The character has appeared in numerous lists, often reflecting her good reception as a "Star Wars" character. IGN placed her at 81 in "The Top 100 "Star Wars" Characters", noting her crypticness. She, along with the other Sith Lords in the game, came second-place in a modified list of the best "Star Wars" villains, based on reader requests for characters left out of the original list. The Lords of both the first and second "Knights of the Old Republic" were similarly grouped as some of gaming's best "Star Wars" characters by Joe Juba of "Game Informer", calling most of them "cooler and better developed" than the Sith Lords in the actual "Star Wars" films. The character was ranked seventh among "Game Informer"s "Top Ten Female Villains in Video Games" by Liz Lanier, saying that "Kreia is one of the few female Sith Lords of the "Star Wars" universe, but she represents women of the dark side relatively ruthlessly." The "struggle" against her was called one of "25 greatest "Star Wars" moments in Xbox history" by Edwin Evans-Thirlwell writing for GamesRadar, who called her reveal of her agenda "compelling" despite being exposition.