Choose Star Control®: Origins
Choose Star Control®: Origins if you want an Adventure and Simulation experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 77.3% positive across 1,648 reviews.
Star Control®: Origins vs STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection
Star Control®: Origins and STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection both land in Action on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both are Action games on Steam. Star Control®: Origins (2018) is 6 years older than STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection (2024). Star Control®: Origins scores higher on Steam reviews (77.3% positive) than STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection (22% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection
Choose STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection if you want the Shared/Split Screen Co-op, LAN PvP, and Co-op side of the pairing. On Steam, it's the newer release (2024) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 6,238 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both Star Control®: Origins and STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection sit in Action on Steam and both list Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, and Online PvP, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Star Control®: Origins |  STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2018 | 2024 |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Simulation | Action |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Deck Verified |
| Price | 19.99 USD | 26.25 USD |
| Steam reviews | 77.3% positive (1,648 reviews) | 22% positive (6,238 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player | Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | Stardock Entertainment | Aspyr |
Side by side
- Both are Action games on Steam.
- Star Control®: Origins (2018) is 6 years older than STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection (2024).
- Star Control®: Origins scores higher on Steam reviews (77.3% positive) than STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection (22% positive).
- Star Control®: Origins is currently ~24% cheaper on Steam than STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection (19.99 USD vs. 26.25 USD).
- STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection has co-op; Star Control®: Origins does not.
- Steam Deck: Star Control®: Origins is Deck Unsupported, STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection is Deck Verified.
Star Control®: Origins vs STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection — FAQ
- Which is better, Star Control®: Origins or STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection?
- On Steam reviews Star Control®: Origins scores higher (77.3% positive) than STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection (22% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Star Control®: Origins is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Star Control®: Origins or STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection first?
- If you want chronology, Star Control®: Origins (2018) came out before STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection (2024). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Star Control®: Origins and STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection similar?
- They overlap on Action on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.