STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack

Buy98%

Overwhelmingly Positive · 43k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows

Petroglyph · Strategy · May 26, 2010

Player review score
98%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Price
$6.99−65%
Lowest ever
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
0
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
5
Full audio3 of 5
Subtitles5 of 5

Should I buy STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 38 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 27 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 16 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 43k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise30% are divided20% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
38 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The game offers three distinct RTS gameplay layers that blend together seamlessly, all of which are further expanded in the Forces of Corruption expansion.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
27 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The combination of galactic conquest, space battles, and ground combat works incredibly well, and there is still something very satisfying about building fleets, taking over planets, and watching huge Star Wars battles play out.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
16 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Once I did the game still held up due to is timeless sound design, replay value and decent graphics.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The story is good in coruption while the base game has a fun twist were you can change the history for urself. it runs well aprt frome the crashes and is just all around fun it a diffrent take on rts and i casn't complaine. defnitly worth the buy if youre a starwars fan you will love this.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
5 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The voice acting (save for a couple of Rebels in the second game) is decent, and most impressions are on point.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay38 reviews
Combat27 reviews
Graphics16 reviews
Story14 reviews
Audio5 reviews
Divided opinion
Difficulty
100% still recommend
Multiplayer
100% still recommend
Co-op
100% still recommend
Players complain
Crashes
83% still recommend
Bugs
80% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Multi-player
  • Online PvP
  • PvP
  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded
$6.99$19.99−65%

That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

7 points recordedtoday · $6.99

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