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Star Wars: Galactic Racer is a heart-pounding roguelike racer with brilliant buildcraft customization and exhilarating courses, and it's accelerated itself to the top of my list of best games for 2026

Star Wars: Galactic Racer is the Star Wars racing game I've always wanted and has sparked a competitiveness I never knew I had. Fuse Games has designed an exhilarating, highly engaging roguelike racer with amazing buildcraft customization that offers endless possibilities on the track.

Reasons to buy

+Exhilarating, heart-pounding action
+A diverse range of racetracks authentic to the Star Wars universe
+An engrossing roguelike structure with tons of replayability
+A simple yet effective campaign that works best in the roguelike framework
+Excellent buildcraft customization with seemingly endless options
+Multiplayer is tons of fun and promising, with huge potential for future updates

Reasons to avoid

-Some races, mainly Field Tests, can feel repetitive after completing them numerous times
-Minimal character depth for the game's faceless protagonist, Shade

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