My favorite overall is probably Bridge Crew, because there’s nothing better than cruising around in the OG NCC-1701 Enterprise with your pals.
I also liked Elite Force when it came out, because it was crazy to see the 3D Trek environments even though they’re unimpressive by today’s standards. It even got me to watch Voyager.
Absolutely Elite Force. I still play 1v1 against my dad every so often on a ton of custom maps. I think we have over 600 installed. Hard to believe we’re still playing it after all these years!
Star Trek Online
Star Trek: Klingon
Not necessarily the best game, but it demands to be on the list.
Its not really all that Trek feeling, but I like Star Trek Invasion, for the PSX. Developed by a lot of the same guys that made Colony Wars, also on PSX. Its a space flight simulator, similar to the likes of Wing Commander and Star Wars Tie Fighter.
Oh nice! I’ll have to look that one up, I’d never even heard of it. Sounds awesome though.
the OG NCC-1701 Enterprise with your pals.
If only had VR still. And pals…
Seemed like great larping. I would’ve jizzed at the chance of something like that 25 years ago when I was doing just that essentially, but the GPU was just imagination. Now it’s like half real and I have zero friends (period) who would be willing to play something like that.
The Orville: Interactive Fan Experience. /j
But really though, The Orville show feels like a fantastic homage to classic Trek, and the show itself feels hopeful if that makes sense.
Also the totally free fan game for it on steam is pretty cool. You can explore the entirety of The Orville ship, you can even fly it around different space areas AND you can take a shuttle out for a ride! There are a couple different “scenarios” you can play through such as enemies boarding the ship, and having to make repairs while you’re floating through a conscious nebula that’s talking to you and making horror movie stuff happen.
Also there’s multiplayer, a holodeck with different places you can load up like a bowling alley, and you can customize your own crewmember.
Nice, a DL and everything!
I played this a lot.
FTL