STAR WARS™ SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE™
Third-person action adventure mixing on-foot shooting with vehicle combat
LucasArts · Published by Disney, LucasArts · Released Feb 7, 2017
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 73% of 801
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 30, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 9 years ago
- Feb 14, 2017
What is STAR WARS™ SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE™?
This single-player action adventure takes place between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. You play Dash Rendar on a mission to protect Luke Skywalker from crime lord Xizor, fighting stormtroopers and bounty hunters and piloting snowspeeders, speeder bikes, and spacecraft across locations including Hoth and Mos Eisley.
For you if...
- +you want a Star Wars story beyond the films
Not for you if...
- −you want cooperative or competitive multiplayer
What players say
73% of 801 reviews are positive
Players praise the opening Hoth mission and often cite nostalgia for the original. Awkward controls are the main complaint, with recent reviews continuing to criticize movement and jumping.
Screenshots and trailer
STAR WARS™ SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE™ system requirements
Minimum: DirectX 9 GPU, 1 GB RAM, 0.3 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run STAR WARS™ SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE™?
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- OS
- Windows 7 / 8 / 10
- Processor
- 1.8 GHz Processor
- Graphics
- DirectX 9.0c Compatible Video Card w/ 256 MB RAM
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 329 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
Does STAR WARS™ SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE™ have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does STAR WARS™ SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE™ run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- The launcher or setup tool may need the touchscreen or virtual keyboard
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- The native resolution is not the default one
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Full audio: English.
Does STAR WARS™ SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE™ use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
