Star Trek Fleet Command: Guides and Review

This is the NextPlayWire hub for STFC, Scopely's free 4X strategy MMO. It gathers the facts from official and cited sources and links to everything we have written about the game.

At a glance

Developer: Digit Game Studios, a Scopely studio based in Dublin. Publishers: Scopely and CBS Interactive. Genre: 4X strategy, RPG and MMO. Business model: free to play with in-app purchases.

Players begin with a space station and one starship, then explore, mine, build ships, recruit officers, join alliances and battle other players.

Platforms and release (checked 3 September 2026)

Mobile release: 29 November 2018. PC release: 21 September 2021, with cross-progression and account linking. Platforms: Android, iOS, iPadOS, macOS and Windows.

Franchise scope

Content spans the Kelvin timeline, Discovery, The Original Series, The Next Generation, Lower Decks, Strange New Worlds, Deep Space Nine and Enterprise.

Key facts

Core systems in brief

Your station is built around Operations, which raises your player level and unlocks buildings; the Academy, which houses officers; the R&D Department; warehouses, generators and vaults; drydocks that hold one ship each; and Defense Platforms. Peace Shields block attacks, with a free ten-minute shield after the first attack once every two hours.

Ships come in four types — Interceptor, Explorer, Battleship and Survey — with an advantage triangle in which Interceptors beat Battleships, Battleships beat Explorers and Explorers beat Interceptors. Officers add Attack, Defense or Health bonuses and carry an Officer Ability and a Captain's Maneuver.

Parsteel, Tritanium and Dilithium are the core resources; raw Crystal, Gas and Ore are refined into upgrade materials; Latinum is the premium currency.

Start here: our coverage, and what each piece answers

Deciding whether to play: the editorial review covers the loop, progression, monetisation, alliances and the PC client, and says plainly who the game frustrates. No score, because we have not reviewed it hands-on.

→ Is Star Trek Fleet Command worth playing in 2026?

First week: the beginner's guide lays out the station buildings that matter, the ship triangle, how officers and synergy work, the resource economy and the mistakes that stall new commanders.

→ Star Trek Fleet Command beginner's guide 2026

Choosing a device: the comparison lists only the differences Scopely has confirmed between the PC and mobile clients — and is explicit about the claims it could not source.

→ Star Trek Fleet Command on PC vs mobile: what's different?

Alternatives: our free-games round-up covers fourteen other verified-free PC games across genres.

→ 15 best free PC games to play in September 2026

What we have not verified, and will not assert

• PC and Mac system requirements. Scopely's Help Center page blocks automated reading; check it directly.
• Interface, control or performance differences between PC and mobile. No official statement describes them.
• Specific officer or ship tier rankings. Balance changes with updates.
• Current promotions or bundles. The 2021 PC-launch incentives should not be assumed to still run.

How we cover STFC

Facts on this page come from Scopely's Academy guides and PC-launch announcement, its Help Center, and Wikipedia's cited release history, all read on the dates shown. Where Scopely has not documented something, we say so rather than repeating community assertions.