Star Wolves

Star wolves is a 3D space RPG with deep strategy and tactical elements. The game thrusts players into a world of freelance space hunters in the XXI-XXII century A.D. during a time of political crisis for the…

65 31 December 2005

Role-playing (RPG) Simulator Strategy Science fiction

Star Wolves is a role-playing (rpg) developed by X-bow Software, released 31 December 2005 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified 21 Aug 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam , Wikipedia

What Star Wolves is

Star Wolves is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by X-bow Software and released in 2005. It was published by Excalibur Publishing. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Star wolves is a 3D space RPG with deep strategy and tactical elements. The game thrusts players into a world of freelance space hunters in the XXI-XXII century A.D. during a time of political crisis for the all-powerful Empire and the three mega-corporations that control all the known worlds. Corruption prospers planet-side and only space can give a man his freedom, but not without a cost: space is not a safe place anymore. Human space pirates, rogue AI computers that rebelled against humanity and empire patrol ships roam space in search of easy prey. Players begin the game as a bounty hunter with little more than an old, run-down space fighter and a dream, but as they advance in the game…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Star Wolves holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 21% of the 3,811 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 2 points below the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Pentium 4 2 GHz (or comparable), 512MB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce 6600 128MB or ATI Radeon 9800 128MB. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

Full requirements and PC checker →

What it launched against

Star Wolves launched on 31 December 2005, within three weeks of Kingdom Hearts II, Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, 25 To Life and Dead or Alive 4. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Kingdom Hearts II, Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, 25 To Life, Dead or Alive 4.

Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

All media

Quick answers

Star Wolves — frequently asked questions

When did Star Wolves come out?

Star Wolves was released on 31 December 2005 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Star Wolves?

At minimum, Star Wolves needs Pentium 4 2 GHz (or comparable), 512MB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 6600 128MB or ATI Radeon 9800 128MB graphics, 3 GB of storage.

How many GB is Star Wolves?

The PC version needs about 3 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("3 GB"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

If you like this