STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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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.

STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster is a boomer shooter, exploration and fps game developed by Nightdive Studios and LucasArts and published by Nightdive Studios.
Released on February 28th 2024 is available only on Windows in 5 languages: English, French, Italian, German and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 1,231 reviews of which 1,111 were positive and 120 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 28.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster into these genres:

Boomer Shooter Exploration FPS Shooter First-Person Story Rich Action Sci-fi Space Atmospheric Adventure 1990's Old School Retro Combat Singleplayer Classic Great Soundtrack Remake Cult Classic

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System requirements

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Windows
  • 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

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May 2025
May the fourth be with you! I chose to spend my 4th playing this remastered classic Doom era shooter with the movies running in the background. It's a fun game with a fairly long campaign mode. Some of the more maze like levels get confusing and a bit frustrating, but otherwise it's a good time blasting the crap out of every Storm Trooper you see. It looks better than it ever has before and this version is definitely worth checking out!
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April 2025
This fantastic remaster of a fantastic game is proof that the job of porting/remastering Star Wars games should be given to Nightdive and not Aspyr.
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Oct. 2024
Dark Forces is a time capsule for a very specific period in gaming history. It existed in first wave of "DOOM clones", the games that made small iterative updates to DOOM's formula before major engine developments (eg. Build, id Tech 2) pushed the capabilities forward. Whereas DOOM feels somewhat timeless, these games feel extremely 1995. Of all the mid-'90s first person shooters, Dark Forces was near the top of the list of games who desperately needed a remaster. Unlike many of its contemporaries, Dark Forces lacked a high quality modern source port until very recently (The Force Engine). The development of both TFE and this remaster have helped put the game back on the "boomer shooter" map. Dark Forces shines with its Star Wars styling, which was especially impressive in 1995 compared to DOOM's abstract theming. Wall textures and sound effects recall the films vividly. Blasters have just enough weapon spread inaccuracy to get that authentic shots-bouncing-off-walls action from the movies, without making them so inaccurate as to be frustrating to use. Puzzles are where Dark Forces separates itself the most from DOOM, requiring the manipulation of everything from elevator positioning to multi-state door switches to open pathways that are not at all obvious at first glance. Not every design decision holds up in retrospect, with the heavy use of obnoxious proximity mines in a couple levels being the obvious worst offender (made all the more frustrating by the poor mechanics of throwables, which are the best tool for clearing mines). At no point does the game benefit from these time-wasting damage tax mechanics. Dark Forces is at its best when either blasting Empire fodder with reckless abandon, or noodling through a puzzle that's tricky but not frustratingly arcane. This remaster, in usual Nightdive fashion, does an excellent job of touching up the game *just* enough for modern play, without fundamentally altering the core experience. Being able to press F2 to toggle between the modern 4K hardware-accelerated renderer and the original 320x200 software rendering is a welcome touch and belongs in every remaster of this sort. The remaster also contains redone art assets, which help the 4K presentation and offer something you can't get in The Force Engine source port (though TFE now offers the ability to use assets from the remaster if you own it). Dark Forces received a ton of praise and acclaim in 1995, at a time when both first-person shooters and Star Wars games were fresh and novel. In retrospect, it does not quite hold up as well as the early FPS genre classics that bracketed it in time. Still, it is an essential experience for connoisseurs of early FPS games, and this remaster is an obvious purchase, whether you play it directly or use its assets in The Force Engine.
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Sept. 2024
When I was a kid I was too scared of the monsters in the sewer to progress beyond the third level, but now, thanks to Nightdive and the passage of time, I am a big boy who can finally finish the game.
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June 2024
This remastered version is pretty much identical to the original, only it looks much better because of graphics/video improvements. Since I thought the original was a pretty darned good game, I enjoyed this as well. The list price on Steam, $29.99 when last I looked, seemed kind of steep for only visual upgrades, so I would say wait for a sale like I did.
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STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster is currently priced at 28.99€ on Steam.

STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 28.99€ on Steam.

STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster received 1,111 positive votes out of a total of 1,231 achieving a rating of 8.55.
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STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster was developed by Nightdive Studios and LucasArts and published by Nightdive Studios.

STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster is playable and fully supported on Windows.

STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster is not playable on MacOS.

STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster is not playable on Linux.

STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster is a single-player game.

STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster does not currently offer any DLC.

STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster does not support Steam Remote Play.

STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster PEGI 12
28.99€
8.6
1,111
120
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Nightdive Studios, LucasArts
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Nightdive Studios
Release 28 Feb 2024
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