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Polish horror developer Bloober Team is keeping busy. Coming off Cronos: The New Dawn and with a remake of the original Silent Hill in the works as well as Layers of Fear 3, the studio has now announced it’s working on a sci-fi psychological horror game set in the Star Trek universe.
In Star Trek: Shadow Frontier we’ll play Ro Laren, a Bajoran officer introduced in Star Trek: The Next Generation who came back for Picard, played by Michelle Forbes. She returns to the role here, which isn’t her first time in videogames—among her game credits is Dr. Judith Mossman from Half-Life 2.
Shadow Frontier sends her on a rescue mission to a planet that’s been taken over by an alien entity. “In true Star Trek fashion,” the Steam description says, “Ro’s mission is driven by duty and purpose. But here, discovery comes at a terrible cost. The more she uncovers, the deeper she is pulled into a corrupted labyrinth where her memories twist and the planet threatens to sever her connection to reality.”
Apparently we’ll get to use Ro’s tricorder to analyze objects and her phaser to both solve puzzles and zap some enemies, though I’m curious to see how much it relies on shooting aliens—something Star Trek videogames tend to emphasize a wee bit more than the shows. The store page promises a blend of “exploration, puzzles, combat and cinematic set-pieces” but that’s a vague enough description it could apply to every prestige action-adventure game released in the last 30 years.
Star Trek: Shadow Frontier doesn’t have a precise release date yet, but apparently the plan is for a 2027 release. When it does come out, it’ll be available on Steam.
