Bloober Team is developing a new “Star Trek” game with a horror twist: “Star Trek: Shadow Frontier” will be a story-driven action-adventure that will be released in 2027 for PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2 and PC, the studio and publisher Paramount Games Studio announced at IGN Live 2026.
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The focus is on Ro Laren, a Bajoran Starfleet officer from “Star Trek: The Next Generation”. Actress Michelle Forbes voices the character she last played in the third season of “Picard” in 2023. After a distress call, Ro crashes on an unknown planet, which turns out to be a ship graveyard. There are mutated creatures waiting there and a force that grabs their consciousness and distorts their memories, according to the official game description on the Steam page for “Star Trek: Shadow Frontier”. It is still unclear when “Shadow Frontier” takes place in the chronology of the series.
“Shadow Frontier” playfully mixes exploration, puzzles, fights and cinematic sequences. Ro uses classic Starfleet equipment: she scans her surroundings with the tricorder, she uses the phaser to solve puzzles and fend off enemies.
Horror as a brand core
Bloober Team has a clear prey scheme: The Polish studio became known with “Layers of Fear” and then developed “Observer”, “Blair Witch” and “The Medium” – all atmospheric horror titles. The studio celebrated its greatest success to date with the remake of “Silent Hill 2,” which was released in 2024. Most recently, Bloober released the sci-fi horror Cronos: The New Dawn. A psychological thriller in the “Star Trek” universe fits the profile exactly. “’Star Trek’ has always had a special place in our hearts,” writes Bloober boss Piotr Babieno in a statement. “We combine this passion with what we do best: horror.”
But “Shadow Frontier” is not Bloober’s first horror experiment in the “Star Trek” universe. A horror spin-off, the VR game “Star Trek Infection”, was released in the spring and was published under Bloober’s Broken Mirror Games label. However, “Shadow Frontier” is the first AAA title from the main studio. Behind it is Paramount Games Studio, a publisher that Paramount Skydance only founded at the beginning of June – it will bundle the company’s gaming activities in the future.
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In the initial reactions, fans are divided. Many are celebrating the return of Ro Laren and a major Star Trek title after years of smaller games. Others doubt whether Bloober’s dark horror style really fits the series template. The tenor of many comments on the first trailer and the published screenshots: This only looks somewhat like “Star Trek”.
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