
Star Trek Online brings the Star Trek universe to a genuinely massive scale for the first time, an MMO with role-playing depth that seats you in the captain's chair of your own starship. The pitch is pure Trek: explore strange new worlds, seek out new life, and boldly go where no one has gone before, all within a persistent online galaxy shared with other players on PC.
One of its headline features is the price of entry, or lack of one. This triple-A MMO is free to play, taking you from level 1 all the way to 65 at no cost. Being the captain means more than commanding from the bridge, too: you take part in epic space battles and lead away teams down onto unknown worlds, interacting with allies and battling enemies across both the void and the surface.
Faction choice shapes your journey. You can fight for the Federation, the Romulan Republic, or the Klingon Defense Force, each fielding vastly different ships and tactics. Customization is a throughline, letting you create and tailor a captain from any species in the galaxy, or invent your own, and personalize your ship right down to its color and construction. For fans looking to live out a command career online, Star Trek Online offers a sprawling, free-to-play take on the franchise.