Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic cost to play

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (often shortened to KOTOR) is a single-player role-playing game developed by BioWare and first released in 2003 by LucasArts. The PC version is on Steam, which lists it from 5 September 2009, and Aspyr released a Nintendo Switch version in November 2021. Both are sold at a one-off price.

How it plays

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is a role-playing game set four thousand years before the Galactic Empire, at a time when hundreds of Jedi Knights have fallen in battle against the Sith. The player is the last hope of the Jedi Order, and the choices made along the way decide whether they become a hero or a villain, a saviour or a conqueror, with the destiny of the galaxy at stake.

Players learn to use the Force, with more than 40 powers to choose from, and build their own lightsaber. They pick a party from nine customisable characters, including Twi'leks, droids and Wookiees.

The adventure crosses eight large worlds, travelled between in the player's own starship, the Ebon Hawk, and takes in Star Wars locations such as Tatooine and Kashyyyk, the Wookiee homeworld. Steam lists it as single-player.

What it costs

At standard price the game costs £8.50 on Steam UK and £10.52 on the Nintendo eShop UK, so the Switch version is £2.02 dearer. The Steam listing has no paid add-ons. On Nintendo Switch, Aspyr also sells a separate Knights of the Old Republic Bundle; we list only the first game here.

Players

The 30-day peak on Steam Charts was 399 concurrent players on 21 October 2026. The all-time peak on Steam is 5,593. Steam doesn't count Nintendo Switch or mobile players.

Age rating

Steam's UK store data rates the game PEGI 12, for realistic-looking violence and non-realistic violence towards fantasy characters. Nintendo UK lists the Switch version as PEGI 12 too.

How we checked

Prices are from the Steam UK listing and the Nintendo eShop UK standard price, read on 21 October 2026. Player figures are from Steam Charts on the same day. Ratings are from Steam's UK store data and Nintendo UK. The gameplay description is based on the publisher's Steam store page.

It ranks #13 in our best games of all time ranking.

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