🧭 Outposts Unknown vs Across the Unknown

Star Trek: Outposts Unknown is a top-down outpost builder by Magic Fuel Games and Playstack, launching on Windows PC October 20 — you build research outposts on planets in the X'Lehari system. Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown is a different game entirely: a starship-focused title set around Voyager, which launched earlier in 2026 for PC and PS5. Similar names, completely different games.

Both titles are 2026 Star Trek PC games whose names share the word "Unknown", and search engines blend them freely — autocomplete for one regularly suggests the other. The tell is the verb in your search: if you want to build, manage crew and plan supply lines on a planet's surface, that is Outposts Unknown; if you are looking for starship gameplay, that is Across the Unknown. TrekMovie memorably summed the builder up as "SimCity meets Strange New Worlds" — nothing about Voyager, however, meets SimCity.

Searching for the outpost builder with planets, crew and resource chains? That is Outposts Unknown — launch day October 20, wishlist and demo on Steam now. Searching for starship gameplay around the Voyager crew? That is Across the Unknown, already out. If you landed here from a search result, the fastest tell is the art: planetary surfaces and colony grids mean Outposts Unknown; a starship bridge means the other game.

The two builders-adjacent titles are part of a wider 2026 Star Trek games wave: Star Trek Online continues its long-running MMOrun with new content, and other licensed projects have been appearing at showcases through the year. This guide stays in its lane — every other page on this site is about Outposts Unknown only.