I’ve never been what you would call a “Star Wars guy.” As much as I enjoy George Lucas’ original film trilogy, they always struck me as perfectly fun popcorn movies rather than masterpieces of American cinema. My interest in Star Wars has only ever been casual outside of those movies, entirely tied to how interested I was in individual projects. I adored Rogue One as a standalone sci-fi war flick, dug The Mandalorian until it collapsed into fan service, and have appreciated Andor’s tighter focus on the inner politics of Star Wars.

So consider me as surprised as anyone that Star Wars: Zero Company is currently one of my favorite games of 2026. Bit Reactor’s debut game successfully adapts the Star Wars universe to a tense tactics game built from XCOM’s bones. Beyond its strong strategy systems, Zero Company is winning me over by telling the kind of Star Wars story I’m actually interested in hearing: an economic space opera.

Zero Company is a shockingly grounded Star Wars game

Set during the Clone Wars era, Zero Company follows a mercenary squad, led by Hawks, a hardass, sarcastic leader who will take any........

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