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Paramount Expands Star Trek Games With Horror Adventure and Colony Builder

Paramount is pairing genre specialist studios with the Star Trek license to test darker, character-led stories plus systems-driven gameplay.

Overview

  • Paramount Games Studio revealed both projects on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, announcing Star Trek: Shadow Frontier’s 2027 release window and a playable PC demo for Star Trek: Outposts Unknown.
  • Shadow Frontier is a mature, third-person psychological-horror action-adventure developed by Bloober Team and will release on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC in 2027.
  • The announced story for Shadow Frontier puts Lieutenant Ro Laren, played by Michelle Forbes, on a mission after a crash on a planet overtaken by a strange consciousness where her memories and reality are distorted.
  • Outposts Unknown comes from publisher Playstack and developer Magic Fuel Games as a narrative-led 23rd-century colony-builder set in the X’Lehari System with early demo content on Steam that showcases colony construction on the planet Daegus.
  • Paramount’s strategy uses specialist partners to broaden Star Trek’s tone and mechanics, aiming to reach new players with darker, character-driven narratives and deeper systems play while diversifying the franchise beyond recent television releases.