Star Wars: Galactic Racer Passes 1.5 Million Players in Its First Month

Star Wars: Galactic Racer has passed 1.5 million players a little over a month after it launched on October 6. The game's official account on X shared the milestone on November 13, according to Push Square, and developer Fuse Games said it "can't wait to share more about the future" of the game.

What is Star Wars: Galactic Racer?

Galactic Racer is set in the Outer Rim after the Empire's fall, while the New Republic is still getting on its feet. You play Shade, a racer with a grudge against the Bool family, whose champion Kestar Bool runs an unsanctioned circuit backed by syndicate sponsors. The game is out on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC, and online races support up to 12 players with crossplay.

Does 1.5 million players mean 1.5 million sales?

Not necessarily, since the official post only counts players, and Push Square points out that it's unclear how many of them actually purchased the game. One big reason is Amazon Luna, where Prime members can stream the single-player modes at no extra cost, as our Galactic Racer reviews roundup explains. That means some of those 1.5 million racers probably never paid the full $59.99 price.

The sales signs still look encouraging, though, because Bespin Bulletin reports that Galactic Racer has stayed among the UK's best-selling physical games every week since launch, and it was the eighth most downloaded PS5 game in October across the US, Canada and Europe.

Why is Galactic Racer doing so well?

The reviews certainly helped, since critics loved it and Eurogamer, VGC and Giant Bomb all gave it perfect scores. Fuse Games was founded by former Criterion leads who worked on Burnout and Need for Speed, and the game mixes podracers with landspeeders, speeder bikes and a new skim speeder class. (A bearded Sebulba as your mentor didn't hurt either.)

What's next for Galactic Racer?

There's nothing official yet. Fuse hasn't announced DLC, new tracks or a roadmap, and a Secret Mode admin told fans on Discord that the team will only share changes once they're "100% confirmed," as we covered in our Galactic Racer DLC story. Before launch, the creative director said the studio would "probably do some sort of DLC." Push Square says fans mostly want more locations, more abilities and custom events.

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• Star Wars: Galactic Racer for PS5
• Star Wars: Galactic Racer for Xbox Series X|S
• Star Wars Episode I: Racer for Nintendo Switch

My read is that 1.5 million is a great start for a brand-new studio's first game, even with Luna padding the number. This is the best Star Wars racing game since Episode I: Racer, and the smart next move is a track pack set somewhere fans already love. (Malastare, please.)

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