Star Wars: Dark Forces
Kyle Katarn's debut, and the first Star Wars shooter with its own engine, its own level design, and a Death Star plans heist that beats the film to the punch. Nightdive's 2024 remaster is the one to buy: higher resolutions, controller support, and it runs on every current console. The original 1995 release has quietly left digital stores.
- Released
- 1995
- Developer
- LucasArts
- Genre
- Shooter
- Platforms
- DOSPlayStationMac
Playing it today
Still one of the best Star Wars shooters, and the 2024 remaster is the version to play. Nightdive rebuilt it in its KEX engine with all fourteen original levels, resolutions up to 4K at 120fps, controller support with a weapon wheel, and a toggle back to the classic look. It reviewed at 78 on PC and runs well on a Steam Deck.
The original 1995 release was pulled from Steam and GOG in April 2026. If you already own it, keep it: it runs in DOSBox as sold, and The Force Engine, a community-made source port, plays it with mouselook, widescreen and saves from anywhere, using the game files from your own copy.
Skip it if you need a story told in cutscenes or a map that holds your hand. The levels are mazes of keycards and switches, and that is most of the fun. On a 60Hz screen, the fix for the remaster's camera judder is one console command, cl_engineHZ 120.
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Where to play it
On sale today · checked September 24, 2026
Buy the remaster on GOG or Steam; the price is the same, and GOG gives you an offline installer. The original 1995 release is no longer sold anywhere, so the remaster is the only way to buy it new.
The remaster is on PS4, PS5, Xbox and Switch. The PlayStation Store and Nintendo eShop both list it at $29.99.
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Sources: Steam store page (remaster); GOG store page (remaster); PlayStation Store; Nintendo eShop; PCGamingWiki: Dark Forces Remaster; PCGamingWiki: Dark Forces (1995); The Force Engine; PC Gamer: original Dark Forces delisted; Screen Rant: Dark Forces removed from Steam.