Outlaws was released a couple of years ago. TV Show(s) The Mandalorian, Andor, Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Book of Boba Fett, Ahsoka, The Acolyte, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Lando, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars: The Bad Batch, Star Wars: Resistance, Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures, Star Wars: Visions Video Game(s) Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords, Star Wars Battlefront (2015), Star Wars: Battlefront 2 (2005), Star Wars: The Force Unleashed , Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor First Film Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope Cast Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, David Prowse, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Ian McDiarmid, Ewan McGregor, Rosario Dawson, Lars Mikkelsen, Rupert Friend, Moses Ingram, Frank Oz, Pedro Pascal Created by George Lucas Movie(s) Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi, Star Wars: Episode IX- The Rise of Skywalker, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi, Star Wars: New Jedi Order Star Wars is a multimedia franchise that started in 1977 by creator George Lucas. After the release of Star Wars: Episode IV- A New Hope (originally just titled Star Wars), the franchise quickly exploded, spawning multiple sequels, prequels, TV shows, video games, comics, and much more. After Disney acquired the rights to the franchise, they quickly expanded the universe on Disney+, starting with The Mandalorian.