Star Wars: Galactic Racer Reviews

Star Wars: Galactic Racer is ranked in the 98th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
Cubed3
Top Critic
9 / 10
Oct 5, 2026

Star Wars: Galactic Racer is an absolute treat of a racing game. The rogue-like element feels fresh in the genre, even if they aren’t the first to ever adopt it. The campaign mode and characters are genuinely great to watch, sprinkled with surprises and Easter eggs for fans. Racing itself is a masterpiece; grappling with handling and acceleration makes for an awesome learning curve and the audio experience is incredibly enthralling. This is probably the very best time to be a Star Wars gaming fan and Galactic Racer deserves a lot more hype than it received pre-launch. Don’t sit on the fence, Star Wars: Galactic Racer is exceptional and a must have.

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CBR
Top Critic
Unscored
Oct 3, 2026

It's worth sticking with it, as Star Wars: Galactic Racer has an awesome multiplayer mode, and the interlocking systems lead to gameplay that stays fresh and keeps mixing things up with each new track, a rarity in the racing genre. The difficulty might be off-putting, but it's worth pushing through and reaching the pole position.

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GAMES.CH
Top Critic
87%
Oct 5, 2026

Fast, action-packed, and incredibly fun: "Star Wars: Galactic Racer" brings "Burnout" to a galaxy far, far away.

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IGN
Top Critic
8 / 10.0
Oct 2, 2026

Star Wars: Galactic Racer is a fabulous looking and frantically fast anti-grav racer that gets a little repetitive thanks to its heavy reliance on repeatedly revisiting the same slim selection of planets, but has successfully lit the afterburners on a long-dormant slice of the Star Wars universe.

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76 / 100
Oct 2, 2026

As a way of shaking up the racing game format, the run-based structure of Galactic Racer is more successful than the open world of Burnout Paradise.

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5 / 5
Oct 2, 2026

Both a surprisingly fun Roguelite campaign and a racing treat for Criterion fans, this is just wonderful stuff.

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Unscored
Oct 2, 2026

Galactic Racer is another example of a studio taking some well-educated risks with the Star Wars IP to create something truly special.

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9 / 10
Oct 2, 2026

Galactic Racer is those absolutely perfect 10 minutes expanded into a full game.

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Oct 2, 2026

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.

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DualShockers
Linda Güster
Top Critic
8.5 / 10.0
Oct 2, 2026

Star Wars: Galactic Racer is a great game. Everything I'd usually complain about – games going stale, failing to motivate me long-term, horrible pacing – has been taken care of.

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9 / 10
Oct 2, 2026

Even when it was pissing me off, Star Wars: Galactic Racer made me feel alive.

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90 / 100
Oct 2, 2026

Of course, how could we not, when what we have in our hands can only be defined as one of the best racing games in recent history and also one of the best Star Wars games .

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TheSixthAxis
Dom Leighton
Top Critic
9 / 10
Oct 2, 2026

Star Wars Galactic Racer is the best arcade racer in years. It mixes compelling racing action, an addictive progression system, and excellent world building while stringing a narrative through it all. It's very fast, and very dangerous. It's also very, very good.

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9 / 10
Oct 2, 2026

Star Wars: Galactic Racer is a tenacious thrill ride, and its unique run-based risk-and-reward structure is its defining feature.

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87 / 100
Oct 2, 2026

Star Wars: Galactic Racer is the best racing game in the franchise’s history.

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9 / 10
Oct 2, 2026

Star Wars: Galactic Racer is a thoughtfully designed triumph. The excellent handling and eye-popping presentation would be enough to recommend the game alone, but I also love its buildcrafting aspects and roguelite campaign.With a breathtaking sense of speed and planets that demand you think differently about your approach, this is one of the better racing games available on the PS5.I think the release could be a little quicker at getting you behind the wheel, and of course more planets would always be appreciated. But minor nitpicks aside, I really can't recommend this highly enough.

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7.5 / 10.0
Oct 2, 2026

Star Wars: Galactic Racer provides excellent, exhilarating racing gameplay, a cheesy but enjoyable underdog story, and some clunky roguelike trappings.

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80%
Oct 2, 2026

Well it's about time. Star Wars games have always taken on narrow assignments. The Jedi. The Soldiers. The Space Battles. Not since 2002, and the re...

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8 / 10.0
Oct 2, 2026

Star Wars: Galactic Racer is a fun, albeit clumsy racing game that pairs fast-paced action with some unique roguelike mechanics.

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9 / 10.0
Oct 2, 2026

With thrilling, high-speed races and a ridiculously addictive campaign, Star Wars: Galactic Racer is an absolute winner, and a must-play for fans of arcade racers.

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