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As the Star Trek Online world is celebrating it’s annual Summer event on Risa, the wider gaming world is adding some new dimensions to the gamers of the fandom as we see even more games announced within the Star Trek Universe following some already surprise additions in the past year.

OUTPOSTS UNKNOWN

Set in the 23rd Century era of Strange New Worlds, Outposts Unknown comes from Magic Fuel Games, made up of former developers of various simulations including The Sims and Sim City and delivers exactly what you’d expect from them! The player takes command of the USS Resonant as the core of a new outpost building game where you lead a crew across a newly found system and build your perfect colonies with a mysterious force building up in the background…

Sim City meets Strange New Worlds is an interesting concept. But one you can already try out for yourself with a special demo now available for PC gamners on Steam!

SHADOW FRONTIER

For less Sim City, more horror, the Bloober Team and Paramount new games division is bringing back Michelle Forbes as Ro Laren and a shuttle load of tension in Shadow Frontier!

2026 has been a big year for Star Trek games, and we just got another surprise announcement this afternoon at Summer Game Fest: Star Trek: Shadow Frontier, an upcoming action horror title, is due next year on PC and consoles and stars Michelle Forbes reprising her Star Trek: The Next Generation role of Ro Laren.

In contrast to Outpost Unknown building a new frontier, Shadow Frontier takes Ro into a graveyard of starships to find out what happened in a dark thriller being released on all platforms in 2027.

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