With recent discussions regarding physical media and digital ownership, we have never been more acutely aware that a game might not stick around forever. While multiplayer shooters are at far greater risk of being shutdown completely, single-player titles are regularly pulled from digital stores, making them almost impossible to buy. It can be straight-up difficult to predict when a game will be delisted, especially since not every publisher provides notice ahead of time.
I have a big fondness for FPS games from yesteryear, and going by the popularity of modern boomer shooters, most people seem to feel the same way. DOOM will be forever available to play on every piece of tech that exists, but plenty of classic FPS masterpieces have been stripped away from our hands. If you want to play (or buy) these games, it might be better not to wait much longer.
Just to be clear, none of these games are currently slated to be delisted, and they will hopefully remain available until the end of time. However, they were selected based on the fates of similar games or a publisher’s recent behavior.
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The Original Dark Forces And Outlaws Were Delisted In 2026
- Games: Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2 (1997), Jedi Outcast (2002), and Jedi Academy (2003)
- Risk Factor: Disney delisted a bunch of games recently, including Dark Forces, Star Wars Rebellion, and Outlaws: A Handful of Missions
When Nightdive released remasters for Dark Forces and Outlaws, Disney opted to remove the original versions from Steam and GOG, although people who owned them can still play them. An argument could be in favor of this practice, as the new releases act as the definitive versions of their ancestors. However, there is really no reason that the original game cannot share space with its remaster.
For instance, XIII and its remake are both available on Steam, and the former is way better than the latter.
Although Dark Forces 2, Jedi Outcast, and Jedi Academy are by no means masterpieces, they are respectable shooters that played a substantial role in establishing Star Wars‘ identity in the gaming sphere. As shown earlier in 2026 when 13 games were removed from stores, Disney clearly has no issues with delisting classics, and that extends to projects that never received a remaster.
If you have any interest at all in any of these games, you might just want to add them to your Steam account.
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The Soldier Of Fortune Games Are Only Available On GOG; Also, Let’s Add Star Trek: Elite Force In For Good Measure
GOG Can Only Do So Much
- Games: Soldiers of Fortune: Platinum Edition (2000), Soldiers of Fortune 2: Double Helix – Gold Edition (2002), Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force (2000), and Star Trek: Elite Force 2 (2003)
- Risk Factor: Only available on GOG, and its license with Activision could eventually expire
Prior to being consumed by the Call of Duty vortex, Raven Software spent roughly two decades producing almost nothing but gems. Unfortunately, a bunch of the developer’s most fun projects, like X-Men origins: Wolverine and 2009’s Wolfenstein, were delisted a long time ago, but most of Raven’s classic shooters are still available on platforms like GOG. Will that always be the case? Well, like every digital store, GOG requires licenses to sell these games, and they have expired in the past.
Raven Software handled the first two Solders of Fortune games, along with Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force, and they were and still are pretty great. Soldiers of Fortune and its sequel are actually quite distinct from each other in tone and presentation due to using different engines, but they both delivered a great mix of run-and-gun mayhem with tactical nuance. You can also pick up the third entry, Soldiers of Fortune: Payback, if you want to play the terrible game that killed the franchise.
Although showing its age at times, Elite Force arguably stands as one of the best Star Trek games of all time, especially if action-oriented games are the focus. Fueled by the Quake III Arena engine, Elite Force plays fantastically, with tight gunplay and fun weapons like the phased plasma rifle. Its production value was also through the roof.
Ritual Entertainment developed Elite Force 2, putting together a fun celebration for Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Click on the game with the higher OpenCritic rating.
Tron 2.0 Is Forever At Risk Of The Disney Licensed Curse
An Underrated FPS Game That Deserves Way More Love
- Risk Factor: Disney killed a bunch of Disney-themed games earlier this year, and Tron‘s repeated failure to ignite at the box office probably does it no favors.
Delisting everything from Bolt and Brave to High School Musical 3 and Pirates of the Caribbean, Disney has made it abundantly clear that old games are not safe from the chopping block, and there really doesn’t seem to be a rhyme or reason behind these decisions (I’m sure there is, but Disney has kept that to itself). However, if I had to hazard a guess, expiring licensing agreements probably caused the exodus, as that is almost always the reason behind a delisting.
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Created by Monolith Productions, whose resume includes the No One Lives Forever series, TRON 2.0 maintains the high standards set by the developer’s other projects. While based on a license, the game wasn’t directly tied to any movie, telling its own story within the universe. Monolith did an admirable job of capturing the visual style of the 1982 movie, and the graphics have aged incredibly well since they emphasize style over realism. The gunplay is as good as you would expect from Monolith, and it also comes with an RPG-esque loadout system.
Singularity Came Back From The Dead Once; It Might Not Happen Again
Don’t Bet On A Second Resurrection
- Risk Factor: Singularity was already delisted for a number of years, only to be brought back to Steam in 2024.
Frankly, Singularity‘s continued existence on Steam is a minor miracle, as delisted games being reawakened basically never happens. Since Activision fell under Microsoft’s umbrella, fears have arisen that attempts might be made to bring everything under the Xbox app, which could lead to smaller, forgotten games falling through the cracks.
Singularity isn’t backward compatible with the Xbox One or Series X/S, so the PC version is really the only one still accessible nowadays.
Although not an A-Tier title, Singularity gets a lot of things right and serves as a prime example of the value of mid-budget AA games. Telling a high-concept sci-fi narrative, the campaign moves at an absolutely blistering pace, refusing to take even a second to slow down. The core gunplay is very solid and very satisfying, but the best part is the Time Manipulation mechanic. Singularity gives you so many creative ways to use this device in the middle of battles, and it’s a shame Raven Software didn’t get to create a sequel that expands on the first game’s ideas.
There is a small chance that Singularity could be added to Game Pass since Microsoft technically owns the game now, but its lack of backward compatibility with modern systems probably hurts its chances.
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin & F.E.A.R. 3 Belong To Warner Bros.
They Don’t Have The First Game’s Legacy
- Risk Factor: Warner Bros. has never been more unstable than it is right now, and it has delisted plenty of games before
The original F.E.A.R. is arguably too much of an iconic and influential game to be unceremoniously removed from digital stores, but its sequels don’t have that luxury. Although they aren’t considered bad by any stretch of the imagination, they lack the novelty of their predecessor.
That said, F.E.A.R. 2 is a better-than-remembered linear shooter that goes for a more cinematic approach. F.E.A.R. 3 is not quite as beloved, but its incorporation of asymmetric co-op helps set it apart. Both games are currently available on Steam and GOG, and they could very well remain a presence indefinitely. However, the next time they are on sale for $2, maybe pick them up.
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