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Star Trek Online

Cryptic Studios · Arc Games · 2012-01-31

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

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.

Star Trek Online is a free-to-play Massively Multiplayer and RPG released in 2012, with an estimated 2,000,000 to 5,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 21,328 reviews).

738
playing now
79%
positive of 21k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
54
twitch viewers (latest)
10.8
viewers/channel (concentration)
68/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
64/100
IGDB user rating (40 ratings)
186
Nexus mods (34k downloads)
4.01★
PlayStation Store rating (30,702 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

738 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 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.

Trailer

Star Trek Online trailer thumbnail

Star Trek Online Free-to-Play Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 738 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 7% of 1,833 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 8 of 8 observed days · at its all-time low (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

3.3k7352026-09-15 11:00 — 858 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 1,577 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 1,082 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 1,063 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 1,743 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 1,176 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 1,216 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 1,954 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 1,505 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 1,103 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 1,452 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 1,376 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 735 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 1,084 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 1,538 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 744 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 926 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 1,237 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 807 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 1,055 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 1,536 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 994 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 738 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.7k850Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 1,717 · peak 2,821Dec 2012 — avg 1,790 · peak 3,054May 2013 — avg 2,656 · peak 7,402Oct 2013 — avg 1,647 · peak 2,906Mar 2014 — avg 1,745 · peak 3,146Aug 2014 — avg 1,764 · peak 3,283Jan 2015 — avg 1,946 · peak 3,806Jun 2015 — avg 1,527 · peak 3,210Nov 2015 — avg 1,721 · peak 3,380Apr 2016 — avg 1,421 · peak 3,214Sep 2016 — avg 1,718 · peak 3,199Feb 2017 — avg 1,635 · peak 2,900Jul 2017 — avg 1,166 · peak 2,007Dec 2017 — avg 1,166 · peak 2,087May 2018 — avg 1,360 · peak 2,215Oct 2018 — avg 1,442 · peak 3,251Mar 2019 — avg 1,384 · peak 2,489Aug 2019 — avg 1,085 · peak 1,896Jan 2020 — avg 1,213 · peak 3,276Jun 2020 — avg 1,443 · peak 3,064Nov 2020 — avg 1,308 · peak 2,251Apr 2021 — avg 1,347 · peak 2,270Sep 2021 — avg 1,618 · peak 3,264Feb 2022 — avg 1,549 · peak 2,572Jul 2022 — avg 1,066 · peak 1,679Dec 2022 — avg 976 · peak 1,713May 2023 — avg 1,492 · peak 2,858Oct 2023 — avg 884 · peak 1,538Mar 2024 — avg 1,108 · peak 1,875Aug 2024 — avg 997 · peak 1,566Jan 2025 — avg 944 · peak 1,779Jun 2025 — avg 864 · peak 1,750Nov 2025 — avg 922 · peak 1,587Apr 2026 — avg 1,295 · peak 2,373Aug 2026 — avg 1,125 · peak 2,073
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
882026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 8 new positive2026-09-21: 3 new negative2026-09-22: 1 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 8 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-25: 1 new positive2026-09-25: 2 new negative2026-09-27: 1 new positive2026-09-27: 2 new negative2026-09-28: 4 new positive2026-09-28: 4 new negative2026-09-29: 4 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new negative2026-10-01: 3 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 1 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new negative2026-10-03: 1 new positive2026-10-05: 2 new positive2026-10-05: 2 new negative2026-10-06: 1 new positive2026-10-08: 3 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 2 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 1 new positive2026-10-12: 3 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 3 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$0.002015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — 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 $0.002026-09-02 — best price $0.002026-09-09 — best price $0.002026-09-16 — best price $0.002026-09-23 — best price $0.002026-09-30 — best price $0.002026-10-07 — best price $0.002026-10-14 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

211752026-05-29 — 111 pageviews2026-06-02 — 83 pageviews2026-06-06 — 84 pageviews2026-06-10 — 99 pageviews2026-06-14 — 86 pageviews2026-06-18 — 93 pageviews2026-06-22 — 81 pageviews2026-06-26 — 88 pageviews2026-06-30 — 148 pageviews2026-07-04 — 98 pageviews2026-07-08 — 117 pageviews2026-07-12 — 102 pageviews2026-07-16 — 108 pageviews2026-07-20 — 108 pageviews2026-07-24 — 83 pageviews2026-07-28 — 84 pageviews2026-08-01 — 117 pageviews2026-08-05 — 100 pageviews2026-08-09 — 92 pageviews2026-08-13 — 128 pageviews2026-08-17 — 117 pageviews2026-08-21 — 86 pageviews2026-08-25 — 131 pageviews2026-08-29 — 116 pageviews2026-09-02 — 88 pageviews2026-09-06 — 104 pageviews2026-09-10 — 159 pageviews2026-09-14 — 118 pageviews2026-09-18 — 81 pageviews2026-09-22 — 132 pageviews2026-09-26 — 123 pageviews2026-09-30 — 91 pageviews2026-10-04 — 90 pageviews2026-10-07 — 79 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

27702026-10-01 00:34 — 63 viewers2026-10-01 09:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-01 18:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-02 03:34 — 150 viewers2026-10-02 12:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-02 21:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-03 06:34 — 56 viewers2026-10-03 15:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-04 00:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-04 09:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-04 18:34 — 119 viewers2026-10-05 03:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-05 12:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-05 21:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-06 06:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-06 15:34 — 44 viewers2026-10-07 00:35 — 85 viewers2026-10-07 09:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-07 18:34 — 75 viewers2026-10-08 03:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-08 12:34 — 43 viewers2026-10-08 21:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-09 06:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-09 15:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-10 00:34 — 66 viewers2026-10-10 09:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-10 18:35 — 60 viewers2026-10-11 03:34 — 53 viewers2026-10-11 12:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-11 21:34 — 56 viewers2026-10-12 06:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-12 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 00:34 — 69 viewers2026-10-13 09:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-13 18:34 — 277 viewers2026-10-14 03:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-14 12:34 — 44 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-14 23:34 — 54 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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Similarity via IGDB.

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