STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster

STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster

Released Feb 2024

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.

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All announced content has been released
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Evaluation

STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster launched on February 28, 2024 as a complete remaster of the original 1995 game. The store description presents it as a finished product featuring all fourteen original levels with upgraded visuals, enhanced lighting, and modern platform support. There is no DLC, season pass, or additional content listed on the store. The only post-launch developer communication is a patch on May 7, 2024 (Patch 1.0.4) addressing bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements. No roadmap, future content announcements, or expansion plans have been communicated. The developer has not posted any updates since May 7, 2024. This is consistent with a remaster released as a complete, self-contained product — Nightdive Studios shipped the game, polished it with a patch, and moved on. There is no evidence of planned or ongoing content additions.
Evidence
Store description presents the game as a complete remaster of the original 1995 title with all fourteen levels, upgraded visuals, and modern platform support. No mention of additional content or DLC plans.
store metadata · Feb 28, 2024 source content shipped
high
Patch 1.0.4 released with bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements including music fixes, collision fixes, and platform-specific performance fixes. No mention of upcoming content or future updates.
news post · May 7, 2024 source content shipped
medium

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Details

Publisher
Nightdive Studios
Achievements
29
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player

About this game

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

  • Experience the classic version of STAR WARS™: Dark Forces using the in-game toggle/settings

  • 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

Last evaluated Jun 21, 2026
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