The 10 Best ‘Star Wars’ Games To Play In 2026

InnovationGamingThe 10 Best ‘Star Wars’ Games To Play In 2026ByAlex James Kane,Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alex James Kane is a games writer from Illinois.Follow AuthorMay 22, 2026, 03:59pm EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Back in early 2019, while I was covering the Star Wars Celebration convention in Chicago, Variety asked me to rank the 10 best Star Wars video games ever made. And, in the years since, I’ve occasionally found myself thinking about how different that list would look if I wrote it today. Especially when you factor in things like availability or compatibility with modern controllers, Steam Deck, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox and PlayStation, Windows 11, and so on.With new Star Wars games like Zero Company, Galactic Racer, and Fate of the Old Republic coming down the pipeline, there’s never a perfect time to write a list like this, but a lot has certainly changed since I wrote that original Variety feature years ago. Where that earlier article was about naming the all-time great Star Wars games throughout history, this is more me recommending awesome games you can download and enjoy on current hardware, with minimal headache. So, of my personal favorites, these are the top 10 that are easy to recommend right now.10. Star Wars: Battlefront (2004)This one is available in two really great packages: the 2024 Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection, which you can get on pretty much any major platform, or as part of GOG’s Good Old Game Preservation Program. (GOG curates a lot of classic titles and ensures they run well on modern PCs, sometimes with a third-party configuration tool or fan-favorite quality-of-life mod.) I wrote an op-ed about the older Battlefronts for IGN a couple years back, when the Classic Collection launched, and I praised the first one in particular for spotlighting the unsung heroes of the rebellion...