If you are buying Star Wars: Galactic Racer, buy the $59.99 Standard Edition, and you lose almost nothing by waiting for reviews first. No edition plays early, the Deluxe extras are cosmetics, three bonus Arcade events and a digital art book, and the only thing a preorder gets you is a livery and a player banner. The game unlocks everywhere on October 6.
This page is only about the buying decision. For what the game actually is, our four-weeks-out file has everything Fuse Games has confirmed, and the Tour mode piece covers the multiplayer.
The editions at a glance
| Standard | Deluxe | Collector's | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price (US) | $59.99 | $79.99 | $159.99 |
| Format | Digital, or physical on PS5 and Xbox | Digital, or physical on PS5 and Xbox | Physical only (PS5, Xbox, PC) |
| Preorder livery and banner | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Three Kor Sarun vehicles | No | Yes | Yes |
| N-1 starfighter livery | No | Yes | Yes |
| Three exclusive Arcade events | No | Yes | Yes |
| Digital art book | No | Yes | Yes |
| Early access | No | No | No |
| Physical extras | None | Steel case and sleeve (physical copy only) | Landspeeder model, printed art book, pilot patches, Kestar banner, steel case, box |
Prices on each store
The digital prices match across every storefront we checked:
- Steam: Standard $59.99, Deluxe $79.99.
- PlayStation Store (PS5): Standard $59.99, Deluxe $79.99.
- Xbox Store (Series X|S): Standard $59.99, Deluxe $79.99.
- Epic Games Store: Standard $59.99, Deluxe $79.99. Epic's own rewards program pays 5% back, which makes it the cheapest official PC option by a hair.
There is no PS4 or Xbox One version. The game is not in Game Pass or the PS Plus catalog, and nothing has been announced for either. On console, online play needs a paid subscription: PS Plus on PlayStation, Game Pass Essential or higher on Xbox. PC players need nothing extra.
What the Deluxe Edition adds
For the extra $20, Deluxe gives you:
- Three exclusive vehicles from the Kor Sarun line: the Ciza T speeder bike, the Darc X landspeeder and the Rak S skim speeder.
- A livery inspired by the Naboo N-1 starfighter, usable on any of your speeders.
- Three Arcade events built around the Kor Sarun vehicles.
- A Deluxe player banner for multiplayer, with its own insignia and background.
- A digital art book, 80 pages of character, vehicle and location art.
The vehicles are the only item that could matter in a race, and nobody outside Fuse Games knows yet how they compare to what the base game lets you build. The campaign and Tour mode are both built around fitting parts to your ride between races, so three extra chassis may be a nice head start or may be outclassed within an evening. We will not know until people play it.
What you do know: the three Arcade events are extra content only in the narrowest sense. They are three events in the quick-race mode, not tracks, planets or campaign chapters.
If you are unsure, buy Standard. A Deluxe Upgrade is listed on Steam and Epic, and the official site says it goes on sale at launch, so you can add it later once you know you like the game. Its standalone price is not listed yet on any store we checked. If it lands near $20, waiting costs you nothing.
The preorder bonus
Every edition, preordered on any store, gets an exclusive livery for your repulsorcraft and an exclusive player banner for multiplayer modes. That is the whole bonus.
Two things worth knowing. First, the N-1 starfighter livery is a Deluxe item, not the preorder bonus; some early coverage (ours included, back in August) mixed the two up. Second, Epic's store page notes that the preorder bonus "may be made available for purchase at a later date." So even the bonus is not guaranteed to stay exclusive.
The physical editions
Standard and Deluxe both come on disc for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. The physical Deluxe adds a steel case with a sleeve. Outside the Collector's Edition, there is no boxed PC release.
The Collector's Edition is $159.99 and physical only, on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. It includes everything in Deluxe plus a metal model of the Darc X landspeeder, a printed copy of the 80-page art book, pilot patches for Shade and a rival racer, Kestar's banner with the Bool family sigil, and a steel case in a collector's box. Retailer listings for the PC version describe it as a code in a box, so expect a download code rather than a disc.
That is $100 over Standard for physical goods. If a landspeeder model on your shelf is worth that to you, the game inside is the same game. Stock is retailer-by-retailer, so check the store before assuming it will be there on launch day.
Release date and unlock time
October 6, 2026, on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S at once. The PlayStation Store lists the unlock as 09:00 UTC, which is:
- 2am Pacific
- 4am Central
- 5am Eastern
- 10am in the UK
Trackers show the same time on Steam. Fuse Games has not posted an official launch-time graphic, so treat it as the store listing rather than a promise. There is no early access for any edition, and no preload date has been announced as of this writing.
PC: check the spec before you buy
The published minimum is Windows 10, a Core i5-8400 or Ryzen 5 2600, 12GB of RAM, an RTX 2060, RX 5600 XT or Arc A580, and 50GB of space on an SSD. The SSD is listed as required, not recommended. No recommended spec has been published; Epic's listing still says "TBC" for every line.
Steam Deck has no Valve rating and no comment from Fuse. If you plan to play on a Deck, do not preorder; wait for launch-week reports.
Should you preorder at all?
Our honest answer: there is very little reason to.
Preordering gets you a livery and a banner, and costs you the chance to read reviews first. No review embargo date has been announced ten days out. This is Fuse Games' first game, the campaign is a roguelike that will live or die on run variety, and the official site lists six planets. The previews have been good, and we are genuinely looking forward to it, but a debut studio's first game with no reviews yet is exactly the purchase where waiting a few days pays.
Preordering does not risk much, either. Steam lets you refund a preorder any time before release, and your 14-day refund window only starts on launch day. Epic lists the game as self-refundable. So if you want the banner and you trust yourself to cancel, a preorder is a low-stakes bet.
One more note for the fully informed: the PlayStation Store lists "in-game purchases optional" and the Xbox Store says the game "offers in-app purchases." Nobody has said what is for sale. We will find out on October 6 along with everyone else.
Our pick by player:
- You want to play on day one: Standard, preordered or bought at 4am Central on the 6th. Add the Deluxe Upgrade later if you fall for it.
- You want the extra speeders and the art book: Deluxe is fine, just know what the $20 buys.
- You are on the fence: wait. Our day-one impressions go up October 6, and the full review follows once we have finished the campaign.
- You want the shelf piece: the Collector's Edition, from a retailer you trust, sooner rather than later.
