Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake still doesn’t have an official release date — but for the first time in years, there’s finally a specific year attached to the conversation.
If you’ve been asking “when is this actually coming out,” the honest short answer is no confirmed date exists, but 2028 is the current unofficial target based on recent developer comments. Here’s the fuller picture.
The current target: 2028, with a big asterisk
The most concrete timeline detail to date came from Saber Interactive’s newer business lead, who said the remake will “hopefully” release in 2028. That single word carries a lot of weight. It’s not framed as a commitment — it’s framed as an internal hope, from someone speaking roughly two years ahead of that target. Games described this way can absolutely slip further, and given this project’s track record of stalls and studio changes (fully covered in our development history timeline), a healthy amount of caution is warranted.
That said, it’s meaningfully more than fans have had for most of the past few years, where the standard response from Saber’s team was “yes, it’s still in development” without any further detail.
Why there’s no firm date yet
Games of this scope of remake — a full rebuild in Unreal Engine 5, with substantial visual overhauls and a possible combat system rework still unconfirmed — tend not to get firm release dates until marketing is ready to fully commit to a launch window, usually somewhere between six months and a year out. Given that Saber is still speaking in terms of “hopefully” rather than confirmed quarters, it’s reasonable to assume a formal announcement with an actual date is still a fair distance away.
What platforms will it release on?
The remake was originally announced as a timed PS5 exclusive, with PC and Xbox versions expected to follow at some later point. That platform arrangement hasn’t been publicly revised since, though given how long the project has been in flux, it’s worth treating even this as subject to change until Saber or Lucasfilm Games confirms otherwise closer to launch.
What would make the 2028 window credible?
A few signals would meaningfully raise confidence in that target: a full gameplay reveal actually showing the combat system in motion (which is still one of the biggest unconfirmed questions in the whole project), a firm marketing push at a major event like Gamescom or The Game Awards, or a more specific quarter attached to the year rather than just “2028.” Right now, none of those have happened, which is exactly why “hopefully” remains the operative word.
Should you expect a delay?
Given this project’s history — one canceled studio partnership, a multi-year public stall, and years of vague reassurance — it would honestly be more surprising if 2028 held exactly as stated than if it slipped. That’s not cynicism; it’s just pattern recognition based on how this specific development has gone so far. The safest approach is treating 2028 as a hopeful target worth watching, not a date worth planning around.
There’s still no confirmed release date for the KOTOR remake. What exists is a hopeful 2028 target from Saber’s own business leadership, paired with a development history that gives every reason to expect that target could still move. We’ll update this piece the moment anything more concrete surfaces.