LEGO® Star Wars™: The Skywalker Saga

3.2 million sold, TGA and BAFTA nods: the best-reviewed entry the series has

Lay out the report card and the weight is clear. Released in April 2022, it shifted over 3.2 million copies in just two weeks, a sales record for the LEGO games line and a textbook launch window. On the acclaim side it landed a Best Family Game nomination at The Game Awards 2022, then two more at the 2023 BAFTA Games Awards, for Family and for Animation.

The objective scores hold up: 78 on Metacritic, an OpenCritic top-critic average of 82 with nearly 90% of critics recommending it, and a Steam rating sitting around 90% positive across some 37,900 reviews. Across the whole LEGO catalogue, this is the steadiest, most polished entry — a greatest-hits consolidation of everything the series spent a decade learning. The combination of strong reviews and record sales tells its own story: this was both a critical success and a commercial one, the rare licensed game that pleased the press and the public at the same time. Most IP cash-ins land on one side of that line — either savaged by critics or ignored by buyers. Holding both ends at once is the clearest sign TT Games was not just trading on nostalgia here; it actually built the thing properly, which is why even with a choppy story and a fussy camera, the overall verdict still sits at the top of the series.

Who it is for, and who should walk past it

So who is it actually for? The answer is unusually clear. If what you want is a low-barrier, family-friendly run through the whole of Star Wars in one sitting — especially something to play on the couch with a kid or a partner — this is close to the best option going. It is easy to pick up, enormous in content, soaked in Star Wars atmosphere, and the split-screen two-player joy is hard to replace.

A few people, though, should think twice up front. Anyone after hardcore action depth will find the combat too soft; anyone who does not enjoy collectible chores will lose momentum the moment the campaign ends; and anyone who cannot stomach the goofy tone and wanted a serious, complete story will feel it tells the films too lightly and too piecemeal. Its silliness and its sheer bulk are two sides of one coin — adored by the right player, grating to the wrong one.

One more group deserves a flag: if your plan is to team up with a distant friend, that road is closed — this is local split-screen only, with no online co-op. Its two-player joy is staked entirely on sharing a room, which is consistent with its family-night pitch but genuinely shuts out remote players. Confirm your play style lines up with that before you buy.

Which edition to buy, and which platform to play it on

Finally, some concrete advice. On editions, if you want everything in one go, the Galactic Edition is the best value — it bundles the base game with the later character packs and spares you piecing in tickets later; if you only mean to run the nine films straight, the standard edition is plenty and costs noticeably less.

On platforms, PC is the best version for visuals and smoothness, paired with official Simplified Chinese and a fairly full options menu — the first pick; PS5 and Xbox Series are no slouch either, and either makes a fine living-room default; and if you just want to lounge in bed and are not picky, the Switch is acceptable, as long as you accept it is the weakest of the bunch. All told, this is a family feast that turns nine Star Wars films, set-piece by set-piece, into playable LEGO — it tells its story carelessly, yet it plays loud and warm enough that the right player will have a great time.