Fans of Star Trek: Lower Decks will be happy to hear they’re getting a video game!
Star Trek: Lower Decks is one of the current five Star Trek offerings from Paramount that fans can watch on the Paramount+ app. It’s a mature animated comedy that follows the crew of the USS Cerritos, and it has found its niche in the fandom. So it’s not surprising that East Side Games Group is teaming up with Paramount and Viacom CBS Consumer Products to develop and publish a mobile game based on the animated property.
The Lower Decks video game will be called Star Trek: Lower Decks: The Badgey Directive and will be available for Android and iOS users. The game will feature characters and storylines from the show while trying to include other narratives from the greater Trek universe as well. It’s going to use ESGG’s Game Kit-Idle technology to bring the show to life for fans, with Australian studio Mighty Kingdom Limited co-developing the game alongside ESGG.
The game is expected to launch sometime this year.
Star Trek: Lower Decks video game will try to copy the show perfectly
Fans of the series will be happy to know that the press release promises to get the tone and humor down for the game, and will be done in the same style as the show. The game will be free to play but players should expect microtransactions to support the game. That’s the standard process for mobile games.
The Lower Decks game will join other Star Trek games, like Fleet Command, Timelines, and Star Trek: Legends, all of whom have found success on mobile devices since being launched. Other shows that East Side created games for includeArcher, The Goldbergs, It’s Always Sunny, Trailer Park Boys, and a new one featuring The Office.