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STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster
The evil Empire is currently creating a doomsday army behind a veil of secrecy. However, they are no match for the Rebel Alliance's covert operations division. Your mission is to infiltrate the Empire and put an end to their plans for terror and domination.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.
What reviewers agree on
44 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“One of my favourite Star Wars games, and one of my favourite Doom clones, Star Wars: Dark Forces is a wonderful experience for any fan of the Star Wars franchise. Play as Kyle Katarn, a mercenary for hire after…”
“I was on the fence whether I want to recommend Dark Forces or not, but ultimately, due to a combination of design decisions and newly introduced bugs, I have to say no. (The ultimate reason for "Not Recommended" is…”
“If you can dig crusty old games this is a quality FPS from that neat phase in between Doom 2 and Quake. When other companies were doing interesting things with 2D First Person design. Great remaster as usual. I was big…”
23 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“9/10 It's a great remaster and doesn't change anything about the original other than you have the ability to freely look up with the mouse as well as enjoy much clearer character models and set pieces in higher…”
“Works very well on Steam Deck. This version is ideal to (re)experience Dark Forces. I own the original (Steam), but felt it was (graphically) unbearable. The game is a bit repetitive, it was fairly enjoyable, when…”
“I prefer this version to the original, it's so clean. Good game if you like shooters totally pick this one up,”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“One of my favourite Star Wars games, and one of my favourite Doom clones, Star Wars: Dark Forces is a wonderful experience for any fan of the Star Wars franchise. Play as Kyle Katarn, a mercenary for hire after…”
“Never played the original, but the remaster was good, being able to experience how the Death Star plans were stole in The EU/Legends, as well as Kyle Katarn's beginning before he became a Jedi was good. If you like the…”
“[h1]SET BLASTERS ON FULL![/h1] [b]Thoroughly respectful and competent remastering of the '95 DOS classic.[/b] [b]A[/b] pretty great way to experience the beginnings of the legendary adventures of gun-for-hire turned…”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“This is an awesome Boomer Shooter to play set in the awesome Star Wars expanded universe. The game runs great, looks great and has been a blast to play apart from 1 part of 1 level. Jabba's Ship, the one level I have up…”
“Absolute banger, works perfectly on SteamDeck with small changes in the control layout, on 3W of power delivery. That is enough to play it for 8h straight. Sometimes hard to find exact way to beat the levels but it how…”
“Works very well on Steam Deck. This version is ideal to (re)experience Dark Forces. I own the original (Steam), but felt it was (graphically) unbearable. The game is a bit repetitive, it was fairly enjoyable, when…”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I was on the fence whether I want to recommend Dark Forces or not, but ultimately, due to a combination of design decisions and newly introduced bugs, I have to say no. (The ultimate reason for "Not Recommended" is…”
“Absolute banger, works perfectly on SteamDeck with small changes in the control layout, on 3W of power delivery. That is enough to play it for 8h straight. Sometimes hard to find exact way to beat the levels but it how…”
“Amazing update, it's not just new sprites and art, it's an updated 3D/aiming experience (if you want it). You can disable movement sway (I did, as I hate it), run way faster and easier (thumb button), and easily…”
20 of the 103 reviews raise this · 17 of them still recommend the game.
“Okay, I really don't like being hard on devs, and as far as a remaster goes, this is all you really need. It has some accessibility features like disabling the headbob, but there is no FoV slider... however I wasn't…”
“This is an awesome Boomer Shooter to play set in the awesome Star Wars expanded universe. The game runs great, looks great and has been a blast to play apart from 1 part of 1 level. Jabba's Ship, the one level I have up…”
“So: Pros and cons of this game! First: this is essentially Star Wars Doom. One problem with that is of course that basically every enemy attack is instantaneous; way harder to dodge than demon fireballs or whatever.…”
17 of the 103 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“They delisted the original so you have to buy this overpriced version instead”
“[Update] - 16 April 2026 Scumbag Disney has delisted the original game to help drive sales of this remaster. As someone who played the remaster, I can confirm they are 100% only doing this to drive sales of the…”
“Good Remaster but wait for sale (I think I spent probably 5 to 10 dollars for the original if I'm not mistaken), not to give it any complaints though (don't look up at the sky and look around around in a circle, shi…”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“28,99€ Price tag for a remaster of a 30 year old game is a bit ridiculous. Has some of the most boring and mundane levels i have ever seen in a boomer shooter lacking visual clarity and pacing. The fact that the game…”
“Things I really enjoyed: - Weapon variety: Decent arsenal, but I still ended up using the old reliable Stormtrooper E-11 the most. - Level design: You don't get lost as easily as you might expect from a boomer shooter…”
“Love the original, love this nice little face lift of a game, with added features like wide screen, being able to control looking up and down with just the mouse, and so many other needed features, this is a great…”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“This is an awesome Boomer Shooter to play set in the awesome Star Wars expanded universe. The game runs great, looks great and has been a blast to play apart from 1 part of 1 level. Jabba's Ship, the one level I have up…”
“Cool early FPS Even released not so far away from Doom, the game is much more complex. It has real missions, has a complex map with several levels and maps resembling real locations in Star Wars lore, and cool…”
“Decent boomer shooter style game great for any Star Wars fan. Some of the puzzles can be kind of difficult and frustrating at times however. Kind of short as I 100% the game I would recommend picking it up on sale!”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“What starts out as a pretty fun classic DOOM clone quickly becomes derivative, boring mazes with the same enemy types peppered throughout and a cumbersome design philosophy even for its time. This game is so…”
“Works very well on Steam Deck. This version is ideal to (re)experience Dark Forces. I own the original (Steam), but felt it was (graphically) unbearable. The game is a bit repetitive, it was fairly enjoyable, when…”
“Things I really enjoyed: - Weapon variety: Decent arsenal, but I still ended up using the old reliable Stormtrooper E-11 the most. - Level design: You don't get lost as easily as you might expect from a boomer shooter…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 89.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-14
“Star Wars: Dark Forces is one of the most significant titles in the Star Wars franchise, largely because it was among the first to deliver a truly original narrative. It expands the lore surrounding the original trilogy in meaningful ways—showing us the theft of the Death Star…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“An elegant game, from a more civilized time! A game I played in my childhood, and one of the few pure shooters that has won my liking (they usually aren't my cup of tea), althrough it should also be said that among the Dark Forces games, this is probably my least favorite one,…”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played“A decent remaster... but why would I recommend a 30 year old game that looks slightly better for 40 dollars when the original is WAY cheaper, and can be played on a source port that essentially plays the same as this? Only difference is achievements, and I feel anymore that only…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Action |
| Player tags | Boomer Shooter · Exploration · FPS · Shooter · First-Person · Story Rich · Action · Sci-fi · Space · Atmospheric · Adventure · 1990's (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 29 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 (64-bit required) Processor: Intel or AMD Dual-Core at 2.0 GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: GPU with DirectX 11 or Vulkan 1.1 support Storage: 420 MB available space Sound Card: 100% DirectX compatible sound card or onboard sound