Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance
The last and friendliest of the X-Wing sims: a story about a Corellian trading family, a flyable Millennium Falcon, and the Battle of Endor as the finale. If TIE Fighter feels too austere to start with, start here instead. Ten dollars on Steam and GOG.
- Released
- 1999
- Developer
- Totally Games
- Genre
- Space combat
- Platforms
- PC
Playing it today
The easiest of the X-Wing sims to start with in 2026, and the best supported. Fifty story missions follow a Corellian trading family into the Rebellion and end with you flying the Millennium Falcon at Endor.
Out of the box it will not start without a joystick or gamepad, runs at 4:3, and is capped at a low frame rate. The fan-run X-Wing Alliance Upgrade project fixes all of that: its Mega Patch adds widescreen and 4K support, rebuilt ship models, and a joystick emulation option in its configurator. That same install is the base for the TIE Fighter Total Conversion, so a $9.99 copy of Alliance is the platform for the whole modding scene. Valve rates it Playable on Steam Deck, with a launcher warning.
A real flight stick still matters here. If you want arcade flying you can do with a pad, Rogue Squadron is the better fit.
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Where to play it
On sale today · checked September 24, 2026
Same game and same price on both, and the fan upgrades install into either. Buy on GOG for the offline installer, or Steam if you play on a Steam Deck.
There is no console version. It has only ever been a PC game.
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Sources: GOG store page; Steam store page; PCGamingWiki; X-Wing Alliance Upgrade project.