Star Wars: Galactic Racer launches on Xbox, PS5, and PC — free for Amazon Prime members via Luna

Star Wars: Galactic Racer, the roguelike arcade racer from Fuse Games, is out today on Xbox Series X|S, PS5, and PC. Amazon Prime members can also stream the single-player campaign for free through Amazon Luna starting on launch day.

Developed by Fuse Games — a studio founded by veterans of the Burnout and Need for Speed franchises — Galactic Racer drops players into the Galactic League, a high-stakes underground racing circuit set during the New Republic era. The game costs $60 at retail, but Prime members can access it on Luna at no extra charge. The roguelike loop works like this: you pick a vehicle type — skim speeder, speeder bike, or landspeeder — choose a Racer Style to anchor your build, then earn abilities, parts, and upgrades after each race. Crash too many times in a single event and you "wreck out", losing a League Token and restarting the tour. Creative Director Kieran Crimmins describes the philosophy plainly: "Failure can be this big, spectacular, exciting, interesting and rewarding experience in the game. Crashing isn't just a big spectacle; it has consequence as well as mechanical rewards so you can learn something for your next run." Co-founder Steve Uphill adds: "Failure is fuel, which is where our runs-based mechanic comes into play."

Fuse Games built its reputation on making crashes feel spectacular rather than punishing — a sensibility that traces back to the Burnout DNA in the studio's founding team. That philosophy translates well to the Star Wars setting, where podracing has always been about barely-controlled chaos. The game currently sits at an 88 Metascore, and GameSpot's Jordan Ramée called it "those absolutely perfect 10 minutes expanded into a full game" and his favorite racing game in years. Kotaku's reviewer echoed that, flagging only repetitive hub areas between events as a minor complaint.

The Luna streaming version comes with caveats worth knowing: Kotaku found noticeably degraded image quality — blurry textures, pop-in, and compression artifacts — and multiplayer is absent entirely from the streaming build. Amazon's Head of Gaming Jeff Gattis framed the Luna launch as a way for players to jump in without a console or a lengthy download, and for a quick demo that pitch holds up. But if you plan to put serious time into Galactic Racer, the console or PC version is the one to buy.