Star Wars: Dark Forces

Released: Feb 28, 1995
11,572 days ago
Platforms: PC
Mac
PS3
PSP
PS1
+1
Ratings: IGDB72
Steam89%

Release dates

North America dates

Apr 29, 20106,033 days ago
Compatibility Release
- PS3
- PSP
Sep 16, 20096,258 days ago
- PC
Nov 30, 199610,931 days ago
- PS1
Jun 1995
- Mac
Feb 28, 199511,572 days ago
- DOS

About

The Empire stretches its evil clutches across the galaxy, consuming planets with devastating results. Through many struggles, the Rebel Alliance has learned of a new Imperial battle station, the Death Star, with enough power to destroy an entire planet. The evil Empire is secretly building a massive army to complete their arsenal of domination and render their reign of terror unstoppable. Kyle Katarn, a formal Imperial Stormtrooper must join the Rebel Alliance's covert operations division, and re-take the Empire from the inside, one battle at a time. Unlike many other Doom-based games, Star Wars: Dark Forces attempted a realistic approach: the missions followed a specific storyline, sometimes cut up by scenes to progress the narrative. Each mission had its own briefing and objective. The levels were designed to represent actual bases, mines, facilities, and other known places from the Star Wars universe, like Star Destroyer interiors, Jabba's ship, Coruscant, etc.

Trailers

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How long to beat

HowLongToBeat ↗ · 410 players

Main story: 8.5 h
Main + extras: 10 h
Completionist: 12 h

Reviews

Steam89%Very Positive · 3,007 reviews

Critics (IGDB)66/1003 reviews

IGDB players72/100167 ratings

Game info

Released: 1995 · see every game from that year
Modes: Single player
Perspective: First person
Engine: Jedi

Editions, DLC & expansions

Editions & bundles 1

Star Wars Collection2010 · Bundle

Other versions

Remasters 1

Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster2024 · Remaster

Studios

Age ratings

ESRBTAnimated Violence, Violence
USK18No content descriptors
CLASS IND16No content descriptors
ACBMA 15+No content descriptors

Languages

5 languages

English, French, German, Italian, Spanish (Spain)

Language	Audio	Subtitles
EnglishEnglish (US)		–
FrenchFrançais		–
GermanDeutsch		–
ItalianItaliano		–
Spanish (Spain)Español (España)	–	–

Themes & tags

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Story & names

Behind a veil of secrecy the evil Empire is creating a doomsday army - one that, if finished, will become the final cog in the Empire's arsenal of terror and domination. Your Mission? Join the Rebel Alliance's covert operations division, infiltrate the Empire, then battle every man and machine the Imperial Forces can muster. Search a vast galaxy for clues, attack enemy bases-all in a desperate attempt to stop the activation of this fearsome new weapon.

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