Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is a 2003 RPG developed by BioWare, set roughly four thousand years before the films and following a customizable hero who awakens amnesiac aboard a starship and is drawn into a galactic war between the Jedi and the Sith lord Darth Malak.
Built on rules derived from a d20 tabletop system, it features party-based, pausable real-time combat, deep character creation and progression across classes and Force powers, and extensive branching dialogue with meaningful light-side and dark-side choices that shape the story and the hero's abilities. Its rich companions, planet-hopping structure, memorable droids, and a celebrated mid-game plot twist gave it a story widely praised as among the best in all Star Wars media.
A landmark that proved licensed games could be genuinely deep, choice-driven RPGs, it won numerous awards and remains hugely influential on the genre. It has been re-released on modern desktop and mobile platforms and even ported to consoles, keeping this classic accessible to new generations of players.
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Modern alternatives to Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, with the devices they run on and their price. Ordered editorially by how well each one stands in for the original, with community votes weighted in as they accumulate.
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Pillars of Eternity Indie
€ 29,99An indie party-based RPG carrying forward the classic BioWare-style design.
Pillars of Eternity runs on PC, Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android phone, Android tablet, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch. It is Steam Deck Playable.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (re-release)
€ 9,99Official modern re-release of the classic BioWare RPG.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (re-release) runs on PC, Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android phone, Android tablet, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch. It is Steam Deck Verified.
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