Bloober Team's next game is a Star Trek horror set on an alien graveyard planet

The studio behind the Silent Hill 2 remake is bringing Star Trek into horror territory. Paramount Games Studio and Bloober Team revealed Star Trek: Shadow Frontier at IGN Live, a psychological horror-action adventure due in 2027 on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2. It's an unusual pivot for a franchise built on exploration and optimism — and it comes from a Polish studio that has made psychological dread its specialty.

The setup

You play as Lieutenant Ro Laren, a character from Star Trek: The Next Generation, voiced by Michelle Forbes, who played the role across eight episodes of the original series. After responding to a distress signal, Ro finds herself stranded on a remote alien planet covered in a vast graveyard of crashed starships. Nothing is what it seems, and a mysterious Entity is actively working to break down her mind — very much Bloober Team's comfort zone.

Gameplay follows the genre template: combat, location exploration, puzzle-solving, scavenging notes and logs, and hiding from enemies you can't fight head-on. The antagonist roster includes aggressive robots and the psychological threat of the Entity itself, which blurs the line between what's real and what's a hallucination.

Genre gamble

The announcement lands at an interesting moment for Paramount Games Studio, which reorganized in June 2026 under new leadership with Shadow Frontier as a flagship AAA title alongside a new TMNT project. Bloober's recent track record is strong — the Silent Hill 2 remake was well-received, and Cronos: The New Dawn built on that momentum — but per Game Informer, this is the studio's first venture into sci-fi and its first time working without an established horror IP at the core.

That's a real experiment. Star Trek fans have historically been skeptical of genre departures this sharp. A horror game set in the Trek universe — where the whole ethos is curiosity over fear — is either a fresh angle that opens the franchise to new audiences, or a mismatch that satisfies neither camp. The trailer leans heavily into atmosphere and dread, so Bloober seems committed to its own voice over franchise comfort.

No price has been announced. Shadow Frontier will be available through standard platforms — Steam, PSN, and Xbox — with no exclusive retail or early-access deals confirmed yet.