Quick take
- The game has customization, talents, loadouts, bonds, and choices.
- Steam also lists RPG-related store categories and tags.
RPG-style systems it actually has
Hawks can be customized by combat specialization and appearance, while the squad includes original and custom-made Star Wars characters with tailored appearances, loadouts, and abilities. StarWars.com also says players recruit authored and custom characters, improve squad skills, unlock combat synergies through bonds, and make choices that can change a playthrough. Steam additionally lists RPG among its product genres and user tags.
Why tactics remains the primary label
That combat loop, plus Operations and Tactical Missions at the Holotable, is the clearest description of what players repeatedly do.
How to set expectations
Players who want squad builds, narrative choices, and progression will find those systems; players expecting an open-world action RPG or a ruleset modeled on a particular RPG should not infer that from Steam tags alone.
Checked references
Sources and verification
Facts on this page were checked against the following first-party material and named post-launch coverage.