About This Game
Quick Overview
Star Wars Outlaws is an open-world action-adventure game where you play as Kay Vess, a scoundrel trying to build a new life while dealing with the galaxy’s crime syndicates. Instead of putting you in the role of a Jedi, this game focuses on the underworld side of Star Wars — stealing, sneaking, bargaining, escaping, and taking risky jobs across different planets. It is described as the first open-world Star Wars game on Steam.
The main hook is the outlaw fantasy. You can use Kay’s blaster, stealth, gadgets, her companion Nix, a speeder, and the Trailblazer ship to move between ground missions and space encounters. Your choices also affect your reputation with different syndicates, so the game is more about surviving the criminal side of the galaxy than becoming a powerful Force user.
Who Should Play This Game?
You should play Star Wars Outlaws if you enjoy open-world adventures, third-person stealth, sci-fi crime stories, exploration, and Star Wars locations without needing a lightsaber-focused story. It is a good pick for players who want to experience the galaxy from the perspective of a thief, smuggler, and survivor.
It is also worth playing if you like games with reputation systems, side missions, infiltration, space travel, and cinematic Star Wars atmosphere. But if you mainly want deep Jedi combat like Jedi: Survivor, or a massive RPG with full character creation, this may not be the right type of Star Wars game for you.
Performance on PC
Star Wars Outlaws is a demanding PC game. The Steam page lists minimum requirements of Windows 10/11 64-bit, Ryzen 5 3600 / Core i7-8700K, 16 GB RAM, GTX 1660 6GB / RX 5600 XT 6GB / Intel Arc A750 8GB, DirectX 12, and 65 GB storage, with an SSD required. That minimum target is for 1080p, 30 FPS, Low settings with upscaling set to Quality.
For smoother gameplay, the recommended specs are Ryzen 5 5600X / Core i5-10400, 16 GB RAM, and an RTX 3060 Ti 8GB / RX 6700 XT 12GB, targeting 1080p, 60 FPS, High settings with upscaling. On weaker PCs, lowering shadows, reflections, foliage, crowd detail, and ray-tracing-style effects should help. Since this is an open-world Ubisoft game with large areas and traversal, an SSD is very important for smoother loading and fewer stutters.