Lo mdlalo osuselwa endaweni yonke ye-Star Trek, enye yama-franchise edume kakhulu esikhala anama-movie amaningi nezigidi zabalandeli eza eMac nendlela yayo umdlalo osuselwa kuma-MMORPG ukuthi ngubani ongazi ukuthi lezi zingcaphuno zisho ukuthini kungaba yinto efana ne-'Massive Multiplayer Online Role Player Game ', okuthile Sivele sabona nge-Elder Scrolls Online.
I-Star Trek Online ikhishwe ekuqaleni nge-PC emuva ku-2010 sibonga umakhi we-Cryptic Studios futhi manje iyakhula ukuze ikhule kwezinye izinhlelo ukuthi itholakale mahhala kwi-Mac. Labo ababhekele lolu cwaningo bathi bajabule kakhulu ngalokhu kunwetshwa komdlalo ngale kwalabo abasebenzelana nabo ngokusho kwabo, umphakathi yabadlali ku-Mac ikhula usuku nosuku futhi umdlalo ungondliwa yiyo ukuze unikeze umuzwa ongcono wokudlala kubo bonke abasebenzisi.
Siyazi ukuthi kunomphakathi omkhulu wabadlali abadlala kahle kwi-Mac futhi siyajabula ukuthi ekugcineni sizokwazi ukukuvumela ukuthi uzwe i-Star Trek Online. Kubukeka kumangalisa nje ku-Mac ebanzi.
Yize ekuqaleni lo mdlalo wawukhokhelwe, ngo-2012 inkampani ephethe yalungisa kabusha uhlelo lokukhokha ukuze lenze umdlalo wokudlala mahhala ngakho-ke kwenze kube mahhala kubo bonke abasebenzisi. Vele uye kuwebhusayithi esemthethweni yeStark Trek Online, ubhalise, bese ulanda isifaki esizimele seMac.
Umdlalo uhlelwe emicimbini eyenzeka eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu ngemuva kwalokho okwenzeka kumabhayisikobho »I-Star Trek Nemesis, ukwazi ukudala umlingiswa wakho ohlangothini oluthandayo, okungukuthi, kungaba ohlangothini oluhle ndawonye nomfelandawonye noma embusweni waseKlingon, ngisho naseRiphabhuliki yaseRomulan, lapha izinketho zibanzi kakhulu.
