Star Wars: The Old Republic
Broadsword Online Games · Electronic Arts
BioWare's (now Broadsword's) story MMO — effectively KOTOR 3 through 10, best enjoyed as a solo RPG with occasional friends.
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Yes — for the right playerStar Wars: The Old Republic in 2026 scores 71/100 on the overall lens — updates are slow, and reviews aggregate to 85/100. It's one of the genre's most casual-friendly games.
Worth it if
- ✓ Star Wars fans
- ✓ Story soloers
- ✓ Altoholics who want eight class stories
Skip it if
- ✗ years of slow content cadence (picking back up with the 8.0 expansion)
- ✗ dated engine and character models
- ✗ endgame is thin
Composed from this page's data — score, update cadence, monetization — not from a reviewer's mood. Same inputs as the tier list.
What it costs to start
Free to start- · Free to download and play — no purchase required
- · Optional subscription adds perks or removes limits
- · Free-to-play covers the class stories with convenience restrictions
- · Subscribing unlocks expansions and removes the limits
Prices and bundles change — verify on the official site ↗.
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Combat
World design
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Housing
Update cadence
Profile facts verified 2026-07-21 · monetization verified 2026-07-21
Time commitment
Low chore pressure = the game doesn't punish missed days. Editorial assessments · verified 2026-07-21.
Development
Review scores
Population activity
Sourced, dated observations — never an estimate. Different sources measure different things and are never combined.
Platform activity
Scope: Players with the game open through the Steam client at the moment of observation, as reported by Steam's own player-count API. partial coverage
Does not include: The game's own launcher, console players, other storefronts (Epic, standalone clients), and any separate regions or server clusters. For most MMOs Steam is one launcher among several, so this is a floor, not a total.
Source & method →Related context (not a player count)
Data as of 2026-07-26.
Live data refreshed 2026-07-26 · refreshes daily
Gameplay profile
Editorial scales · verified 2026-07-21
Pros & cons
- ✓ Eight fully voiced class storylines
- ✓ Great solo KOTOR-style experience
- ✓ Generous F2P story access
- ✗ Years of slow content cadence (picking back up with the 8.0 expansion)
- ✗ Dated engine and character models
- ✗ Endgame is thin
Best for
- Star Wars fans
- Story soloers
- Altoholics who want eight class stories
Notes & links
Moved to Broadsword in 2023; cadence picked up ahead of the 8.0 expansion targeted for late 2026.
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What changed recently
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Frequently asked questions
▸Is Star Wars: The Old Republic free to play?
Yes — free to start. Free to download and play — no purchase required. Optional subscription adds perks or removes limits. Free-to-play covers the class stories with convenience restrictions.
▸Is Star Wars: The Old Republic worth playing in 2026?
Yes — for the right player. Star Wars: The Old Republic in 2026 scores 71/100 on the overall lens — updates are slow, and reviews aggregate to 85/100. It's one of the genre's most casual-friendly games.
▸How many people play Star Wars: The Old Republic? Is it dead?
Star Wars: The Old Republic's official servers are online, but no verified total player count is publicly available. MMOlist shows sourced activity observations — such as Steam concurrent players where a source exists — in the Population activity section rather than estimating a total. An absence of public numbers is not evidence that a game is dead.
▸Is Star Wars: The Old Republic pay-to-win?
Mostly not — some convenience spending exists, but the community rarely calls it pay-to-win.
▸What platforms is Star Wars: The Old Republic on?
Star Wars: The Old Republic is available on PC.
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