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Star Trek Online

Cryptic Studios · Arc Games · 2012-01-31

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Massively MultiplayerRPGFree To Play

Franchise: Star Trek · Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Feb 11, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 06, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Mar 11, 2014 (Mac), Sep 06, 2016 (Xbox One)

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.

1,500
playing now
79%
positive of 21k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71
twitch viewers (latest)
68/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
64/100
IGDB user rating (40 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

1,500 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Star Trek Online is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Cryptic Studios based on the Star Trek franchise. The game is set in the 25th century, 30 years after the events of Star Trek: Nemesis. Star Trek Online is the first massively multiplayer online role-playing game within the Star Trek franchise and was released for Microsoft Windows in February 2010. At launch, the game required a game purchase and a recurring monthly fee. In January 2012, it relaunched with a tier of free-to-play access available. After a public beta testing period, a version of the game was released for OS X in March 2014. Due to technical issues with the port, support for OS X ended in February 2016. It was later released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in September 2016. The game has received several expansions since release and has gotten mixed reviews from critics.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,500 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 780 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~98/week).
  • · Review velocity up 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 871 Massively Multiplayer games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.25 at Dreamgame (2017-08-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 1 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
34834820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.7k6512026-08-06 21:00 — 1,184 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 718 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 887 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 1,310 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 850 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 988 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 1,395 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 849 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1,128 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 1,378 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 797 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 916 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 1,191 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 775 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 832 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 1,551 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 974 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 1,189 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 1,719 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 1,052 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 835 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 1,409 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 1,184 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 965 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 1,443 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 1,248 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 789 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 1,325 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 1,288 players2026-08-30 16:00 — 1,500 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.002015-01-012026-08-262015-01-01 — best price $0.002015-01-14 — best price $8.962015-03-19 — best price $8.492015-04-17 — best price $8.492015-04-20 — best price $9.912015-04-21 — best price $8.492015-05-12 — best price $8.962015-06-03 — best price $8.492015-07-29 — best price $8.492015-09-12 — best price $9.992017-03-21 — best price $9.992017-07-22 — best price $7.852017-08-18 — best price $7.252018-01-09 — best price $0.002019-05-14 — best price $8.492020-10-06 — best price $0.002026-08-26 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

211702026-05-29 — 111 pageviews2026-06-01 — 92 pageviews2026-06-04 — 84 pageviews2026-06-07 — 112 pageviews2026-06-10 — 99 pageviews2026-06-13 — 88 pageviews2026-06-16 — 98 pageviews2026-06-19 — 107 pageviews2026-06-22 — 81 pageviews2026-06-25 — 88 pageviews2026-06-28 — 101 pageviews2026-07-01 — 85 pageviews2026-07-04 — 98 pageviews2026-07-07 — 107 pageviews2026-07-10 — 102 pageviews2026-07-13 — 125 pageviews2026-07-16 — 108 pageviews2026-07-19 — 110 pageviews2026-07-22 — 81 pageviews2026-07-25 — 105 pageviews2026-07-28 — 84 pageviews2026-07-31 — 145 pageviews2026-08-03 — 138 pageviews2026-08-06 — 106 pageviews2026-08-09 — 92 pageviews2026-08-12 — 90 pageviews2026-08-15 — 119 pageviews2026-08-18 — 120 pageviews2026-08-21 — 86 pageviews2026-08-24 — 110 pageviews2026-08-26 — 102 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

15202026-08-26 19:15 — 130 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 71 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 64 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 42 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 55 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 70 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 33 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 68 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 52 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 51 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 39 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 71 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportMulti-playerMMOCo-opFull controller supportIn-App Purchases

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)10,0651%42
PS4 (PlayStation)9,8982%43

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

PvERPGSpaceActionMMORPGSci-fiAdventureOpen WorldMultiplayerFree to Play

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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