2026 continues to be a big year for Star Trek videogaming with yet another title arriving today: Star Trek: Outposts Unknown. The the SimCity-like building game set around Star Trek: Strange New Worlds was just released for PC and Mac via Steam, allowing wannabe captains the opportunity to build Starfleet-backed colonies on planets no one has gone to before.

Outposts Unknown out now

In Star Trek: Outposts Unknown you take command of the outpost builder-ship, the U.S.S. Resonant. Players lead their crews “across strange new worlds shaped by iconic Star Trek technology, scientific discovery, and interstellar mystery,” said publisher Playstack, celebrating the launch of the title as developed by Magic Fuel Games.

Outposts Unknown screenshot (Magic Fuel Games/Playstack)

But it’s not all base-building in Outposts Unknown. Teased in the announcement is a bigger story: “As exploration expands across the system, a mysterious cosmic force threatens a new ally, requiring careful leadership, coordination of crew, and strategic planning.”

Here’s the game’s musical launch trailer

All about Outposts Unknown

Together with the newly-formed Paramount Games, Playstack and Magic Fuel describe Outposts Unknown as a “linear narrative-driven outpost builder.”

Outposts Unknown screenshot (Magic Fuel Games/Playstack)

Here’s what to expect in-game:

As Captain of the U.S.S. Resonant, you will:

Lead your crew through a wide variety of unique missions, with each completed challenge uncovering more of the mystery behind a growing cosmic threat.

Fuel scientific advancement through exploration while building logistics networks to optimize new resources and discoveries.

Expand operations with manufacturing and advanced systems to unlock complex puzzles essential to understanding this region of space.

Progress through iconic Star Trek technology, using crew, vehicles, transporters, and other familiar tools to move essential resources and solve logistical challenges.

Establish permanent outposts across diverse worlds, each presenting distinct environmental challenges.

Shape a growing scientific network, with every outpost contributing to broader exploration efforts.

Outposts Unknown screenshot (Magic Fuel Games/Playstack)

The game is set in the Strange New Worlds era and even features former Enterprise head honcho, Admiral Robert April.

Some of the races you’ll encounter in-game, alongside Admiral Robert April (second from right). (Magic Fuel Games/Playstack)

Star Trek: Outposts Unknown is a top-down outpost builder inspired by the likes of Sim City and Spore. It’s available from right this second for $32.99 on PC and Mac via Steam.

Outposts Unknown screenshot (Magic Fuel Games/Playstack)

A review is approaching, captain…

We’ve just been provided access to Outposts Unknown and will be spending some time with it before reporting back with our full thoughts. Please keep channels open and stay tuned for what we think of this latest entry into Star Trek gaming. For now, feel free to jump into the comments and ask of us any questions you have about the game.

Here is the announcement trailer released earlier, giving you more of a taste of gameplay:

Console release?

At Outpost Unknown‘s initial announcement, the game was confirmed as “the first-ever Star Trek colony-builder [coming] to PC and console.” Since then, there has been no details on a console. A spokesperson tells TrekMovie they currently have no news to share about a console release but will keep us posted.

Outposts Unknown screenshot (Magic Fuel Games/Playstack)

If a release on consoles actually occurs, it’s likely that an Outposts Unknown console release would include the likes of the Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, and PS5. Hopefully, it would also mean a release on the newest console to hit the market: the Switch 2. As we said back at the game’s announcement, all of this is conjecture at the moment; we’ll of course report back when console availability is reconfirmed and further detailed.

Steve Wright is a longtime Trek fan and an experienced Australian-based games journalist. He’s recently opened up his own personal portfolio, available at SWright.au.

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