Star Trek: Starfleet Command is a computer game based on the table-top wargame Star Fleet Battles. It was developed by 14° East and Quicksilver Software and published by Interplay Entertainment. It was released in 1999 for Microsoft Windows. It simulates starship operations, ship-to-ship combat, and fleet warfare in the Star Trek universe. An expanded version was released in 2000 titled Star Trek: Starfleet Command - Gold Edition. It includes the latest patch and all the missions that were downloadable from the official website.
Gameplay
right|Starfleet battlecruiser in open space.
The player chooses to represent one of the Star Trek factions, including the Gorn, the Hydran Kingdom, the Klingon Empire, the Lyran Empire, the Orion Pirates, the Romulan Star Empire, and the United Federation of Planets. Play can be a simple skirmish, or single- or multi-player mode.
| Allgame = 4.5/5
| CNG = 9/10
| CGSP = 4/5
| CGW = 4.5/5
| GI = 8.5/10
| GameFan = 86%
| GameRev = A−
| GSpot = 7.5/10
| GameZone = 8.1/10
| IGN = 8.3/10
| NGen = 4/5
| PCA = 8/10
| PCGUK = 79%
The game received "favorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. It was Interplay's best-selling game through direct sales, above Baldur's Gate.
The staff of Computer Games Strategy Plus nominated the game for their 1999 "Real-Time Strategy Game of the Year" award, which ultimately went to Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings. They wrote that the game "avoided the curse of the Star Trek game and produced a game of remarkable depth coupled with simple mechanics."
In 2016, Tom's Guide ranked the game as one of the top ten Star Trek games. A year later, PC Gamer ranked it among the best Star Trek games. Three years afterward, Screen Rant ranked it as the 4th best Star Trek game.
See also
- Star Trek: Starfleet Command: Orion Pirates
- Star Trek: Starfleet Command II: Empires at War
- Star Trek: Starfleet Command III