Best Star Trek Video Games

It's no secret that the Star Trek franchise has created massive following since it's inception leading back all the way to 1966 when Captain Kirk and Spock were abord the USS Enterprise. New Star Trek movies and television shows are still being produced today. So of course with a franchise this popular, would span many tabletop, card games and of course video games using the license.

Having experiences on home computers, consoles and now on mobile devices, it's with our regard to bring you the best experiences that a Star Trek game has to offer.

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Star Trek: Armada

Released in 2000 to appeal to PC real time strategy players. It's got a full fledged storyline and features characters from the series. Considering it's from the 2000's, the graphics hold up quite well.

The gameplay is quite challenging, making you feel like you're part of the Star Trek universe, ordering the fleet around having the borg turn up and leave planet earth to dust.

Armada is one of the few RTS in the franchise that can hold a candle to other popular games within the genre. Being a Star Trek game, the theme and graphics alone should be enough to draw you in.

Star Trek: Judgment Rites

Setting you off in a world, far, far away. Judgement Rites is a point and click adventure game set off in the Star Trek universe.

The first thing that jumps out to us is how authentic the sounds feel. Everything is here from the phaser blasts, tri-quarter sound effects to the original voice casts doing the voiceovers.

The point and click puzzles are usually on the simpler end but have a couple that will leave you puzzled and checking your walkthrough guide. With any point and click adventure, the storyline is fantastic. Set out in the 4th and 5th year in the five year journey.

You'll need the manual to get anywhere in terms of learning how to play. Luckily if you pick up a copy on GOG, you'll get the Star Map that basically tells you to go if you're not using a walkthrough.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Fallen

The Fallen features a fantastic storyline, surprisingly good graphics and sound in one third person shooter platform. The single player campaign offers three playable characters with three separate plot lines as you play through as Commander Worf, Major Kira or Captain Sisko. We did wish that there was a multiplayer option while playing through The Fallen.

The plot and level design are admiral and none of them feel like filler. The result is a compelling game (or three) and we highly recommend checking out The Fallen.

Star Trek: Legacy

Legacy is a Star Trek simulation where you control one of four ships, fighting enemies along the way or running scans. The controls work great especially on controller and they feel as tight on controller as they do with keyboard and mouse.

The most notable aspect of Legacy is that all the captains from any Star Trek series is in the game. The overall story is the origin of the Borg and features the different eras of Star Trek.

As far as starship simulators, Star Trek: Legacy is a fine job on either console or on PC.

Star Trek: Timelines

The mobile for both iOS and Android (and also PC) release of a Star Trek game is Timelines. With a full fledged story, multiplayer elements and micro transactions (Yikes!).

With a variety of ships you can build and level up by earning schematics. You can passively earn items. Each faction will have a standing with you as you progress. Each of the missions require you to select the correct crew in order to complete the mission. As with most mobile games, you can spend real money to fast track any of the progress that you'll need on your journey.

Star Trek: Starfleet Command

Spending a few hours of your weekend playing Star Trek Fleet Command would be ideal. Since it takes place in the Kelvin timeline, characters like Simon Pegg's Scotty and Chris Pine's James Kirk will appear in the game. The majority of the time, though, you are a singular character who has built his own station, a vessel of your own, and is steadily but surely making a reputation for himself in the galaxy.

Once you start building your fleet, you'll want more resources, expertise, crew members to build your empire. The space stations are incredibly detailed, and every space ship is virtually exactly like its Star Trek franchise counterpart, which is a major win in my book. However, the actual fighting consists mainly of two ships circling each other and firing at each other.

Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force

STVEF is undoubtedly one of the best first-person shooters to come released this franchise because to its excellent production value, clever level design, and compelling narrative.

The multiplayer features of the game, where you can choose from every member of the Voyager crew and engage in online combat, increase the game's replay value. It feels like you're playing through an episode of Quake 3 with the amount of maps and character choices. Seeing the voyager bridge crew taken out while you're playing as the doctor is ever rewarding.

Star Trek: Borg

Considering how peculiar the Borg is, it's with great pleasure to showcase one of the least expected Star Trek games. Coming from a time where full motion video games were all the rage, Star Trek: Borg is an interactive movie and pulls it off quite well.

You'll play through as a cadet who's father was taken and killed by the fellow Borg. As you're trying to escape the cyborg attack,  you're presented with a deal to go back in time and save your father from his destiny.

The cleverness of Star Trek: Borg is in it's time travel mechanics. Make a mistake and Q will reset the time for you to solve the puzzle. There's some quirkiness about Q like being able to kick him in the balls at one point in the game. That alone gives Star Trek: Borg a recommendation from us.

Star Trek: The Next Generation A Final Unity

Another point and click adventure game on the list, this time released by Spectrum HoloByte. As a fan of TNG, I was extremely excited to see the cast on a PC release back in 1996.

A Final Unity feels like a cliché episode of The Next Generation archeology, mysteries of the human conditions and space travel with the occasional battle. As you make your way throughout the game, you'll need to find the right tools before taking on the puzzles that you encounter.

The space combat is acceptable and can be a but buggy in the later sections of the game. Still, the puzzles are interesting and the sheer amount of Star Trek available here makes A Final Unity a worthy playthrough.

Star Trek: Online

Star Trek Online is the definition of a Star Trek game. It's a free to play MMO featuring the ST universe. It's coming from the Cryptic Studios the same developers who've created City of Heroes.

For starters, Star Trek: Online is one of the nicest looking MMOs out there. You'll start off by creating your own character, where you can make something so versatile even though you'll only look at this character about 20% of the time.

STO is broken up into two major parts, As you travel through space you'll go around completing episodes by blasting enemy ships. The combat method is featured on a 2d plane. You'll also be fighting on the ground where you'll blast your way through each episode. We found that we liked the space missions more so than what is handled on the ground.

Star Trek: Online is the best game in the entire universe and deserves your attention if you're a fan of the series.