Star Wars: Galactic Racer earns best Metacritic score for Star Wars in 23 years

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Star Wars: Galactic Racer has opened to strong early critic reviews and, with a Metacritic aggregate in the mid‑80s, is the highest‑scoring Star Wars game on Metacritic in 23 years. With 72 critic reviews logged, Metacritic lists scores of 88 on PS5, 86 on Xbox Series X, and 82 on PC, producing an overall Metascore of 88 in multiple posts. Reviewers from Giant Bomb, VGC, GameSpot, Eurogamer, Kotaku, The Verge, PCMag, IGN, and Game Informer praised the game’s podracing feel and high‑speed mechanics, and several outlets highlighted the roguelite campaign structure as a major design strength. Giant Bomb and VGC published perfect tens in the sample review list, GameSpot’s Jordan Ramée was quoted calling it his favorite racing game in years, and Eurogamer compared its approach to classic racing while Fuse Games and Secret Mode were thanked for advance copies in one post. Coverage and social posts repeatedly compare its podracing fidelity to Episode I and note that the game leans into Burnout and F‑Zero influences while offering modern progression systems. Galactic Racer’s strong critic reception arrives ahead of the game’s October 6 launch and sets expectations for player uptake and postlaunch discussion about how well Star Wars fits genre experiments beyond action adventures.

Jason Schreier

@jasonschreier.bsky.social

Kinda fucked up that “Star Wars Zero Company” doesn’t have a colon but “Star Wars: Galactic Racer” does. I won’t even get into “Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order”

6572h ago

Mailia41

Agreed. It should be Star Wars Zero: Company.

Matt Bailey35

It bothered me growing up that "Star Wars: Dark Forces" was followed up by "Star Wars Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight" and then "Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast". That's some crazy colon work and series naming.

Abyss Neuanfang8

star wars: dark forces iv: jedi knight iii: jedi academy

🎃 Arthur Eloi 🎃7

Star: Wars Galactic - Racer

Andy Henson5

taking care of our colons is so important

phalange.bsky.social4

Star Wars: Dark Forces 2 : Jedi Knight

Quoting this

𓇢𓆸𝑭𝒆𝒅𝒆ꫂ❀10

STAR WARS JEDI: RETURN OF THE JEDI

Garota de hambúrguer comendo anime7

Seguindo essa lógica (ou falta de), logo logo teremos um "Star: Wars".

Cristina Ramos6

We need to start naming games just as files are named in gamedev. New star Wars_rscinggame V2 Star_warsJedi_v002 faIIen_Order StarwarsZERO COMPANY tmp 001

🔩Joan2

there are no colons in the star wars universe. they have outlawed poop

Jeff Grubb

@grubb.wtf

Galactic Racer has cracked open the racing genre with its structure. The roguelite elements give you a million reasons to keep learning the intricate mechanics that encourage you to keep your speeder on the edge. giantbomb.com/reviews/star...

2055h ago

lex luddy needs a nap7

But how's the multiplayer, Grubberdillo?

falconis.bsky.social4

Can we please stop making everything a rogue like

The Drunk Cat™2

Me knowing this would be a banger as soon as it was announced:

ResidentDante1

Looking forward to this! Your review makes it even more so!

Andrew Rackow1

"In any racing game, you tend to return to the same tracks repeatedly. That’s just the nature of the genre. What Fuse did here is lean into that aspect while spicing up the progression with a lot of familiar rogue-lite flavoring. " THIS is exactly why i bounce off of MOST "rouge" games.

Brandon1

So hyped, this is the only game I have pre-ordered this year. Not even a huge SW fan but love Burnout and Motorstorm type racing games.

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Big Fat Ugly Bug-Faced Baby-Eating O'Brien, RN2

Damnit....I wanted it to suck and now I'm gonna have to buy it

Shinobi602

@shinobi602.bsky.social

Star Wars: Galactic Racer | Reviews 10 - VGC 10 - Giant Bomb 10 - Gamers Heroes 9 - XGN 9 - Metro 9 - DayOne 9 - TechRadar 9 - GameSpot 9 - Press Start 9 - Noisy Pixel 9 - Shacknews 9 - Push Square 9 - TheSixthAxis 8.5 - Game Informer 8 - IGN 8 - CGM 8 - Slant 8 - GamesRadar MC: 88 OC: 88

1544h ago

MELEO➡️GENCON4

Me waiting to hear the entire dev team being laid off.

Mick ☘️2

Ben Quadinaros fans rise up

JD Kagan1

Star Wars games have been on a helluva run for a while now. This, Zero Company, Outlaws (post-release patches dramatically improved it) and Jedi Survivor. And don't forget Squadrons, also a great experience. Too bad the rest of the franchise has blown (outside Andor).

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John Linneman198

Can confirm. Have played a LOT of this. It's absolutely wonderful. They made Star Wars + Motorstorm + Burnout with a unique story mode that is really genuinely new and interesting. Plus more classic modes.

Thomas Méreur 🕹️ Wishlist 'Hidden Shore'9

Je l'ai reçu tard, mais je suis en plein dedans et je confirme. Gros gros kiff. Je vous en reparle bientôt.

𝕮𝖆𝖗𝖑 𝖔𝖋 𝕽𝖎𝖛𝖎𝖆 🐺⚔️7

Another banger of a Star Wars game this year? HELL YES! I mean, I was gonna have fun even if it got bad reviews. Even more glad I pre-ordered it 🫡

Matthew Reynolds6

Had zero interest in this (not a Star Wars guy!) but will have to take a look:

Maisey5

Congratulations to our neighbours @fusegames.com on the fantastic reviews. ❤️ can’t wait to try it!

Leandro de Itaquera nota 104

pior q parece ta bem legal mesmo 😭 num guento mais n tenho tempo e dinheiro pra tanto jogo saindo

Adam | The Tier List4

I've never been more conflicted about good games. So happy that so many bangers are hitting us this year. Extremely upset that I dont have enough time for all of them 😂 Every game, indie to AAA feels like a potential GOTY.

guek4

Oh no, it's good 😫

EGVroom3

I am delighted that this is landing well. \o/

Chris2

Oh we’re so fucking back

Skill Up

@skillup.bsky.social

no but you don't understand just how good star wars galactic racer is.

1664h ago

Xerid10

Well yeah, I haven’t played it yet

Giant Bomb

@giantbomb.com

Now THIS... Is Grubb's glowing review for Star Wars: Galactic Racer! Read it here! ➡️ giantbomb.com/reviews/star...

Giant Bomb Review Graphic for Star Wars: Galactic Racer.

Score: 5/5

"Star Wars: Galactic Racer is everything I hoped it would be. Fuse built a campaign that keeps giving me reasons to master the tracks, then made the racing feel good enough that I wanted to."

- Jeff Grubb

1374h ago

KG Skye1

Ahhhhh.. too many good games!!!!

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Brad Lynch12

This is the fourth game to receive a 5 out of 5 from @giantbomb.com this year. The others are Forza Horizon 6, Valheim, and... [checks notes] ...Beetle Adventure Racing. The team has also now reviewed more games in 2026 than the last 8 years combined.

Ben M-J6

Congrats to Larian Guildford's upstairs neighbours on their success

Jordan Middler

@jordanmiddler.bsky.social

Please add me on PSN if you're getting Star Wars Galactic Racer. I need more people to ruin my weekends. @grubb.wtf is carrying that whole weight. My PSN is my name.

593h ago

lex luddy needs a nap

@lexluddy.xyz

I wish I was joking when I said that this game does a better job explaining how the Empire became so powerful again in the sequel series and addresses Episode 9's armada of Star Destroyers better than any other Star Wars media of the 10 years.

534h ago

Eurogamer

@eurogamer.bsky.social

Both a surprisingly fun Roguelite campaign and a racing treat for Criterion fans, Star Wars: Galactic Racer gives sci-fi royalty the Burnout treatment - and it's just wonderful stuff. Our review: www.eurogamer.net/star-wars-ga...

434h ago

Giovanni Colantonio

@marioprime.bsky.social

Love Star Wars: Galactic Racer. An inspired use Star Wars as a base to build on. One thing I love about its roguelite-influenced campaign is that it feels both new and modern but also so rooted in classic racing games too. Retains the feel of replaying a Grand Prix until you build the skill to win.

454h ago

Jay Peters

@jaypeters.net

Star Wars: Galactic Racer feels like actually playing the podracing scene from Episode 1. It's awesome. Here's my review: www.theverge.com/entertainmen...

284h ago

Mike Bithell

@mikebithell.bsky.social

Oh no Galactic Racer looks to be very much my shit. Had no idea it was a roguelike.

353h ago

Ryan Chisholm of Cult of Bucket🪣 & Beef Appreciation Society🐶1

What? Roguelike? Great, goodbye wallet...again.

Bloody Honey1

The campaign mode sounds particularly up my alley, love to have to figure out how to have the funds to fix my speeding death trap

Star Wars Explained

@starwarsexplained.com

Star Wars Galactic Racer is a uniquely satisfying game with standout characters, captivating storytelling and insanely fast and fun racing. Check out my full review for the single player campaign experience: youtu.be/S2mLpD6gk54?...

143h ago

Paul Tassi

@paultassi.bsky.social

‘Star Wars: Galactic Racer’ Has The Best ‘Star Wars’ Metacritic Score In 23 Years www.forbes.com/sites/paulta...

183h ago

The Spaceshipper 🚀

@thespaceshipper.com

Zero Company. Galactic Racer. Two very different Star Wars games in two months, and two successes. It just goes to show that it pays to entrust games to competent teams who know what they're doing in specific genres (tactical, racing). Next, RTS (with FMV)? Adventure game? A-rpg? 4X? Flight sim?

152h ago

Kate Sánchez

@ohmymithrandir.bsky.social

We don't have a review up for Galactic Racer - but here is my preview from SGF. It made me feel like a kid again and after falling out of love with what was one of my favorite franchises, it made me feel love for it again.

143h ago

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