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15 Best Star Trek Games, Ranked According To Metacritic

Though it is best known for its TV shows and films, Star Trek has a long history of video games across genres, platforms, and eras.

Star Trek has been around for over five decades and while there have been years-long breaks, the series has stuck around ever since Kirk met Spock. Over the years, fans have enjoyed dozens of Star Trek games, from first-person shooters to strategy games and, more recently, mobile games.

Some Star Trek games fall within the storyline of a show, featuring voices from the actual cast, whereas others are entirely new stories that expand the narrative universe. While not every gaming voyage into the stars is a successful one, there are some that offer fans a genuine Star Trek experience.

Updated on April 30 & September 12, 2023, by Ajay Aravind & James Lynch: The Star Trek franchise is arguably one of the most influential sci-fi media empires of all time. There are countless video games for multiple platforms, each of which is radically different from the next. As such, we've updated this list of the greatest Star Trek games out there, at least according to Metacritic ratings.

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15 Star Trek Away Team

Metacritic rating: 64.

With similar games proving so popular, it's little wonder developer Reflexive Entertainment saw the potential in a real-time tactical game tied to a franchise as big as Star Trek . In Star Trek Away Team , the player leads their squad of Starfleet Officers through various missions, taking on some of the most iconic enemies in the universe in the process.

The main criticism for Star Trek Away Team was that it didn't have anything particularly new. All of its features worked to an acceptable level, but it didn't have anything approaching fresh or exciting. For big fans of the franchise, it could be a nice way to spend a few hours, but many preferred to leave it on the virtual shelf.

14 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Dominion Wars

This time taking the real-time tactics to outer space and ship-based encounters Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Dominion Wars suffers from many of the same issues as Away Team . Players could select their crew, ship type and various upgrades to customize the experience and prepare for different encounters, but the game remained overwhelmingly bland.

An entirely linear experience, there is very little that would want to make players keep coming back for more after an initial playthrough. The narrative for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Dominion Wars proved forgettable, and the release was marred by several spectacular bugs that led to it being near unplayable for many.

13 Star Trek Armada 2

Metacritic rating: 65.

With the popularity of games like Starcraft still ringing in everyone's ears, developer Mad Doc Software did everything in their power to replicate its many successes. Unfortunately, this wouldn't prove to be enough. Instead, Star Trek Armada 2 became one of the many forgettable Star Trek games.

Set in the Next Generation era of the show, Star Trek Armada 2 isn't an objectively poor game, but there is no reason to recommend it above amazing genre entries like Alpha Centauri and Sins of a Solar Empire . With some iconic appearances from the Borg and Klingon, it remains one for the purists.

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12 Star Trek Online

Metacritic rating: 68.

It was only a matter of time before Star Trek turned its attention to the perpetually popular MMORPG genre, but, like many titanic franchises that attempted to do the same, it could have been a lot better. Star Trek Online had some cool features like a crew-based crafting system and the ability to beam down and operate as a player character in certain settings.

The ship elements in Star Trek Online were also fun, at first, but lacking in the depth necessary to offer the immersion people were looking for. After the developer couldn't maintain the numbers needed to keep the MMO functional, they switched to a free-to-play model. This wasn't enough to cover the glaring issues with the voice acting and roleplaying elements and it remains a deeply divisive game among the community.

11 Star Trek: Resurgence

Metacritic rating: 71.

Star Trek: Resurgence had all the right ingredients and could've permanently raised the standards for Star Trek tie-ins. Unfortunately, it couldn't fully capitalize on the potential it displayed early in development, though it remains a solid effort for dedicated fans to enjoy. A down-the-line action-adventure game, its greatest strength is its narrative direction and choice-based consequence system.

For a world that relies so much on diplomacy, implementing those features in Star Trek: Resurgence feels like a fitting decision on the developers' part. On the other side of the coin, the minigames leave a lot to be desired and some of the narrative threads don't feel as though they were properly resolved. Despite some poor gameplay mechanics, those who enjoy visual novels will appreciate the game's style.

10 Star Trek: Klingon Academy

Metacritic rating: 74.

While other Star Trek games focus on the Federation, Star Trek: Klingon Academy assigns players the role of a student in the Elite Command Academy of the Klingon Empire, headed by the fierce warrior General Chang. Klingon Academy is a space combat simulator that follows a story set between the two original series movies, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.

Klingon Academy was designed as a successor to Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, mirroring the perspective shift of the Star Wars X-wing and Tie Fighter games. Star Trek: Klingon Academy' s gameplay is more strategic than many other space combat sims, making the battle experience much more tactical.

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9 Star Trek: Invasion

Metacritic rating: 76.

In Star Trek: Invasion , players control an ace starship pilot in the Red Squad tactical strike force led by Lt. Commander Worf, voiced by the actual actor Michael Dorn. Players fight through a multitude of space combat missions while they try to uncover the mystery of a surprise Romulan attack, a Borg invasion, and a renegade Starfleet Captain.

Star Trek: Invasion looks and plays similar to the Colony Wars PlayStation games, featuring combat that's challenging but fun. While returning to this game from the 2000s may not be the best trip, it is still one of the best Star Trek experiences on consoles.

8 Star Trek: Bridge Crew

Metacritic rating: 78.

Star Trek: Bridge Crew puts players into the seats of the iconic starship Enterprise . The game was originally VR only, but Ubisoft updated it to allow standard gameplay as well. While gamers can play Bridge Crew on their own, the real fun comes when players enter a lobby with their friends.

Each player must operate a single position on the starship's bridge, from the Captain's chair to Navigation, Tactical, and Ops, barking orders at each other through in-game voice communication. Teamwork is key in completing missions. Bridge Crew features the original Enterprise bridge from Star Trek as well as the Kelvin Timeline bridge. Creatives later added DLC that lets players command Picard's Enterprise from Star Trek: The Next Generation .

7 Star Trek: Elite Force II

Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force put players on the elite Hazard Team on the starship Voyager . In the sequel, Star Trek Elite Force II , players return to controlling Alexander Munro, a member of the Hazard Team, but on the Enterprise-E.

The first-person shooter gives players an array of weapons as they take on dangerous away missions. Star Trek Elite Force II also featured more open environments, rather than just the confined hallways and cargo bays of the first game. The voice cast features actual Star Trek voice actors, including Sir Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard and Tim Russ as Tuvok.

6 Star Trek: Starfleet Command III

Star Trek: Starfleet Command III follows its predecessors in allowing players to control their very own ship. Players can customize their starship to perform different strategies in combat, such as hit-and-run tactics, ambushes, or direct assaults.

This version of Star Trek: Starfleet Command improved the user experience, adding a new interface that allows players to focus more on combat than ship management. It also added RPG elements so players could upgrade their ships and officers. Players control Federation, Klingon, or Romulan ships across a variety of missions through the Deep Space 9 , TNG, and Voyager eras of Star Trek .

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5 Star Trek: Starfleet Command - Orion Pirates

The standalone expansion Star Trek: Starfleet Command - Orion Pirates builds upon the universe set up by the base game Star Trek Starfleet Command II: Empires At War. Players take control of one of the eight factions from the original game, such as the Federation, Klingons, or Romulans.

Players can either challenge the Orion Pirates and attempt to defeat them, or join up with them and move toward a goal of dominating the entire sector. The combat in Starfleet Command - Orion Pirates is very strategic and tactical as players control many starships that are both new and familiar to fans.

4 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Fallen

Metacritic rating: 81.

Fans often consider Star Trek: Deep Space Nine one of the best Star Trek series . Its popularity led the show to receive a third-person shooter game adaptation in 2000. The gameplay is fairly generic for a third-person shooter, but the intriguing story and overall Trek atmosphere work well.

The story of The Fallen , which is loosely based on a series of extended universe novels, follows Captain Sisko, Major Kira, and Lt. Commander Worf as they try to secure powerful red orbs to prevent the resurrection of the Pah-wraiths, an evil race from Bajoran legend. Players can play as any of the three characters, but the game only reveals the full story when players complete each character's campaign.

3 Star Trek Fleet Command

Metacritic rating: 82.

Star Trek Fleet Command is a mobile strategy game that puts players in charge of a space station set in the Kelvin timeline. Players can explore systems and interact with NPCs and other online players while building up their fleet of starships helmed by iconic characters like Kirk, Spock, and Nero.

Star Trek Fleet Command gives players control of Federation, Klingon, and Romulan factions in their attempt to seize control of the Alpha and Beta quadrants. In true Star Trek fashion, players have the option of forging alliances or striking out on their own for pure domination.

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2 Star Trek: Bridge Commander

Star Trek: Bridge Commander lets players live out their Star Trek command fantasies. Gamers control a character who must take over captain duties when a sun erupts, causing heavy damage to the ship and killing the previous captain.

In Star Trek: Bridge Commander , players will fight against the Cardassians and join up with Klingons, all while investigating the conniving Romulans to solve the mystery of what happened in this remote part of space. This 2002 space sim offers great tactical space combat and an intriguing story that honors the Star Trek franchise.

1 Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force

Metacritic rating: 86.

In 2000, Star Trek fans received a great FPS adaptation of Star Trek: Voyager . On the starship Voyager , players control a member of the Hazard Team, a group who must go on especially dangerous away missions . Voyager is trapped in a hostile starship graveyard and the player must discover how they got there and who is responsible.

Players take on several familiar factions like the Borg and Klingons, as well as brand-new enemies. The gameplay in Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force is fast and fun and includes the actual voices of Voyager' s characters. Elite Force plays a lot like Quake and Doom , and that is a compliment.

Best Star Trek games of all time

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It's only logical that you check out our list of the best Star Trek games of all time.

Star Trek: Resurgence , a new narrative-driven video game based on the famous sci-fi franchise, has just hit the shelves and garnered positive reviews. While it looks like a perfect entry point for newcomers to the Star Trek universe , it also reminded us of all the older titles that deserve more attention nowadays, as well as recent releases that have flown under the radar. Below you’ll find our picks for the very best Star Trek games of all time, ranked worst to best.

Much like the movie and TV franchise they’re based on, Star Trek video games have traditionally been more obscure than Star Wars titles, or at least more demanding from players trying to warp into the unknown. Still, Star Trek has produced a handful of remarkable games well worth checking out if you’ve got the time.

If you need some recommendations to better navigate through the Star Trek movies released so far, be sure to check out our list of the Star Trek movies ranked, worst to best . Likewise, we’ve got plenty of other sci-fi gaming suggestions (old and new) with our lists of the finest Alien , Warhammer 40K , Marvel , and DC games of all time.

• Platforms: PC, PS4/5, Xbox One/Series X/S, Nintendo Switch
• Developer: Tessera Studios

After a successful season 1 on Paramount+ in late 2021 and early 2022, the animated series Star Trek Prodigy received its own tie-in video game in late 2022. Star Trek Prodigy: Supernova is far from being the deepest nor most representative title the franchise has received, but it’s tailor-made for the next generation of fans.

There’s plenty of top-down action and adventure for the whole family here, coupled with reasonable puzzles and a co-op option which seems perfect for Trekkie parents trying to get their children into the universe. In an age when tie-in games are rare and normally undercooked, Star Trek Prodigy: Supernova has almost all the charm of the source material and doesn’t stumble too often.

• Platforms: PC
• Developer: 14 Degrees East

Klingon Academy is one of the many weird, overlooked Star Trek video games that were born from an era when the most obvious projects had already been developed. Movies and TV shows weren’t at their highest peak either during the late 90s and early 2000s, so many off-beat and fascinating titles came out during those years.

Star Trek: Klingon Academy was yet another space flight sim, with the main difference being that it followed a young Klingon warrior joining the Elite Command Academy in order to prepare for a future conflict with the United Federation of Planets. While it was designed as a successor to Starfleet Academy, the unique setting and storyline, coupled with complex systems that rewarded diehard players, placed it among Star Trek’s finest games as years passed.

• Platforms: PS1
• Developer: Warthog Games

The year 2000 also gave us Star Trek: Invasion, a pretty competent and good-looking space combat shooter for the original PlayStation. It perhaps didn’t get enough attention back then because it strayed a bit too far from the spirit of the franchise, but the quality and retro thrills are there.

On the downside, the music largely missed the mark and barely felt like a proper Star Trek soundtrack, plus many ships in the game weren’t canon-accurate. Still, Invasion landed critical shots with everything else and provided a Star Trek experience unlike anything that had come before it.

• Platforms: PC, macOS
• Developer: Ritual Entertainment

Star Trek tried its luck with the first-person shooter genre as well, and found great success twice. While Ritual Entertainment’s Elite Force II isn’t as remarkable as the first installment, there was plenty to love in it, including much-improved graphics.

Oddly enough, Elite Force II also serves as a semi-sequel of sorts to the largely derided movie Star Trek: Nemesis as well as the end of the Star Trek: Voyager series. As for the gameplay, it’s an exciting mix of FPS action and surprisingly solid puzzle-solving. The game resonated well with critics and veteran fans alike, but it was a commercial failure and marked the final Star Trek release by Activision.

• Platforms: PC, PS4, Oculus Quest
• Developer: Red Storm Entertainment

Star Trek: Bridge Crew was hard to fully recommend around launch to the average player or Trekkie because it was strictly a virtual-reality title, but there was eventually an update that introduced the option to play it without VR. It takes place in the Kelvin timeline (created by the 2009 movie) and sees the Starfleet ship USS Aegis searching for a new homeworld for the Vulcans.

Players can choose from four roles: captain, tactical officer, engineer, and helm officer. Many tasks, both story-related and randomly generated, are performed from the ship’s bridge, and it’s all about working as a team to come out unscathed from dangerous and stressful situations. It’s a rather unique and more casual experience that channels much of Star Trek’s distinctive soul without alienating newcomers.

If you do have a VR headset then that's the best way to play, but it's worth checking out regardless.

• Developer: The Collective

Back to the off-beat titles from the early 2000s, we find Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – The Fallen, a rather straightforward but surprising third-person shooter that made good use of the Unreal Engine and allowed itself to be creepy and scary at times.

Players can choose to play through the entire game as either Captain Benjamin Sisko, Major Kira Nerys, or Lt. Commander Worf. The different points of view shed new light on the overall plot, and the entire story isn’t fully revealed until all three paths have been walked. Another nice touch was the inclusion of gadgets and comm mechanics that break up the action and give the whole experience a deeper Star Trek feeling than some of the reskins we've seen.

• Platforms: PC, macOS, PS2
• Developer: Raven Software

The first Elite Force game was specifically linked to Star Trek: Voyager’s sixth season, and introduced the Hazard Team, a new elite security section created to deal with extremely hostile missions. While the USS Voyager makes some repairs after being trapped in a starship graveyard, the Hazard Team is tasked with protecting the ship and the crew.

“Set your phasers to frag”, said the game’s cover, and that certainly wasn’t a lie. Raven Software, generally known for their work on the excellent Star Wars: Jedi Knight titles, made great use of the id Tech 3 engine, which was the perfect choice at the time for top-tier FPS games. Its action-heavy approach also meant it was very appealing to players that weren’t big Star Trek fans. More than 20 years later, this one still feels fantastic to play.

• Developer: Taldren

The Starfleet Command series had a pretty great run, and its third entry remains the best Star Trek space sim and real-time strategy title the franchise has ever had. It packs great story-driven missions split across three factions (Klingon Empire, Romulan Empire, and the Federation), engrossing RPG elements, and RTS mechanics, and yet somehow never feels overcomplicated or obtuse. Moreover, a Borg Collective campaign was also added to the game as downloadable content, though it wasn’t connected to the main storyline.

If you only have time for a handful of Star Trek titles as you explore the best that Trek has to offer, Starfleet Command III is absolutely the must-play of the space sim bunch and also a great accompaniment to a full rewatch of The Next Generation, DS9, and Voyager.

• Developer: Totally Games

In many ways, Bridge Commander feels like a key predecessor to Bridge Crew, with its focus on the ship’s bridge and the crew working together to solve many problems and win battles. As this was a full-blown PC game made for diehard Star Trek fans, it offered a deeper experience than many other entries on this list, featuring tactical gameplay and hands-on control of the many ship systems.

While Star Trek: Bridge Commander might not be everyone’s cup of tea and requires a certain amount of commitment to learning the ropes, we can’t think of a richer game for massive Trekkies. Furthermore, customized scenarios in “simulated environments” can keep it going after the story campaign is completed.

• Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox One
• Developer: Cryptic Studios

It’s not often that a franchise’s best game is an MMORPG, but Cryptic Studios’ unyielding commitment to Star Trek Online has paid off for more than a decade now. Like many MMOs before, it originally launched requiring a game purchase and monthly fees, but later shifted to a free-to-play model with premium access to extra content and items.

Even if you don’t spend any money, Star Trek Online keeps expanding in meaningful ways and offers both on-foot and starship action that perfectly captures the IP’s magic with story quests and PvP battles surprisingly well-adjusted to the MMO framework. 

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The 8 Best Star Trek Games To Play Now That Picard's Over

The 8 best star trek games to play now that picard 's over, we pick from the almost 50 star trek games to suggest the ones still worth playing today.

As the final fan-service-strewn season of Star Trek: Picard comes to an end, confusing everyone by not being absolutely awful, you may well be in the mood for some more Trek before the return of Strange New Worlds in June. But rather than heading to Netflix and struggling through the first three seasons of Deep Space Nine all over again, what about dipping into its rich history of video games?

There have been, depending upon how you count, approximately 47 official Star Trek games. Go back into the Wild West of the ‘70s and ‘80s and that number shoots up when you include the unlicensed, unofficial titles. This is, officially, too many. Fortunately, we have the authority to whittle the number down to a more manageable eight, in our legally binding list of the best among them.

While it’s fair to say that Star Trek games have not exactly gained the nostalgic prestige of Star Wars properties, that doesn’t mean there isn’t gold-pressed latinum to be found among them. Sure, it’s hard to argue there’s anything that can measure up against TIE Fighter or Dark Forces , but then nor is there really in the rest of gaming. But games like Elite Force and Judgment Rites showed that TV’s corniest license could offer a basis for some top-notch entertainment. More than you’d think, in fact, as hopefully this list—in no particular order—will demonstrate.

Star Trek: Judgment Rites

The 1990s were the decade of the point-n-click adventure, the era during which the genre was capable of being a blockbuster commercial success. While LucasArts and Sierra dominated, many others caught a piece of the action, including Judgment Rites ’ Interplay, Brian Fargo’s company that would also give us Fallout , Baldur’s Gate , and a miserable legal battle with Bethesda .

In fact, this entry should probably encompass two games, both 1992's Star Trek: 25th Anniversary and 1993's Star Trek: Judgment Rites , given they work so well as a whole. These were Sierra-style point-n-click adventures, depicting cartoon versions of the original series’ (TOS) bridge crew, and most astonishingly, entirely voiced by the original actors. That’s right, Shatner, Nimoy, Nichols, Kelley, and Takei are all there, at a point when their cinematic stars were shining brightly, agreeing to voice the reams of dialogue for a lowly video game. (As it turns out, Judgment Rites would prove to be the very last time the original cast all worked together.)

The first game took the form of seven individual episodic stories that could each have been a proper entry from TOS, with an astonishing amount of variation in how its puzzles could be solved. The second, Judgment Rites , repeated the format, but this time with an arc storyline running through its seven chapters.

Both games contain some colossal issues, with possible paths that lead to unacknowledged dead ends due to decisions you made hours previously, but also remain absolutely extraordinary examples of the potential of the adventure genre.

It’s very painful to acknowledge that it’s now more years since this game came out than it was between the game and the original series’ airing. But it’s wonderful that at 30 years old, these are still well worth playing today.

Where to buy: Steam , GOG

Star Trek: Bridge Commander

While 2017's Star Trek: Bridge Crew brought something similar to VR, it’s 2002's Bridge Commander that we want to herald in this list. This is a combat sim game where you don’t have to fly the ship, or even fire the weapons. Because you’re the captain, and it’s your job to tell everyone else to do that stuff for you.

You’re a newly-appointed captain, variously in charge of the USS Dauntless and USS Sovereign, charged with working out which of the traditional enemy races was responsible for the destruction of a star, and the resulting death of your ship’s former captain. Along the way you meet Picard and Data, voiced by Stewart and Spiner (the poor bastards must have signed some awful contract at some point, showing up for bit parts in these games).

You can absolutely switch to an external view of the ship and carry out the various actions for yourself, but that really does miss the point of Bridge Commander . It’s about sitting back in your captain’s chair and barking commands, like a real Jean-Luc Picard.

Where to buy: GOG

Star Trek: Borg

Yes, no, stop, you’re right. This is an interactive movie, and it absolutely has as much interaction as any other interactive movie of the godforsaken era. But it has one other thing, and it’s really important: Q.

Oh my goodness, if you didn’t live through video games in 1996, then count yourself lucky. The CD-ROM had suddenly gone mainstream, and developers the world over went from 1.44MB per floppy disc to an astonishing 600MB per shiny circle. This vast expanse of storage space was mostly just lying empty for the majority of games, until everyone at once had the idea of filling it up with the shittiest quality FMV they could barely pay for. The deluge was horrendous, but it also brought us the surprise delight of Star Trek: Borg , and John de Lancie at his impish, overacting best.

As someone who’s watched almost every episode of Trek that’s ever aired, while struggling to like most of it, Q has always been an important character. His arrival almost always meant pricking the pomposity of the ridiculously po-faced series, breaking the fourth wall as the writers allowed themselves to observe their own folly. In Star Trek: Borg , it’s like this on steroids. De Lancie has a field day, and it’s a pleasure to watch him indulge himself.

The plot, such as it is, has you playing as the son of a crew member who popped his clogs in the battle of Wolf 359 (the one where Picard became Locutus of Borg, and over 11,000 people died), who Q sends back in time to rewrite history. You’re given the opportunity to try to save your father through various choices, with “wrong” options seeing Q reset events to let you try again. Indeed, it’s an arch reflection on the mechanics of interactive movies, even featuring puzzles that can only be solved by failing, then using acquired knowledge once the game’s reloaded.

But this is really all about watching de Lancie chewing the scenery as he prances about, unfettered by the constraints of a TV episode, which you may as well do via the YouTube video above rather than trying to find a working copy of the game.

Where to buy: Nowhere, sadly

Star Trek: The Next Generation: A Final Unity

As TOS had its greatest gaming success via point-n-click adventures, so, too, did The Next Generation . While there were quite a few Picard-led outings, it was A Final Unity that proved the most successful, again released during the heyday of the genre, this one in 1995. While 25th Anniversary and Judgment Rites came from Interplay, this TNG adventure was the work of Spectrum HoloByte, in the final throes of the once sim-focused developer that saw most of its success in the ‘80s.

A far better use of the then-new CD-ROM, I remember A Final Unity blowing my mind as footage of the Enterprise played out in a postage stamp window on my CRT monitor, then getting even more thrilled that the surprisingly well-rendered characters spoke with the real voices of the stars of the show. And for once in a game, Patrick Stewart didn’t sound like he was reading out lines in a hostage video.

Things are split between rather stilted conversations aboard the Enterprise, as Picard chats with the crew about their current mission, and the away missions, which play more like classic LucasArts adventures, letting you switch control between multiple stars of the show, exploring locations and solving puzzles.

What was so much fun about A Final Unity was just how Trek it felt. You got to use proper Star Trek computers and scan things with tricorders, all while hearing the original cast voicing their own characters.

Where to buy: Somehow, nowhere. But it’s on this abandonware site .

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Klingon Honor Guard

It feels like this Unreal   Engine FPS game has been completely forgotten by time, and that’s not entirely fair. Sure, it’s definitely not the best game, but it contains some absolutely fantastic elements that oughtn’t go unrecognized.

The main problem with Klingon Honor Guard is that, like its official title, it’s far too long. And boring. Huge stretches of this near-infinite shooter are just brown corridor after brown corridor, lacking in moments of inspiration. However, and this is why it’s listed here, it also features the mag boots.

KHG featured sections on the outside of the ship, where you could switch off your magnetic boots, jump forward, and drift weightlessly through space toward another section of the ship. Switch on the boots again and ker-chunk, you’d land back on the metal. (So long as you hadn’t messed it up and drifted off into the endless reaches of space.) It was so damned satisfying, and a movement mechanic that desperately needs to be the central feature of a modern shooter.

Accompanying this, in amongst a messy old game, is one of the best weapons ever to grace the FPS genre: the Spin Claw. It’s a spinning sawblade that you fire from a mechanism in your hand, that ricochets all around a room, before kwappinging back to you once more. Or, left click and it would come flying back from wherever it was currently bouncing, slicing through anyone between you and the blade. This offered the amazing trick of opening a door to an enemy-filled room, firing the Spin Claw inside before backing away, and then returning to the room to find everyone dead and your eager blade delighted to see you once again. Damn, that was good.

Where to buy: Once again, the game is completely abandoned .

Star Trek Online

Despite originally releasing in 2010, Star Trek Online is indeed still online . That’s no mean feat, and while the shine has certainly somewhat come off since it went free-to-play over a decade ago, it remains an enormously popular way to Trek , and features a huge number of original actors in little cameo appearances.

These are perhaps its last days, the game not having received a full expansion since 2018, since shifting to more regular, smaller updates and new seasons, but so long as  Gearbox leaves its servers online, the Cryptic-developed MMO will feature a core of players. It’s available across PC and consoles, and is packed with missions to complete in a very open and free galaxy.

Where to buy: It’s free-to-play

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Fallen

We’ve had The Original Series , The Next Generation , and we’re about to finish on Voyager , so it seems only fair to make sure we include some Deep Space Nine. (And no, even if Enterprise had a game, which it doesn’t, I’d refuse to include it on principle.) And deservedly so.

The Fallen is a third-person shooter based on a trilogy of DS9 books by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens, and features voice acting from the original cast of the show. In fact, you can play the game as Sisko, Nerys or Worf, the game changing based on which character you pick.

Rendered in the 2000-era Unreal Engine , the game still manages to look decent today thanks to that engine’s surprisingly forward-thinking resolution scaling. However, like too many games on this list, it’s not currently being sold anywhere. Quite how the rights to so much of the Star Trek collection have been lost is bewildering, although it does mean you’ll find unofficial versions on abandonware sites. Or, if you search eBay, you’ll find copies for around ten bucks.

Where to buy: Abandonware , or eBay

Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force  

What a pleasure to finish on a classic Star Trek game that you can still easily buy and play today. Where Star Wars has Dark Forces as its FPS classic, Star Trek has Elite Force , a genuinely great shooter that stands the test of time.

Why so good? Well, primarily because it was developed by genre experts Raven, the studio that brought us Hexen and Jedi Outcast . The result was a really mature realization of the Voyager universe, delivered using 2000's id Tech 3, and feeling far more legitimately good than Star Trek fans were used to.

The opening of Elite Force is just fantastic, set on a Borg cube, and delivering on that creepiest aspect of the cyborg horrors: they just don’t care that you’re there. You have a task to complete, as instructed by Tuvok, but you’re warned to avoid engaging in combat if possible. That’s a bold way to open an FPS! And it’s better still, given how it puts you in that position of moving about the cube while the uninterested Borg just mill about around you. Even better, should you start firing at them, they’ll pretty quickly develop immunity to your blaster fire, and you’re stuffed. (It’s all on a Holodeck, it’s eventually revealed, but still.)

You’re part of the Hazard Team, the titular elite force, challenged to protect a very damaged Voyager that finds itself trapped in a ship graveyard. There are over 30 levels to play across eight missions, with a bunch of favorite enemy types to shoot at. And best of all, between levels you get to mooch about on board the Voyager, chatting with the crew, and doing odd jobs.

There was a sequel, a game that despite being pretty good sold so badly it saw developers Ritual Entertainment go bust, that you can also pick up today.

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Unlike its esteemed counterpart from Lucasfilm, Star Trek’s history with video games isn’t exactly stellar.

There are licensed Star Trek video games going back 50 years, but there’s never been a truly great Star Trek game, one whose appeal outstretches the limits of its existing fan base. Moreover, even the most celebrated Star Trek games, such as 2000’s Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force , 2002’s Star Trek: Bridge Commander , and the long-running MMORPG Star Trek Online , place an overwhelming emphasis on combat, which is only ever a last resort in Star Trek stories. Gene Roddenberry’s cosmic polemic often contains action, but it’s never about action; Star Trek is about compassion, curiosity, and camaraderie. To truly capture the essence of the spacefaring adventure series, a video game should be as much about talking as it is about flying and shooting, allowing players to explore new worlds, build relationships, and confront complicated moral dilemmas.

This seems to be the aim of Star Trek Resurgence , the debut release from Telltale offshoot Dramatic Labs, and the first Star Trek game in ages to be as character- and dialogue-focused as the television series. Set aboard a new ship and starring an almost entirely new cast, Resurgence is a branching narrative whose balance between interstellar intrigue, interpersonal conflict, and explosive space action hews closer to that of its source material than any Star Trek game in decades — maybe ever. As a game and as a piece of software, it leaves a lot to be desired. But as a Star Trek story, it definitely earns its pips.

Resurgence alternates between the perspectives of two player-controlled characters aboard the science vessel Resolute, incoming first officer Commander Jara Rydek (Krizia Bajos) and enlisted engineer Petty Officer Carter Diaz (Josh Keaton). The Resolute is recovering from a recent disaster that cost the lives of several of its crew and the reputation of its captain, Zachary Solano. Solano fears that he’s lost the confidence of his staff, and is counting on Academy protege Rydek to help restore his honor as the Resolute embarks on an important diplomatic mission. Over the course of the story, Rydek takes point on unraveling a mystery with galactic implications, earning the trust of the crew while also evaluating whether or not Solano is worthy of her own. Meanwhile, engineer Diaz deals with more of the nuts-and-bolts problems aboard the ship, as well as navigating a romance with a fellow officer.

As in a good peak-era Star Trek episode, the “problem of the week” is tackled from more than one angle, with some of the crew handling a social or interpersonal conflict while others investigate some related scientific or technological puzzle. Teamwork is an essential ingredient to Star Trek, and Resurgence highlights that it takes a variety of skill sets and perspectives to solve complex problems. There is a two-way relationship between the bridge crew handling the big picture and the specialists below troubleshooting the finer points. Alternating between these A- and B-plots also breaks up the story and the gameplay nicely, and introduces the player to a variety of likable, memorable characters with whom you interact differently depending on your protagonist.

The narrative moves along at a steady clip, with the stakes escalating organically from that of a typical Next Generation episode to something closer to a modern season-long arc of Discovery . Crucially, for a video game and for a Star Trek story, the player faces consequential, difficult, and timely choices.

In contrast to the (still far superior) Mass Effect games, which present players with clear-cut Paragon or Renegade paths to pursue, Resurgence ’s dialogue trees don’t always offer an obvious ethical binary. Will you risk a dozen lives to save one? Will you disobey a direct order to follow the advice of an impassioned subordinate? Which member of your crew do you trust more in a crisis, and will they trust you in a pinch? These decisions are all made on a short timer, forcing the player to think quickly and trust their instincts. This instantly makes Resurgence feel closer to the “real” Starfleet experience even than the expansive open world of Star Trek Online , which dictates most of your objectives for you; nearly every path ends with “fire all phasers.”

More than anything, it’s your relationships with the supporting cast that shape the variations in the narrative. It’s not simply a matter of passing each one’s individual loyalty check, allowing you to achieve some 100% “perfect” ending. You cannot please everyone and you cannot save everyone. (Or at least I haven’t yet in my two playthroughs.) Not only does this place the full weight of duty and command on the player and offer an incentive to replay the 12-to-15-hour game multiple times, but it also underlines one of the essential tenets of Star Trek: It is possible for two parties, in good faith and good conscience, to disagree. Sometimes a compromise can be reached, sometimes conflict can’t be avoided, but no one needs to stay enemies forever.

On the other hand, commitment to the Star Trek ethos does have its drawbacks. Starfleet’s strict code of conduct means that the players are somewhat railroaded. For instance, when enlisted engineer Diaz’s love interest is caught accessing files she’s not supposed to, you, as Diaz, can’t lie to cover for her. In a move typical of the franchise whose reputation for political radicalism is somewhat overblown, its core political conflict between a colonizing empire and their long-suffering protectorate sniffs of some unfortunate bothsidesism. Some of the sci-fi twists that complicate the plot do so at the price of nuance, introducing an overarching threat that forces all parties to work together without ever actually addressing what drove them apart in the first place. It’s a flaw found in a lot of past and present Star Trek, demonstrating the liberal-moderate belief that we can all just get along without committing to any meaningful change in the status quo.

It’s in the non-dialogue-driven gameplay elements that Resurgence truly stumbles. While the stealth and cover shooting portions are smooth and fun, a lot of the other mechanics are sluggish, tedious, or both. This particularly applies to PO Diaz’s engineering tasks, which feel less like puzzles or minigames and more like busywork. (Pull R2 to open this conduit, now LS+R2 to remove this isolinear chip, and then the next one, etc.) Fail conditions of certain minigames or stages can be disabled via a Story Mode option, but there is no way to avoid the game’s more mindless chores.

Star Trek Resurgence also suffers numerous technical glitches at the time of release, at least on PlayStation 4. It’s not uncommon for lines of dialogue to start late or cut off early, costing the scene important exposition or flavor. Keeping subtitles enabled can sometimes compensate for this issue, except on random occasions when the subtitles disappear altogether for a line or two at a time. Busier cutscenes, such as the game’s space battle finale, load sluggishly on PS4, creating seconds-long gaps between shots, killing the momentum of what should be a thrilling climax. These issues may be resolved in future updates, but at launch, they’re an undeniable drag.

Despite these glaring flaws, Star Trek Resurgence offers a space-worthy experience for Star Trek fans. Where other titles have offered a more complete picture of the Star Trek universe — letting players explore the breadth of the galaxy, walk the decks of their favorite starships, or build their own — only a rare few have looked beyond lore toward story . Fans don’t love Star Trek merely for the cool ships or deep mythology, we love it for the friendship between Kirk and Spock, and Picard’s growth from stiff loner to proud patriarch; for Sisko’s impossible moral dilemmas and Burnham’s quest for redemption.

Not even Resurgence ’s nearest spiritual ancestors, classic ’90s point-and-click adventures Star Trek 25th Anniversary or Star Trek: The Next Generation – A Final Unity , have captured that essential human element that makes for a great Star Trek story. Resurgence ties a worthwhile cast of characters to an interstellar adventure. Does Resurgence qualify as “great Star Trek”? Probably not, but it’s hard to argue that any video game has come closer.

Star Trek Resurgence was released on May 23 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X. The game was reviewed on PS4 using a pre-release download code provided by Double Fine Productions. Vox Media has affiliate partnerships. These do not influence editorial content, though Vox Media may earn commissions for products purchased via affiliate links. You can find additional information about Polygon’s ethics policy here .

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The  Star Trek   franchise seemed tailor-made for the jump to video games, and dozens of classic games have been based on the space adventure series.  Trek  is uniquely suited for games because of the endless possibilities for exploration and limitless adventures that are possible within the universe.

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From the more action-based games like  Voyager - Elite Force  to the exploration-based games like  Star Trek: 25th Anniversary,  there is a Trek  game for everyone. Fans of  Star Trek  games have taken to Ranker to voice their opinions on which game they think is the best from the celebrated franchise.

Star Trek: Generations

The beauty of the  Star Trek  video game franchise is that there is a wide variety of types of games and  Star Trek: Generations  combines most of them into one game. The game is directly based on the film of the same name and follows the plot of the movie closely.

Though  Generations  isn't considered one of the best  Star Trek  films , it still made for an interesting game. While navigating space, the player can also fight other ships before beaming down to a planet to fight Soran face to face. Though repetitive at moments,  Generations  is a great introduction to the mechanics of  Trek  games.

Star Trek: Borg

The Borg are one of the strongest aliens in the  Star Trek  franchise , therefore it was only logical that they are the focus of a video game.  In Star Trek: Borg, the story follows a young Starfleet officer who is given a chance to travel back in time to stop the death of his father at the hands of The Borg.

The game is essentially an interactive movie that allows players to make decisions as to what happens next in the story. Though lacking traditional game elements,  Borg  still has enough to keep die-hard  Trek  fans invested by way of its story and the wonderful performance from John de Lancie as the notorious being named Q.

Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force

Once Activision took over the  Star Trek  license, they began producing games more like their usual slate of releases, and  Elite Force  is one of the most celebrated. The game puts the player in the role of an ensign on the U.S.S Voyager who is part of the elite Hazard Team. Through a series of first-person shooter adventures, the user encounters many hostile alien races threatening the ship.

Eschewing the usual strategic elements of other  Trek  games,  Elite Force  instead is entirely action-based. Though it is far removed from the usual adventures seen in the shows,  Elite Force  still provides a fair amount of familiar  Trek  gadgets and locations. On top of that, the action elements of the game are exciting and fluid.

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Klingon Honor Guard

While most  Star Trek  games allow the user to take control of a familiar Starfleet character,  Klingon Honor Guard  gave fans something entirely different. As a Klingon warrior, the player goes on a series of first-person adventures to foil an assassination attempt against Chancellor Gowron.

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By switching to a Klingon character, the game is untethered from the usual moral strictures of Starfleet. With a game more resembling first-person classics like  Doom , fans are given a chance to see another side of the  Trek  universe. Interestingly, the game also features many performances from some of the most popular Klingon characters from the series.

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Birth Of The Federation

While  Star Trek  games have existed in nearly every genre, it is the strategy games that often benefit most from  Trek 's rich story lore.  Birth of the Federation  is a turn-based strategy game that tasks the player with conquering the galaxy with one of five main races.

Each race has their own strengths and weaknesses and the details are cleverly extracted from the shows to make the game more realistic. Like many 4X style classics like  Civilization ,  the player is given several options as to how they want to conquer the galaxy. By giving five possible races, and four possible ways of winning,  Birth of the Federation  has a lot of replay value.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

The beauty of the  Star Trek  franchise is that there are millions of smaller facets to explore and  Star Trek: Starfleet Academy  attempted to flesh out the famous school that trains Starfleet officers. In the game, players navigate through several simulated scenarios as well as attempt to foil a real-life plot against the Federation.

The game brings to life famous moments such as the Kobayashi Maru scenario from  Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan  as playable simulations. The game also features an interesting mechanic in which the user must manage the morale of their crew by mediating disputes between officers. Though it was released in the late 1990s, the game was incredibly ambitious for its time.

Star Trek: 25th Anniversary

While most of the  Star Trek  video games focused on  The Next Generation   and beyond,  Star Trek: 25th Anniversary  took the player back to  The Original Series . Broken up into a series of seven "episodes", the game featured strategy elements as well as third-person exploration segments.

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The game shines because of its dedication to the tone of  The Original Series . Each adventure feels like it was pulled directly from the screen and they are all cleverly laid out like a scripted episode of television. The game was also made for the NES, though not a port, and was one of the best-licensed games to ever appear on the classic console.

Star Trek: Klingon Academy

Like its predecessor,  Starfleet Academy ,  Star Trek: Klingon Academy  brought to life the day-to-day training of a young Klingon officer. Set during the waning days of the Klingon Empire, between  Star Trek V  and  Star Trek VI , the game is mostly focused on a theoretical war with the Federation.

With enhanced combat elements,  Klingon Academy  was one of the most complex starship simulators up to that point. Many players enjoyed the improvements to the flight systems of the ships which addressed much of the criticism against  Starfleet Academy. 

Star Trek: The Next Generation - A Final Unity

Like the best episodes of the show ,  Star Trek: The Next Generation - A Final Unity  features a complex plot that plays out throughout the game. The Enterprise embarks on a mission to find a mysterious ancient structure that is integral to the peace between two alien races.

Eschewing action scenarios, the game focuses on the exploration aspects of  Trek  as the players navigate through the story. The game is a point-and-click style game that allows users to explore the ship, as well as go on several away missions. To add to the realism of the show, the main cast reprised their roles for the video game.

Star Trek: Judgment Rites

Acting as a spiritual successor to  Star Trek: The 25th Anniversary ,  Judgment Rites allowed the player to go on a series of eight more  Original Series  adventures. Featuring several recognizable characters from some of the best episodes of  The Original Series ,  Judgment Rites  saw minor improvements to the game it succeeded.

By allowing the player to skip the in-space battle sequences, the game allowed users to focus on the adventure aspects if they wanted. With the addition of the show's cast appearing in the game, users were treated to an experience that closely resembled the classic series.

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Top 10 Star Trek Games

Don't waste your hard-earned latinum on second-rate Star Trek video games; boldly go for the best with this handy list.

Between Star Trek Beyondꞌs debut on July 22 and the franchiseꞌs 50th anniversary in September, 2016 is a great time to be a Star Trek fan. Assuming youꞌve already binge-watched the entire series , there are still plenty of ways to get your fill of Gene Roddenberryꞌs timeless sci-fi universe. There have been dozens of Star Trek video games over the years, but like many licensed games, the ratio of wheat to chaff is not favorable. Donꞌt waste your hard-earned latinum on second-rate Star Trek titles; boldly go for the best with this handy list.

Star Trek: 25th Anniversary (1992) (PC, Mac)

Itꞌs hard to believe, but 2017 will mark the 25th anniversary of Star Trek: 25th Anniversary. This action/adventure game contains seven distinct "episodes," which aim to mimic episodes from Star Trekꞌs original series. Taking control of the original bridge crew of the Enterprise, including Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock and Dr. McCoy, youꞌll alternate between the bridge of the Enterprise and dangerous away missions. As the old saying goes, youꞌll "explore strange new worlds" as you undertake a variety of morally complicated missions, including transporting a war criminal and retaking the Enterprise from pirates. A sequel, Star Trek: Judgment Rites, continued the story in 1993.

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Star Trek 25th Anniversary

Star Trek: The Next Generation: A Final Unity (1995) (PC, Mac)

If you really liked Star Trek: The Next Generation, but feel that it could have used one more stand-alone episode, Star Trek: The Next Generation: A Final Unity is the game youꞌre looking for. This point-and-click adventure title combines investigation and conversation with a bit of space combat for a thoughtful, story-driven experience that plays out a lot like an episode of the now-classic show. Youꞌll take control of Captain Picard as he explores the Enterprise-D, delegates responsibilities to crewmembers and solves an intergalactic mystery involving the Romulans and a new alien species.

Star Trek: Starfleet Command (1999) (PC)

The Star Trek: Star Fleet Battles board game is a ton of fun, but like most hard-core board games, it requires a lot of tedious setting up, learning the rules and gathering like-minded players. If you donꞌt have time for all that, you can play its digitized version, Star Trek: Starfleet Command. The game lets you command one of six factions, including the Federation, the Klingons and the Romulans, then set off into the galaxy, searching for enemy ships and procedurally generated missions. The game spawned two sequels: Star Trek: Starfleet Command II: Empires at War in 2000 and Star Trek: Starfleet Command III in 2002.

Star Trek: Armada (2000) (PC)

Suppose youꞌve never dreamed about being a Starfleet captain, but rather an admiral: Plotting and planning from behind the scenes, thinking tactically to lead entire fleets to victory. In that case, Star Trek: Armada is the game for you. A real-time strategy game set during the Next Generation era, Armada lets you take command of ships from The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Insurrection, as you go toe-to-toe with the Romulans, the Borg and the Dominion. In addition to the fast-paced strategic gameplay, youꞌll also get a creative story that mixes multiple eras of Star Trek. A sequel, Star Trek: Armada II, debuted in 2001.

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Star Trek: Armada

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Fallen (2000) (PC, Mac)

Considering how action-packed Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was, itꞌs somewhat bizarre there are so few games associated with it. At least thereꞌs Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Fallen to assuage fans of Star Trekꞌs darkest entry. In this third-person action game, youꞌll take control of Captain Sisko, Major Kira and Lt. Cmdr. Worf and explore a historical mystery about the longstanding conflict between the Bajorans and the Cardassians. A few actors from the show reprise their roles here, including Michael Dorn as Worf, Nana Visitor as Kira and René Auberjonois as Odo.

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Fallen

Star Trek: Elite Force (2000) (PC, Mac, Linux, PS2)

Star Trek: Voyager had its ups and downs, but thereꞌs no question that the Delta Quadrant makes a great setting for a first-person shooter. As Ensign Alex Munro, a member of Lt. Tuvokꞌs security staff, youꞌll fight your way through a story campaign full of Borg, Species 8472 and new alien enemies. Armed with phaser pistols, disruptors, pulse weapons and grenade launchers, Munro experiences an original plotline that coincides with Voyagerꞌs sixth season, complete with cameos from characters like Captain Janeway, Lt. Torres and the holographic Doctor. A sequel, Star Trek: Elite Force II (2003), was similarly fun.

Star Trek: Invasion (2000) (PlayStation)

Star Trek: Invasion definitely channels Star Trekꞌs action lineage more than its cerebral side, but if you can put that aside, youꞌll find a thoroughly entertaining space shooter. As Starfleet Ensign Ryan Cooper, youꞌll take command of a Valkyrie-class attack fighter and fight against the forces of the Klingons, Romulans, Cardassians and Borg. While the game is fun, itꞌs not necessarily what hard-core Trek fans have come to expect. Even performances from Patrick Stewart as Captain Picard and Michael Dorn as Lt. Cmdr. Worf canꞌt quite give the game a real Star Trek feel, though: intergalactic dogfights are usually the province of that other sci-fi series .

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Star Trek: Invasion

Star Trek: Klingon Academy (2000) (PC)

Remember Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, and how it had the coolest villain since Khan? If you ever wanted to learn more about the Shakespeare-quoting Klingon Commander Chang, Star Trek: Klingon Academy is your chance. This game tells the story of General Changꞌs rise to power, as you take control of a new recruit to the Klingonsꞌ battle ranks. The gameꞌs 3D starship combat is both intuitive and challenging, although the real draw is the two-plus hours of full-motion video that could stand as a Star Trek movie in its own right. The gameꞌs predecessor, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (1997), is also worth a look, but is not as polished.

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Star Trek: Klingon Academy

Star Trek: Bridge Commander (2002) (PC)

Star Trek: Bridge Commander is as close as youꞌre going to get to taking command of your own Federation starship, at least until Star Trek: Bridge Crew comes out. As the captain of the USS Dauntless, you must issue commands to your bridge officers to have them carry out scientific surveys, allocate power and do battle with enemy ships. With the help of Captain Picard and Lt. Cmdr. Data (voiced by the real Patrick Stewart and Brent Spiner), youꞌll explore the galaxy and unravel a Cardassian conspiracy, all without ever leaving your comfy captainꞌs chair.

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Star Trek Bridge Commander

Star Trek Online (2010) (PC, Mac)

While Star Trek movies are still coming out, fans haven’t seen a new episode since 2005 — unless, of course, they’ve been playing Star Trek Online. This massively multiplayer online role-playing game picks up many years after Star Trek: Nemesis and continues the story of the Federation, the Klingons, the Romulans and the various threats they face in episodic missions. You create your own captain from scratch (you can even make your own species, if you want), then set off to explore the galaxy in a personalized starship. The missions each take about 45 minutes and fit into discrete story arcs, so playing the game is like watching a season of the show. While PC- and Mac-exclusive for now, the game will be on PS4 and Xbox One this fall.

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Star Trek Online

Marshall Honorof is a senior editor for Tom's Guide, overseeing the site's coverage of gaming hardware and software. He comes from a science writing background, having studied paleomammalogy, biological anthropology, and the history of science and technology. After hours, you can find him practicing taekwondo or doing deep dives on classic sci-fi. 

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Star trek: bridge crew.

Release date: May 30, 2017 Developer: Red Storm Entertainment

Let’s get the newest one out of the way first. TrekNews.net recently had the opportunity to demo the high-end VR platform HTC Vive at E3 this week, and it’s clear that this technology lends itself perfectly to Star Trek experiences. Bridge Crew utilizes the power of the various VR platforms to link players together on the bridge of the U.S.S. Aegis, a Federation starship looking for a home for the displaced Vulcans following the events of 2009’s Star Trek. Childhood dreams of commanding a starship are realized in this game, and those who always wanted to divert power to engines, engage warp drive, or issue orders can do so with the press of a virtual button. Four roles are available on the Aegis: captain, tactical officer, engineer, and helm, and each play a crucial role in the success of the mission. It’s the captain’s job to issue orders to the crew in the face of various objectives, and those who communicate well are treated with satisfying (and oftentimes humorous) mission completions.

Considering the infancy of VR and the historical lack of quality Star Trek games, it’s great to see a Star Trek title lead the charge in terms of what VR is capable of. Since the premiere episode of The Next Generation , the idea of virtual reality for entertainment has held such promise for storytelling. With Bridge Crew , along with other notable VR experiments, that promise is coming to fruition. While VR technology still has a long way to go in terms of graphical fidelity and accessibility, Bridge Crew is one of the best utilizations of VR seen to date. If you have one of these VR devices, it’s worth checking out.

Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force

Release date: September 15, 2000 Developer: Raven Software

While fan reaction to Star Trek: Voyager is generally mixed, there’s no denying that this first-person shooter by Raven Software (now a support studio for Call of Duty titles) transported gamers into the Delta Quadrant in a fantastic way. Players step into the boots of Ensign Alex Munro, a male or female member of the elite security force Hazard Team, responsible for protecting Voyager from anything and everything as it travels home. In Elite Force, Voyager is trapped in a graveyard of alien vessels, and it’s up to Hazard Team to defend the ship.

Elite Force was praised as one of the first successful Star Trek games thanks to its engaging shooter mechanics, atmosphere, and level of detail. The real kicker was that Voyager’s entire main cast (sans Jeri Ryan initially) voiced their characters in the game, adding a further layer of immersion to the faithfully recreated decks of Voyager . The game holds an 86 percent rating on Metacritic, the highest of any Star Trek game, and on the heels of the PC game’s success, the game was ported to the PlayStation 2 (albeit to negative feedback). If you are itching for more Elite Force, its sequel was released in 2003, although to slightly less enthusiastic reviews.

Star Trek: Bridge Commander

Release date: February 27, 2002 Developer: Totally Games

A predecessor of sorts to Bridge Crew , Bridge Commander places players in the captain’s chair, tasked with issuing orders to the crew while following mission objectives. While Bridge Crew might have fancy virtual reality tech driving its missions, Bridge Commander holds its own with impressive 3D models of classic Star Trek ships and props. Players assume the role of captain of the U.S.S. Dauntless, a Galaxy-class ship tasked with investigating the destruction of a star.

If you are looking for a faithful tactical simulation of your favorite Star Trek ships, and don’t have a VR device, Bridge Commander will most certainly scratch that itch, albeit with less elaborate visuals. Unfortunately, as with most older Star Trek games, Bridge Commander is elusive, and difficult to come by, and only available by third-party sellers. However, as this game holds a respected place in the pantheon of Star Trek interactive entertainment, it might be worth the price, especially if you’ve always wanted to sit the captain’s chair.

Star Trek Online

Release date: February 2, 2010 Developer: Cryptic Studios

Not everyone latches on the massive multiplayer online role-playing game trope of grinding levels for hours upon hours to get decent loot. There is a substantial time sink inherent in free-to-play MMORPGs that isn’t present in most other genres, so these sprawling games must offer something else to attract their fan base. In the case of Star Trek Online, developer Cryptic has one thing going for them that keeps Star Trek fans coming back: incredible use of the brand. Star Trek Online is perhaps the best representation of the Star Trek universe in any game. This is thanks to the game’s attention to detail, whether it is the aesthetics of both established and new planets or starships, or the various beloved character appearances from across the Star Trek timeline. The chance to command your own ship and confront various threats across the galaxy is too good for most Star Trek fans to pass up, and the freedom players have to characterize their own ship is impressive. A steady stream of new content also helps with the game’s longevity, and regular updates to the game’s various systems keep things fresh, even if this schedule means players must regularly sign in to keep from falling behind.

Cryptic also should be praised for not allowing those dreaded micro-transactions to take over their game. Yes, the best gear and ships are reserved for those who want to pay, but that doesn’t mean purely free-to-play gamers can’t enjoy the tons of content that is there. Considering the game is free to download, there’s no reason not to try it.

Star Trek: Armada

Release date: February 29, 2000 Developer: Activision

A genre that this list has thus far lacked is one that naturally lends itself to Star Trek’s diverse fleet of ships. Strategy games rely on gamers’ intuition and problem-solving skills combined with tiers of units with varying abilities, and Star Trek: Armada fulfills this niche nicely. Focused on events after the devastating Dominion War, Armada allows players to control four factions: the Federation, Romulans, Klingons, and Borg. Every faction has an array of units pulled right from the Star Trek universe, faithfully recreated for combat on a near-planetary scale. Like previous Star Trek games on this list, several actors reprise their roles, including Patrick Stewart, Michael Dorn, Denise Crosby, and J.G. Hertzler. The game impressively weaves together these characters and factions across an intricate time-traveling storyline dealing with the discovery of an Omega Particle (of Voyager fame) and an impending Borg invasion. Armada ’s story will satisfy most Star Trek fans, and those more concerned about smart gameplay will be equally pleased.

With the developing virtual reality scene, Star Trek has the chance to be reborn with a creative vision not seen since the introduction of the holodeck in The Next Generatio n. While Bridge Crew may be the first in what is hopefully the reemergence of numerous quality Star Trek titles on the gaming scene, we can’t forget the games that came before. Unfortunately, due to licensing issues or production woes, many older Star Trek games are difficult to find, and your best bet would be third-party sellers on Amazon. If you find one of these classic Star Trek games, treasure it. It is a part of Star Trek history, worthy of note even as we speed into the franchise’s gaming future.

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Kyle Hadyniak has been a lifelong Star Trek fan, and isn't ashamed to admit that Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and Star Trek: Nemesis are his favorite Star Trek movies. You can follow Kyle on Twitter @khady93 .

Impecunious Joe

June 18, 2017 at 7:52 am

No Star Trek 25th Anniversary or Star Trek: Judgment Rites ?

June 20, 2017 at 7:37 am

No TNG: Final Unity, or even DS9: The Fallen?! Fallen was one of the best PC games of that period, let alone Star Trek. This article would make a great “Part 1″…

July 14, 2017 at 8:12 am

Final Unity felt a lot like a TNG adventure.

November 5, 2017 at 12:55 pm

DS9: The Fallen and Klingon Academy deserve mention on this list.

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Here is a list of the best Star Trek  video games, ranked from best to worst by tons of gamers' votes. If you think the coolest Star Trek game isn't as high as it should be, then make sure to vote it up so that it has the chance to rise to the top. If you and your friends are arguing over what the greatest Star Trek game of all time is, you can use this list to see how many people agree with you and end the squabble once and for all.

This list is kept up-to-date with all new video game releases and includes everything from Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force , Star Trek: Legacy and more. So if you're wondering what the greatest Star Trek video games are, this is the list for you. After you vote on this list, head on over and vote on the greatest James Bond games of all time.

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This new Star Trek website lets you explore the bridge of every major iteration of the Enterprise

There's a couple funky, one-off Enterprises in there that just get an exterior shot, but otherwise every ship is present and accounted for.

First reported by the Smithsonian Magazine , the Roddenberry Estate and Archive have collaborated with tech company OTOY to create a website with interactable, Google maps-style recreations of the various starships Enterprise from over the years , with some more obscure or one-off iterations just getting an external view and brief history summary.

Loading in, I immediately loved how the entire site is mocked up to look like an in-universe computer with that distinctive, midcentury Trek look of swooping, colorful blocks on a black background. Down below, you get a scrolling timeline of the starships Enterprise, beginning with the XCV-330 and ending with the unseen, but apparently canon "32nd Century" Enterprise briefly hinted at in an episode of Discovery.

The historical blurbs for each ship include in-universe notes, but I'm especially digging the real-life production background. The section on Next Gen's Enterprise D, for example, explains how the series initially had a set amount of footage of larger models built by the legendary special effects house, Industrial Light & Magic. That footage was used for establishing shots throughout the early seasons of Next Gen, before a smaller model was later commissioned for new footage later on.

The real showstopper though is those digital recreations of the various bridges. It's honestly a thrill to see the evolution of Star Trek's visual language in such a condensed form, but the sleek, sparse sets of the early seasons and movies are still the winners in my book. For a single favorite, I gotta go with the Enterprise XCV-330, an early production concept for The Original Series later repurposed as a "historical" Enterprise in Star Trek's lore. Its exterior is very distinct from the rest, looking more like a NASA concept purpose-built for deep space travel and never meant to go in-atmosphere. It features a central fuselage suspended between two rings as opposed to the saucer-and-wings design we're more familiar with. Its bridge also has this psychedelic, surreal vibe that I can't get over. I'm similarly excited by the recreation of the Ralph McQuarrie-designed Enterprise from the first Trek movie that never was, Planet of the Titans .

It's a treat just to soak up the ambience in this Enterprise archive, and the site feels like a real throwback in a lot of ways⁠—more bespoke, interactive websites like this and the Fortune's Run official site please! If Google Chrome is going to practically reach out through my screen and shake me down for more RAM, I expect to be dazzled.  

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5 Best Star Trek Games Ever (& 5 Worst)

Star Trek is a long-running franchise but its video game history is incredibly variable. Here are the best and worst games.

Star Trek is one of the oldest and most popular science-fiction franchises. Since the first episode of Star Trek debuted in 1966, the show rapidly became a cultural phenomenon and the term “Trekkies” came to existence.

Naturally, the franchise has also enjoyed popularity in media other than TV, from animated series to video games . With video games, it has enjoyed varying degrees of success. Some games have been as popular as the series and have helped to further the lore. Other games, however, have been little more than shameless cash-grabs.

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Since Star Trek games have had to be licensed, their quality has largely depended on the developers’ passion and respect for the franchise. That hasn’t stopped countless developers from trying to tell their own stories in the universe. So, it’s important that we look at the games that should be considered canon, and the ones that should never be replicated. Here are the best and worst Star Trek games.

10 WORST: Star Trek D-A-C

Video game adaptations don’t come much blander than Star Trek D-A-C (Deathmatch. Assault. Conquest) . This is a top-down shooter set in space with some multiplayer elements like a 6-on-6 Deathmatch mode and a 6-player co-op mode. The single-player element doesn’t even bother with a basic storyline; it’s just a survival mode that gets old quite fast.

Star Trek D-A-C isn’t the worst game ever made. But it doesn’t do anything to stand out. It’s an average top-down shooter, and it does nothing to engage Trekkies. Take away the Star Trek name and no one would realize.

9 BEST: Star Trek: Bridge Crew

One of the things most Trekkies dream of is taking control of their own ship, just like Captain Kirk or Picard, or even being part of a crew. Star Trek: Bridge Crew tries to satisfy that dream.

It gives players a VR headset and puts them on the bridge of a vessel. Multiple players are put on a ship, and they each get access to a console with unique commands. The players have to work together to accomplish their collective missions. For instance, the captain can order the phasers to fire, but the weapons officer is the one who pulls the trigger.

8 WORST: Star Trek: Hidden Evil

Star Trek: Hidden Evil is a video game meant to be the sequel to Star Trek: Insurrection . In Insurrection , the crew of the USS Enterprise-E discovered a conspiracy involving the Son’a, and they rebelled against Star Fleet to defeat it.

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In Star Trek: Hidden Evil , the player controls Ensign Sovok, a character who works with the rest of Captain Picard’s crew. The developers managed to get Patrick Stewart and Brent Spiner to reprise their roles as Captain Picard and Data. However, the game ruined the promise; its campaign was dull and too brief while the gameplay mostly involved boring combat and mediocre puzzles.

7 BEST: Star Trek The Next Generation: A Final Unity

With Star Trek The Next Generation: A Final Unity , developers Spectrum Holobyte were trying to make the best possible Star Trek game. They almost pulled it off, too. The game was chock-full of features from exploration of the galaxy to diplomacy, adventure, space combat and more.

The game had problems, like its slow pacing and how not every feature worked as well as hoped. However, when it did work, it captured the essence of Star Trek in a way few games have managed. For Trekkies, A Final Unity is fun, challenging and one of the most memorable games in the franchise.

6 WORST: Star Trek: The Video Game

In 2009, JJ Abrams remade Star Trek with a stellar movie that was as big a hit with the critics as it was with the fans. While not all of the older fans loved it—the more action-oriented direction was a worry for them—it helped introduce a younger generation of fans to the franchise.

Naturally, the film came with a video game tie-in. However, Star Trek: The Video Game was nothing like the film. In fact, it’s often considered the worst video game of the entire franchise. It had terrible graphics, poor level design and bugs that were sometimes game-breaking.

5 BEST: Star Trek: Online

As an MMO, Star Trek: Online tries its best to live up to fans’ hopes and expectations. It had a rough beginning, back when gamers were being forced to pay a subscription fee while still playing a game full of bugs. However, once the game went free-to-play, it improved drastically.

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Star Trek: Online continues the TV show’s stories, brings back some of the original cast members to voice their characters and has stellar space combat. Best of all, it lets players chart their own paths and explore wherever they want. The only flaw is the grind associated with most MMOs, but other than that, it’s an amazing experience.

4 WORST: Star Trek: Shattered Universe

Star Trek: Shattered Universe is a space simulation game developed by Starsphere. It’s set in the Star Trek Mirror Universe, and the player takes control of a one-person fighter spacecraft. Even the least faithful Star Trek games feature a ship from the TV series, but the space fighter in Shattered Universe makes the game feel more like Star Wars than anything else.

If that wasn’t enough, the game doesn’t use any of the iconic theme songs from the franchise. The story is also as far from the spirit of Star Trek as one can dread. Star Trek: Shattered Universe was rightfully panned by both critics and fans.

3 BEST: Star Trek: Invasion

For a PlayStation One game, Star Trek: Invasion ’s visuals have aged rather well. Released in 2000, the game was developed by the same team that developed the critically acclaimed Colony Wars . The battles in the games recreate the tension and tactics involved in the actual Star Trek series. It allows players to use tactical evasion, stealth combat and rewards the player’s combat skills.

Its sound design has also aged well since the game’s characters were voiced by the actual actors from The Next Generation TV series. Its plot, soundtrack and sound effects also helped to cement it as a nearly-flawless video game.

2 WORST: Star Trek: Legacy

Star Trek: Legacy is a real-time tactics game released on Windows and the Xbox 360. Released in 2006 to coincide with the franchise’s 40th anniversary, there were high hopes for the game. It had enlisted the five actors who played the captain in each of the franchise’s five individual shows to provide voices, but they were completely wasted.

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The game had a single save file, unintelligent allies, controls that couldn’t be redefined, a single locked camera and questionable design choices. The only legacy this game left was letting down Star Trek fans who were hoping for something special.

1 BEST: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Fallen

Set in the Deep Space Nine timeline, the game is based on three novels: The War of the Prophets , Millennium: The Fall of Terok Nor , and Inferno . It’s a third-person shooter with elements of survival horror elements that made it challenging, tense and unforgettable. The game didn’t have a multiplayer element, but the single-player aspect was so solid that it didn’t matter. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Fallen also had levels without combat that let the player explore the Defiant and Deep Space Nine.

This is a great game not just for Trekkies, but also for gamers who love engaging single-player games.

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Star Trek Has Holodecks But Bad Video Games

WARNING: Contains SPOILERS for Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 6, "Whistlespeak." ​​​​

• Star Trek's holodeck technology has made video games largely obsolete by the 24th century.
• Captain Jean-Luc Picard still enjoys physical books despite advanced holo-novels.
• Holodecks allow people to physically participate in stories, replacing movies and video games.

Star Trek may have technologically advanced holodecks in the distant future, but their video games leave something to be desired. Introduced in the premiere episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation , the holodeck allows the characters to visit historical locations or take the place of their favorite fictional characters. One of Star Trek's most impressive pieces of technology, the holodeck creates a hyper-realistic setting populated by holographic characters. The experiences within the holodeck feel real but remain completely safe (unless the safety protocols malfunction, which happens far more often than they should).

The realism of the holodeck in Star Trek has made television shows, movies, and video games largely obsolete by the 24th century, although some characters still like the nostalgia of old-school media. Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) regularly reads physical books even though holo-novels exist, and the entire crew of the USS Enterprise-D once got addicted to a rather primitive video game. In Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 6 , "Whistlespeak," Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and Lt. Sylvia Tilly (Mary Wiseman) go on an away mission, leaving Cleveland Booker (David Ajala) aboard the USS Discovery. To pass the time, Book plays a combat simulation video game with graphics that look rudimentary even by 21st-century standards.

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Star trek has bad video games, even considering when the shows aired, star trek's in-universe video games look rudimentary..

Star Trek has provided very few examples of the video games of the far future, but the ones that have popped up have been simplistic even for the time in which the show aired. One memorable Star Trek video game appears in Star Trek: The Next Generation season 5, episode 6, "The Game," in which the crew of the USS Enterprise-D become addicted to a strange video game. Using a device attached to the player's head, the augmented-reality game features brightly colored targets and funnels. While the goal of the game itself is not entirely clear, its addictive nature was orchestrated as an attempt by the Ktarians to take over the Federation.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture also had a bizarre video puzzle game in the USS Enterprise's recreation room.

The video game Booker plays in Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 6 appears somewhat more advanced, but it features very simple 2D graphics despite being a product of the 32nd century. When Dr. Hugh Culber (Wilson Cruz) questions why Book doesn't just use the holodeck for a combat simulation, Book replies that he "can always tell it’s not a real ship." The game he's playing, however, looks more like something from 1980s Atari than a 32nd-century combat simulator. It's possible, and even likely, that other, more advanced video games still exist beyond the holodeck in the world of Star Trek, and that many Starfleet crew members simply don't have the downtime or desire to play them.

Holodecks Replaced Video Games In Star Trek

Why hit buttons on a controller, when you can be the video game hero.

Star Trek 's holodecks not only allow people to visit real and fictional locations, but they can also be used as a combat simulator or a shooting gallery. The ability of the holodeck to recreate realistic environments and simulate actual events would render most kinds of video games obsolete. Anything someone could do in a video game, they could do on the holodeck, in a much more realistic setting. After Star Trek: The Next Generation , holodecks seem to have become standard not only on Federation starships but also on space stations such as Deep Space Nine.

Why watch a movie or play a video game on a screen when you could physically participate in the story with the characters?

On Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Quark's (Armin Shimerman) bar was equipped with holosuites that allowed guests to enjoy the technology (in exchange for some latinum, of course). As time went on, holodeck technology likely became more common among the general population, replacing most other forms of entertainment. Why watch a movie or play a video game on a screen when you could physically participate in the story with the characters? Of all of the technologies in the Star Trek universe, the holodeck is one that many fans would choose to make real, and modern technology does seem to be inching closer to the possibility of something similar.

Star Trek: The Next Generation & Star Trek: Discovery are available to stream on Paramount+.

Star Trek: Discovery

Cast Blu del Barrio, Oded Fehr, Anthony Rapp, Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Wilson Cruz, Eve Harlow, Mary Wiseman, Callum Keith Rennie

Release Date September 24, 2017

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Cast Michael Dorn, LeVar Burton, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Jonathan Frakes, Patrick Stewart, Marina Sirtis, Gates McFadden

Release Date September 28, 1987

Showrunner Jeri Taylor, Michael Piller, Rick Berman

The Best-Selling Star Wars Games By Platform, As Of 2024

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Just in time for this year's Star Wars Day, Circana executive director Mat Piscatella published a list of the best-selling Star Wars games by platform. This list goes back all the way to the heady days of the NES, though it's worth noting that the data is from 1995 to present day, and it's in terms of dollar sales.

So regardless of whether you're a retro head who has eyes only for Super Star Wars, or you prefer more recent hits like Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, check out the list below. It's a real trip down memory lane for old-school Star Wars fans, and a great reminder of how many good games the series has produced over the years, going back to the early '90s. For more Star Wars action this May 4, check out our list of all the Star Wars movies and TV shows ranked .

Dreamcast - Star Wars: Episode I: Jedi Power Battles

(YouTube: HIDEFACES)

Game Boy - Star Wars

(YouTube: Reinc)

Game Boy Advance - LEGO Star Wars

(YouTube: Kryschnack Longplay)

Game Boy Color - Star Wars Episode I Racer

(YouTube: World of Longplays)

Game Gear - Star Wars

GameCube - Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader

(YouTube: Ricky C)

Genesis (32x) - Star Wars Arcade

(YouTube: NintendoComplete)

3DS - LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars

Nintendo 64 - Star Wars Shadows of the Empire

(YouTube: Zee-Core)

DS - LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga

(YouTube: Jesse Why)

NES - Star Wars

(YouTube: Nintendo Complete)

Switch - LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

PlayStation - Star Wars Episode 1: Jedi Power Battles

PlayStation 2 - Star Wars: Battlefront II

(YouTube: The Admiral)

PlayStation 3 - Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

(YouTube: The Ladslade)

PlayStation 4 - Star Wars: Battlefront (2015)

PlayStation 5 - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

PSP - Star Wars: Battlefront II

(YouTube: igcompany)

Vita - Angry Birds: Star Wars

(YouTube: AI Games Review)

SNES - Super Star Wars

Wii - LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga

Wii U - Disney Infinity 3.0: Star Wars

Xbox - Star Wars: Battlefront II

Xbox 360 - Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

(YouTube: Mutch Games)

Xbox One - Star Wars: Battlefront (2015)

Xbox Series X|S - LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

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