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Star Wars: Fate of the Galaxy is a free space game released under Freeware (fan project; FreeSpace Open engine is open source). It runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, needs about 9.3 GB of disk space, and requires no account, payment or trial. On a computer, the fastest route is the PlayBound Launcher. On a phone or tablet, use the official store or site instead.
Choose how to install
Install with PlayBound or download from the official source without the launcher.
Fate of the Galaxy is free and distributed by its developers through ModDB (https://www.moddb.com/games/fate-of-the-galaxy/downloads). PlayBound's Install button downloads the official file for your system from that page and checks it against ModDB's published MD5. FreeSpace 2 is not required.
Install into a normal local folder, not a synced or cloud folder such as OneDrive, Google Drive or Dropbox; the developers note that syncing stops Knossos from receiving future updates.
Windows
Press Install. PlayBound downloads FotG_PC.3.zip (3.49 GB) and extracts it (about 9.3 GB), which contains the Knossos.NET launcher and the full game in a portable kn_portable folder. Play opens Knossos.NET.exe with everything already present; press Play inside Knossos. If antivirus or SmartScreen flags Knossos, it is the unsigned open-source launcher (github.com/KnossosNET/Knossos.NET) — choose More info, then Run anyway.
macOS
Press Install. PlayBound downloads Knossos.NET-1.3.13.dmg (86 MB) and copies the Knossos.NET app out of it. Press Play to open Knossos, go to the Explore tab, search for Fate of the Galaxy, hover the tile and press Install, confirm with OK, and once the download finishes use the Play tab. If macOS refuses to open the app, right-click it in Finder, choose Open and confirm once.
Linux
Install the .NET 6 runtime first (dotnet-runtime-6.0 or your distribution's equivalent); Knossos will not start without it. Press Install: PlayBound downloads FOTG_Linux.1.zip (79 MB), which contains Knossos.NET AppImages for x86_64 and aarch64. Press Play to open Knossos, then go to Explore, search for Fate of the Galaxy, press Install, confirm with OK and use the Play tab when it finishes. On an ARM Linux machine, Locate Knossos.NET-aarch64.AppImage instead.
sudo apt install dotnet-runtime-6.0Already have it? Press Locate and select Knossos.NET.exe (Windows), the Knossos.NET app (Mac) or the Knossos.NET AppImage (Linux).
First flight: create a pilot, then visit Options to bind your joystick or gamepad and pick the mouse mode you prefer. The Alliance campaign opens with a basic training mission that teaches Fate of the Galaxy's own flight features.
How to join and navigate multiplayer lobbies and servers in Star Wars: Fate of the Galaxy.
Start a PlayBound party with your friends and pick Fate of the Galaxy. PlayBound puts everyone on one virtual LAN so the game's own LAN browser can see each other.
Everyone needs the same Fate of the Galaxy version; let Knossos update before you play.
Host: open Multiplayer from the main hall, choose LAN, create a game and choose the mission. Friends: open Multiplayer, choose LAN and join the host's game from the list.
Minimum
Not published by the developer. From the shipped files: Windows: 64-bit with an AVX CPU (bundled FSO 26.0.1 is x64 AVX only), OpenGL 3.2 GPU; integrated graphics works at lower settings per the team. macOS: Knossos.NET 1.3.13, Apple Silicon or Intel. Linux: x86_64 or aarch64 plus dotnet-runtime-6.0. CPU, RAM, VRAM not published. Free space: ~9.3 GB installed (3.49 GB zip) plus the zip during install.
Recommended
Not published by the developer for any platform. RAM, CPU model, GPU model and VRAM figures are not published.
Yes, completely. It is a volunteer fan project that takes no donations, and nothing is sold inside it.
No. It is a fan-made total conversion and is not associated with Lucasfilm or Disney. It has no licence from the rights holders, which is why it is free and distributed only by the team.
No. It runs on the open-source FreeSpace Open engine and the download includes everything; FreeSpace 2 is not required.
On Windows the zip is 3.49 GB and extracts to about 9.3 GB. On Mac (86 MB DMG) and Linux (79 MB zip) the official download is the Knossos launcher, which then downloads the game; budget a similar amount of free space.
Yes. The developers support up to four input devices at once, head tracking and VR. Gamepads and joysticks are bound in the game's Options; mouse and keyboard work too, with a toggle between maneuvering and aiming modes.
Yes, LAN multiplayer plus a few community standalone servers. A PlayBound party puts your group on one virtual LAN so the in-game LAN browser works across the internet; PlayBound does not run dedicated servers for it.
That is how the developers ship those platforms: the official Mac and Linux downloads are the Knossos launcher, and the game is installed from Knossos' Explore tab. On Linux, Knossos also needs the .NET 6 runtime.
The developers do not publish any. The bundled Windows engine build needs a 64-bit CPU with AVX and the engine needs OpenGL 3.2; the team says integrated graphics can run it smoothly after lowering a few options.
Yes. Star Wars: Fate of the Galaxy has multiplayer. You can host a game on your own PC. PlayBound Connect handles the setup: start a party with your friends, pick how you want to play, and everyone launches into the same game from the PlayBound launcher. It also supports LAN play. There is no subscription and no paid multiplayer tier.