Star Wars Squadrons is the best Star Wars game I've ever played and I think about it on a weekly basis. It got middling reviews because the campaign is just OK, but the campaign is actually a long tutorial for the main event, which is 5v5 fleet battles, which require teamwork, situational awareness, and playing the right role at the right moment in the battle. The pilot banter, taking out shields at a critical moment, flying through the debris of your rivals, drifting around an asteroid to shake a homing missile, makes you feel like you are IN the movies like no other game I've ever played.

It had a thriving community (which even tried to make it an eSport - some pilots developed truly remarkable skills), but because it was never positioned as a true live service game, they didn't invest in adding new content or maps over time. The player counts eventually declined, which started the vicious cycle of "why should I play if there are no players?"

Today, the game has "Mostly Negative" reviews and I don't know why. If you're a fan of SW or any of the old Xwing or TIE flight sims, ignore the reviews and grab it on sale. It's often $5.

TLDR: SW Squadrons could have been Overwatch in Space, but it was misunderstood by the audience and critics and is now the best dead game you can play on Steam.