STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
Released Sep 2009
Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II picks up where the award-winning Dark Forces™ game left off...with even more features and firepower in dazzling 3D graphics. As Kyle Katarn, you must acquire a lightsaber and learn the ways of the Force to become a Jedi Knight.
81% positive · 2,273 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to buy
Steam $5.99
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Evaluation
STAR WARS Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II is a classic 1997 LucasArts action game that was re-released on Steam on September 16, 2009. The store description is a straightforward listing of the original game's features — there is no mention of post-launch content, DLC, expansions, or ongoing development plans. The two developer news posts on record are maintenance patches from June 30, 2017 and August 4, 2017, which addressed Windows 10 compatibility and music playback issues and added Xbox 360 controller support. These were one-time compatibility updates, not part of any ongoing content development cycle. There have been no developer communications of any kind since August 4, 2017, and no DLC or additional content has ever been listed for this title. The game shipped as a complete, self-contained product and has received no content additions beyond those compatibility patches.
Evidence
Store description describes the original 1997 game's features with no mention of DLC, expansions, or any planned post-launch content.
Patch released fixing music playback issues on Windows 10. Last official developer communication on record.
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Developer
Publisher
LucasArts
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · PvP · Local/Split Screen
About this game
Dark Forces™ set the industry standard for first person action in the Star Wars® universe. Now Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II picks up where the award-winning game left off...with even more features and firepower in dazzling 3D graphics. As Kyle Katarn, you must acquire the lightsaber and learn the ways of the Force to become a Jedi Knight. Confront old foes... Greedo, Boosk, stormtroopers. And new enemies... seven dark Jedi who plan to harness the power of an ancient burial ground for unsurpassed evil. But take heart, your 10 weapon arsenal and over 12 Force powers make you a force to be reckoned with.
- Single or multiplayer gameplay over modem, network or Internet. 9 multiplayer levels
- All new realistic 3D environments with animated 3D characters in 21 heart-stopping levels
- Encounter seven dark jedi, each possessing unique powers
- Compatible with many 3D graphics cards
- Intense Star Wars action in an all-new story fraught with danger and adventure - do you take the quick and easy path as Darth Vader did or do you take the patient route to Jedi Knighthood?
- Train to become a Jedi Knight - master the elegant Lightsaber and learn four special apprentice abilities
- Use exclusive light side powers: healing, persuasion (for the weak-minded), blinding and absorption
- Use your Jedi Knight training and apprentice abilities to become an agent of evil
- Use exclusive dark side powers: the grip (used if there's a disturbing lack of faith), Force throw, energy bolts and destruction
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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