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Star Wars Zero Company<\/p>\n
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Star Wars Zero Company, the new turn-based strategy game set in the \u201cTwilight of the Clone Wars,\u201d is out Thursday. Reviews have come in for the Bit Reactor Star Wars release and, as it stands, it\u2019s one of the highest-scoring AAA Metacritic-rated games of 2026. But more importantly, it has hit a wild Star Wars game milestone.<\/p>\n
Star Wars Zero Company has an 86 on Metacritic<\/a> with 41 reviews for the PC version of the game. While that score places it among the highest-scored big games of 2026, it\u2019s also the highest Metacritic-scoring Star Wars game in 22 years. S<\/p>\n eriously, check out the list, which includes only the last decade:<\/p>\n Star Wars Zero Company (2026) \u2013 86Star Wars Outlaws (2024) \u2013 75Star Wars: Hunters (2024) \u2013 56Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection (2024) \u2013 58Star Wars: Jedi Survivor (2023) \u2013 85LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (2022) \u2013 82Star Wars Pinball VR (2021) \u2013 81Star Wars: Squadrons (2020) \u2013 79Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge (2020) \u2013 79Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series (2020) \u2013 69Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order (2019) \u2013 79Star Wars Battlefront II (2017) \u2013 68LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2016) \u2013 78Star Wars Battlefront (2015) \u2013 73<\/p>\n Star Wars Zero Company<\/p>\n Bit Reactor<\/p>\n We can pause here for a game that ties Zero Company \u2014 believe it or not, it\u2019s Angry Birds Star Wars. Though I don\u2019t exactly want to count that game, as I probably wouldn\u2019t have counted, say, Star Wars Pinball. Plus the Angry Birds game has far fewer reviews. <\/p>\n If we keep going, we land all the way back in 2004, where the legendary Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II \u2013 Sith Lords also has an 86. The first game to truly beat it? The original Knights of the Old Republic with a 94 in 2003. Wow.<\/p>\n Is Zero Company a better game than, say, Jedi Survivor? That is subjective, and we\u2019re only talking about a point difference here. But clearly, this is one of the best Star Wars games in the saga\u2019s history, and if turn-based strategy is your genre, this is clearly something to pick up. The game has launched as I write this, so we\u2019ll see how many players hop on for launch day. It\u2019s certainly not going to be one of the biggest sellers of the year, but it is obviously quite an accomplishment.<\/p>\n As for what\u2019s next: The closest release is Star Wars: Galactic Racer a little more than a month from now. We also know a third Jedi game is supposed to be coming at some point. Fate of the Old Republic is further down the line. Star Wars Eclipse will come after that. <\/p>\n It\u2019s pretty hard to make a great Star Wars game these days, and we\u2019ll see if Zero Company can hold this spot.<\/p>\n Follow me on Twitter<\/a>, YouTube<\/a>,<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series<\/a> and The Earthborn Trilogy<\/a>.<\/p>\n