Rank 01Games like Star Trek Online
- 14 games
- Updated May 4, 2026
Players who liked Star Trek Online also play
The closest matches to Star Trek Online: STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™, EVE Online, DC Universe™ Online, Neverwinter, and Elite Dangerous. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Why this: Shares faction politics with Star Trek Online.
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- Released: 2012
- Developer: Cryptic Studios
- Price: Free to play
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 79% of 16,605 reviews
- Genres: Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Free To Play
- Metacritic 66
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Episodic story missions with trek actors
- Free to play with no pay to win pressure
- Live out star trek fantasies as a captain
- Epic
- Grand
- Immersive
More games like Star Trek Online, sliced differently
Reviewers mention these as similar to Star Trek Online
Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.
Mass Effect (2007)
Why this: Same epic mood as Star Trek Online.
Warframe
Why this: Same immersive mood as Star Trek Online.
No Man's Sky
Why this: Shares ship customization with Star Trek Online.
About Star Trek Online
The closest matches to Star Trek Online: STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™, EVE Online, DC Universe™ Online, Neverwinter, and Elite Dangerous. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Star Trek Online is your kind of game, the closest matches are STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™, EVE Online and DC Universe™ Online — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as epic, grand and immersive, and single out its admiralty systems and faction politics. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Star Trek Online is a free-to-play massively multiplayer RPG set in the iconic science fiction universe, released in 2012. Players command their own starships and crews, engaging in both space combat and ground combat across a persistent online universe. The game features extensive ship customization and faction politics alongside admiralty systems and progression mechanics. Players describe the experience as epic, grand, immersive, and nostalgic, with episodic story missions featuring voice work from Star Trek actors. Ship-to-ship combat is highlighted by players as feeling authentic to the source material, allowing captains to live out Star Trek fantasies in a massive multiplayer setting. The game holds a 79 percent positive rating from over 16,000 Steam reviews and is playable on Steam Deck.
About Star Trek Online: In Star Trek Online, the Star Trek universe appears for the first time on a truly massive scale. Players take the captain's chair as they command their own starship and crew. Explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations, and boldly go where no one has gone before.
Is Star Trek Online worth buying?
Mostly recommended
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 79% of 16,605 Steam reviews are positive.
- Last 30 days: 85% positive across 85 new reviews, in line with its all-time score.
- Free to play.
- People who recommend it had played a median of 273 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 194 h before turning negative, so complaints are about the long run, not the first hours.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Episodic story missions with trek actors
- Live out star trek fantasies as a captain
- Massive multiplayer trek universe
- Ship to ship combat feels authentic
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“The game is a lot of fun. let me say that upfront, but the ground content is horrible. It would be ok if it wasn't forced upon you.”
“An average MMO for a while, but its dominated by Zen purchases now...even more than it was before, you can't even get a tier 6 ship without a special event that takes months or just paying real money. Star Trek deserves a much better game…”
People who play it also play: STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™, EVE Online, DC Universe™ Online
Frequently asked about Star Trek Online
Can I run it?
Does Star Trek Online run on Steam Deck?
Star Trek Online is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
Is Star Trek Online free to play?
Yes — Star Trek Online is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
Does Star Trek Online have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Star Trek Online supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Star Trek Online?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Star Trek Online are STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™, EVE Online, DC Universe™ Online.
Who developed Star Trek Online?
Star Trek Online was developed by Cryptic Studios and published by Arc Games.