Star Wars Zero Company launched on August 27, 2026 to strong reviews. The PC version's Metascore sits at 86, a figure widely reported as the highest for a Star Wars game in more than two decades. Metacritic lists separate scores for each platform, so PS5 and Xbox Series X|S scores differ from the PC number.
What Critics Praise
Reviewers repeatedly highlight the tactical combat loop — three Action Points per Operator, a shared Advantage meter, cover, flanking, and Overwatch — as approachable without sacrificing depth. Character customization, the bond system, the voice cast, and the Clone Wars-era story come up again and again.
Real critic quotes from Metacritic:
- Gamers Heroes (100/100): "the greatest tactics game in the galaxy."
- IGN Deutschland (90/100): "excellent… very well-written story… small bugs and the usual UE5 performance issues."
- Press Start Australia (90/100): "a tightly paced 30 hour tactics game with some of the best Star Wars storytelling in recent years."
- GameBlast (85/100): "engaging systems of XCOM… however, the PC version suffers from poor optimization, with bugs, stuttering, and unreliable graphical settings."
- VGC (80/100): "rarely innovates with its combat or characters, but it doesn't have to when they're both this well executed."
- Shacknews (70/100): "bogged down in… uninspired Star Wars-themed storytelling."
The Main Criticism: PC Performance
The most consistent complaint is technical. Early players reported hard crashes, stuttering, high CPU usage, and a first-tutorial bug where Hawks cannot move. Several reviews specifically note that the PC build's optimization, bugs, and unreliable graphical settings hold back an otherwise excellent tactics game.
Known fixes are collected in our patch tracker & troubleshooting guide and system requirements page. On September 2, EA announced that the first post-launch patch arrives the following week, targeting bugs and performance.
User Score Context
The user score on Metacritic has been pulled in two directions. Technical complaints account for one part of the negative reviews. Since early September, a separate wave of protest reviews has also appeared after reports that most of Bit Reactor's staff were put on unpaid leave shortly before launch. Treat the user score as a blend of genuine performance frustration and campaign-driven sentiment, and check the date on any number you cite.
Bottom Line
If you enjoy turn-based tactics, this is a very strong Star Wars game. If you are sensitive to PC performance issues, wait for the first patch and monitor the patch tracker.
Last verified: September 5, 2026.