Play Star Wars™: KOTOR on Windows PC

Star Wars™: KOTOR on PC is a story-driven role-playing game set roughly four thousand years before the Galactic Empire, when the Jedi Order is reeling after a devastating war with the Sith. You take the central role in the Republic’s struggle for survival, but the story’s defining question is personal as well as galactic: will you use the Force to help the Jedi, or give in to the dark side? Your decisions determine whether you become a hero or a villain, a savior or a conqueror, and shape the destiny you pursue. This is an adventure built around character, allegiance, and consequence, set across a version of Star Wars filled with distinctive planets, creatures, vehicles, and familiar kinds of galactic conflict.

The core loop combines traveling between worlds, assembling a party, developing your abilities, and facing the challenges that stand between you and your quest. The Ebon Hawk is your starship and a means of reaching eight enormous worlds, including Tatooine and Kashyyyk, the Wookiee homeworld. Along the way, you can choose from nine customizable companions, including Twi’leks, droids, and Wookiees. That choice gives party selection a practical role: your traveling group is part of how you approach the adventure, not just a roster of names. Exploration, conversations, and encounters all sit within the larger decision of what kind of character you are becoming, so progress is measured not only in how far you travel but in the path you choose.

Character growth centers on the Force and the equipment you shape for your journey. You can learn more than 40 different Force powers and build your own lightsaber, giving you clear ways to personalize your character as the story advances. The appeal is in bringing those choices together: powers define what you can do, your lightsaber is a piece of gear you create yourself, and your party determines which companions accompany you through the galaxy. The Sith conflict provides the stakes, while the worlds and people you encounter give the journey room to develop beyond a single battle. Achievements add another set of goals for players who want milestones alongside the main adventure, and the game’s range of planets, companions, powers, and choices makes it suited to steady, story-focused play rather than a narrow sequence of fights.

On PC, a larger display can make it easier to follow the game’s interface while moving between the Ebon Hawk, your companions, and the information relevant to your next decision. That extra space is useful when comparing your party’s nine customizable characters or reviewing the Force powers available to your character, especially as your options grow. Keyboard-and-mouse input also offers a direct way to navigate menus, select companions, and handle repeated interface actions during travel and character development. Those controls do not change the game’s central focus on role-playing and choice; they make its connected systems easier to manage as you explore eight worlds, build your abilities, and decide whether your version of the Republic’s last hope serves the light or the dark.