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Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster

Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster

Released: 2/28/2024

Star Wars™: Dark Forces Remaster has been brought to life by the team at Nightdive Studios, fully remastered through its proprietary KEX engine, allowing the game to run on modern gaming devices at up to 4K resolution at 120FPS. New and returning players will enjoy Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster’s upgraded gameplay, high-resolution textures, enhanced lighting and rendering, and support for gamepads. The original 1995 Star Wars: Dark Forces raised the bar for FPS games, offering players a significant degree of movement and interactivity, a large selection of items and power-ups, and engaging environments. In the first Star Wars FPS video game, players assume the role of Kyle Katarn, a defector of the Galactic Empire turned mercenary for hire. Katarn joins the Rebel Alliance’s covert operations division tasked with infiltrating the Galactic Empire, where he discovers the secret Dark Trooper Project. The development of this powerful new series of Imperial battle droids and power-armored stormtroopers stands to strengthen the Empire’s grip on the galaxy unless Katarn and the Rebel Alliance intervene. KEY FEATURES: All fourteen original levels, featuring Star Wars™ worlds and capital ships Use your ability to jump, duck, and crawl to solve puzzles and defeat enemies Your Personal Digital Assistant provides you with in game information such including map, inventory, and mission briefing Engaging first-person ground combat featuring ten weapons and twenty types of enemies Up to 4K 120FPS visuals Advanced 3D rendering enables updated lighting and atmospheric effects Modern gamepad support adds a new weapon wheel, and rumble Controller Support - vibration and gyro controls A variety of power-ups are made available to the player, including health, shields, weapons and ammunition For combat, the player may use fists, explosive landmines and thermal detonators, as well as blasters and other ranged weapons Includes immersive environmental puzzles and mazes

Star Wars™: Dark Forces Remaster has been brought to life by the team at Nightdive Studios, fully remastered through its proprietary KEX engine, allowing the game to run on modern gaming devices at up to 4K resolution at 120FPS. New and returning players will enjoy Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster’s upgraded gameplay, high-resolution textures, enhanced lighting and rendering, and support for gamepads. The original 1995 Star Wars: Dark Forces raised the bar for FPS games, offering players a significant degree of movement and interactivity, a large selection of items and power-ups, and engaging environments. In the first Star Wars FPS video game, players assume the role of Kyle Katarn, a defector of the Galactic Empire turned mercenary for hire. Katarn joins the Rebel Alliance’s covert operations division tasked with infiltrating the Galactic Empire, where he discovers the secret Dark Trooper Project. The development of this powerful new series of Imperial battle droids and power-armored stormtroopers stands to strengthen the Empire’s grip on the galaxy unless Katarn and the Rebel Alliance intervene. KEY FEATURES: All fourteen original levels, featuring Star Wars™ worlds and capital ships Use your ability to jump, duck, and crawl to solve puzzles and defeat enemies Your Personal Digital Assistant provides you with in game information such including map, inventory, and mission briefing Engaging first-person ground combat featuring ten weapons and twenty types of enemies Up to 4K 120FPS visuals Advanced 3D rendering enables updated lighting and atmospheric effects Modern gamepad support adds a new weapon wheel, and rumble Controller Support - vibration and gyro controls A variety of power-ups are made available to the player, including health, shields, weapons and ammunition For combat, the player may use fists, explosive landmines and thermal detonators, as well as blasters and other ranged weapons Includes immersive environmental puzzles and mazes

Star Wars™: Dark Forces Remaster has been brought to life by the team at Nightdive Studios, fully remastered through its proprietary KEX engine, allowing the game to run on modern gaming devices at up to 4K resolution at 120FPS. New and returning players will enjoy Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster’s upgraded gameplay, high-resolution textures, enhanced lighting and rendering, and support for gamepads. The original 1995 Star Wars: Dark Forces raised the bar for FPS games, offering players a significant degree of movement and interactivity, a large selection of items and power-ups, and engaging environments. In the first Star Wars FPS video game, players assume the role of Kyle Katarn, a defector of the Galactic Empire turned mercenary for hire. Katarn joins the Rebel Alliance’s covert operations division tasked with infiltrating the Galactic Empire, where he discovers the secret Dark Trooper Project. The development of this powerful new series of Imperial battle droids and power-armored stormtroopers stands to strengthen the Empire’s grip on the galaxy unless Katarn and the Rebel Alliance intervene. KEY FEATURES: All fourteen original levels, featuring Star Wars™ worlds and capital ships Use your ability to jump, duck, and crawl to solve puzzles and defeat enemies Your Personal Digital Assistant provides you with in game information such including map, inventory, and mission briefing Engaging first-person ground combat featuring ten weapons and twenty types of enemies Up to 4K 120FPS visuals Advanced 3D rendering enables updated lighting and atmospheric effects Modern gamepad support adds a new weapon wheel, and rumble Controller Support - vibration and gyro controls A variety of power-ups are made available to the player, including health, shields, weapons and ammunition For combat, the player may use fists, explosive landmines and thermal detonators, as well as blasters and other ranged weapons Includes immersive environmental puzzles and mazes

Critics
79
Steam
89
Metacritic
69

Score Breakdown

78.9

Critic Average

28 reviews

89

Steam User Score

1,523 reviews

69

Metacritic User Score

44 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
-10.5
Metacritic Disparity
+9.9
Combined Disparity
-0.3

Average of both sources

Review Timing

27 launch window (96%)1 late (4%)

Review summary

Updated May 8, 2026

Based on 28 scored critic reviews, critics give this game an average score of 78.9/100. Critics score this game 10.5 points lower than Steam users and 9.9 points higher than Metacritic users.

How these comparisons are calculated
Sources behind this summary(5 recent of 28)+
  1. Andrew CamacviaNookGaming
    May 7, 2024·Late review
    80/100View review
    Steam 89.4/100 · -9.4 ptsMetacritic 69/100 · +11.0 pts
  2. Matt KowalskiviaNiche Gamer
    Apr 24, 2024·Launch window
    80/100View review
    Steam 89.4/100 · -9.4 ptsMetacritic 69/100 · +11.0 pts
  3. Dan BoiseviaCompletexbox
    Apr 21, 2024·Launch window
    70/100View review
    Steam 89.4/100 · -19.4 ptsMetacritic 69/100 · +1.0 pts
  4. Daniel KucnerviaGameOnly
    Apr 8, 2024·Launch window
    65/100View review
    Steam 89.4/100 · -24.4 ptsMetacritic 69/100 · -4.0 pts
  5. Ken McKownviaZTGD
    Mar 26, 2024·Launch window
    80/100View review
    Steam 89.4/100 · -9.4 ptsMetacritic 69/100 · +11.0 pts