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Star Trek: Armada 2

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2001

Should you play it?

What works

  • Deep strategic gameplay
  • Immersive star trek setting
  • Modding support
  • Multiplayer community
  • Varied races and units

Things to keep in mind

  • Weak single-player ai
  • Micromanagement can be tedious
  • Fragile iconic ships
  • Some balance issues
  • 3d mechanics underutilized

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Command & Conquer Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™

  • Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars™

  • Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2

  • ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition

  • Master of Orion

  • Imperium Galactica II

More intimate

Games that feels like Star Trek: Armada 2 but with more focus on close relationships

Less fantastical

Games that feels like Star Trek: Armada 2 but with less imaginative fiction

Less dominating

Games that feels like Star Trek: Armada 2 but with less domination over others

  • Seven Kingdoms

  • Tzar: The Burden of the Crown

  • Homeworld Remastered Collection

  • Tempest Rising

  • Battle Realms: Zen Edition

  • Battlezone: Combat Commander

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Star Trek: Armada 2: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Fantasy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy.

Last update: 21/08/2026