StarCraft: Brood War

Publishers	Blizzard Entertainment
Developers	Saffire Corporation, Blizzard Entertainment
Release date	1998
Genre	Strategy
Game rating

Game Description

StarCraft: Brood War is the expansion pack for the military science fiction real-time strategy game StarCraft. Released in 1998 for Microsoft Windows and 1999 for macOS, it was co-developed by Saffire Corporation and Blizzard Entertainment. The expansion pack introduces new campaigns, map tilesets, music, extra units for each race, and upgrade advancements.

Download StarCraft: Brood War

We might have the game available for more than one platform. StarCraft: Brood War is currently available on these platforms:

Windows (1998)

StarCraft_Brood_War_Win_ROM_USA.zip (687.1MB)

Download from Battle.net

Starcraft: Brood Wars was officially released by Blizzard as freeware in 2017. This is the official Blizzard download for the game, which allows you to play on battle.net as well.

How to play on Windows (Battle.net version)

Click on the download button. It should redirect you to blizzard.com
Find Starcraft: Remastered and download to your system.
Run StarCraft-Setup.exe file to launch the game setup. Click on install.
Blizzard will start installing on your computer – note that you will need to create a Blizzard account and login to play this.
Login, and click on “install” for Starcraft to begin installing.
Once it’s finished installing, click on “Play” and the game should launch.
Enjoy the game!

Additional files, patches and fixes

StarCraft: Brood War Manual (English)