The developers behind Star Wars Zero Company have clarified that the upcoming strategy title will play more like XCOM than a traditional role-playing game, with no branching storylines or romance options for players to pursue. Respawn Entertainment and Bit Reactor, the teams working on the game, want to manage expectations ahead of release by stressing that it remains fundamentally a turn-based tactics experience rather than a narrative-driven RPG in the vein of BioWare's Star Wars titles.

Speaking about the game, the developers confirmed that while it will feature squad-based tactical combat and character progression, the story will follow a fixed path without the dialogue-driven choices or relationship mechanics found in games like Mass Effect or Knights of the Old Republic. The focus instead remains on building and commanding a customisable squad through turn-based missions set in the Star Wars universe, keeping the emphasis firmly on tactical gameplay over player-driven narrative branching.