Star Trek Fleet Command is a strategy game in the 4X genre – for those unfamiliar, 4X means “eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate”, four major game mechanics that these strategies revolve around. Set in the popular Star Trek franchise, the game would be incomplete without the iconic characters – so the developers did include the post popular ones. Captain Kirk, Spock, Scotty, as well as other characters, make an appearance in the game.
When it comes to gameplay, Star Trek Fleet Command also doesn’t disappoint. Each player is given a space station and a ship at the beginning of the game. By acquiring resources through mining, combat, and completing missions, the players can obtain more ships. Space stations, on the other hand, are unique – a player can only have one. To compensate for this, space stations are upgradable. Turn-based combat of the game allows the players to make tactical and calculated decisions, which is appropriate given the franchise. Finally, the players can join an alliance – a faction of players, basically. Alliances fight each other for the control of the galaxy – they control territories, and can capture them from other alliances.
Star Trek Fleet Command is primarily a smartphone game, available on Android and iOS, but it has a Windows version as well. Not Mac though! Unfortunate, but with the help of this guide you will be able to play Star Trek Fleet Command on Mac anyway.
Play Star Trek Fleet Command on Mac using Bluestacks
The least demanding way to play Star Trek Fleet Command on Mac is to play the Android version via an emulator.
Among the variety of Android emulators, Bluestacks is the most advanced one. Firstly, it is available for both Windows and Mac with full functionality. Secondly, it allows effortless automatic transition to PC game controls, convenient hot-keys, that you are used to from any regular PC game. It provides high performance and graphics in any mobile game even on a relatively weak PC or Mac, as computer processors are usually more powerful than smartphone ones. To run Star Trek Fleet Command on Mac you need to perform these easy steps:
- Download latest version of Bluestacks for MacOS.
- Open Play Store and sign-in with your Google account.
- Download Star Trek Fleet Command from the catalog and run it.
- Bluestacks may offer you to run better engine for this game.
- Install the game and start playing!
Play Star Trek Fleet Command on Mac with Parallels
The version of Star Trek Fleet Command for Windows has very low system requirements (1.1 GHz processor, 2 GB of RAM, 2 GB of storage space). Because of this, it can also be emulated relatively easily.
One way to accomplish this is Parallels Desktop. This is an application that allows for Windows virtualization on Mac with the full support of DirectX and GPUs. In simpler terms, what this means is that it allows you to install Windows 10 on Mac with just a couple of clicks and switch between MacOS and Windows instantly. So you will be able to run Windows, install the game, and enjoy the Star Trek Fleet Command game on Mac just like on a regular PC.
Note: Recommended devices to run resource-demanding games: MacBook Pro (models with Intel processor, discrete graphics cards, and 16 Gb of RAM or more), iMac (models with Intel processor, discrete graphics cards, and 16 Gb of RAM or more), iMac Pro (all versions are suitable), Mac Pro (all models are suitable). Parallels on Mac computers with M1 (M1 Pro, M1 Max) chips may not support recent games. Games that require DirectX 12 and later are currently not supported by Parallels.
Play Star Trek Fleet Command on M1 (M2, M3) Mac
Note: According to our research, playing Star Trek Fleet Command on an M1 (M2, M3) Mac may cause a temporary or permanent account ban in the game, that is why it is recommended to play with the secondary account or as a guest.
As you may already know, M Macs (latest Macbook Pro, Macbook Air, Mac Mini, iMac) are able to run many iOS apps and games on MacOS. If for apps it can be useful because many iPad and iPhone apps are very advanced and suitable for desktop usage, in gaming this is just magic. M chips (especially M Pro, M Max, M Ultra) are much more powerful than iPhone and iPad chips, in many types of games (shooters, racing) keyboard and mouse (trackpad) controls are much more useful than touch.
To download and play Star Trek Fleet Command on M1 (M2, M3) Mac do the following:
- On your Mac go to Mac App Store and click on your profile in the bottom left corner.
- Under account click iPhone‌ & ‌iPad‌ Apps.
- Download Star Trek Fleet Command on your Mac device and start playing!
Note: not all iOS games and programs support this feature. If you can’t find the game in Mac App Store, it is likely that the game’s developers have decided not to support it.
Play Star Trek Fleet Command on Mac with BootCamp
Note: Mac computers with new Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3 Pro, or M1, M2, M3 Max) currently do not support BootCamp. In this case, please, use the options above to run Star Trek Fleet Command on Mac
This method is simple but time-consuming. If your Mac meets all the system requirements above, you can play Star Trek Fleet Command on Mac by installing Windows. You need to set up a dual boot of Windows and Mac via BootCamp. This is an application that allows users to choose the system to work in on startup, however, you won’t be able to switch between systems like in Parallels. You will need to reboot your machine every time you want to switch from Mac to Windows and vice versa. Remember that Mac is just a computer, in the end. And while newer Macs have their own special Apple Silicon chips that cannot run Windows, older Macs are very much similar to computers that run Windows, they have Intel processors, compatible RAM, disks, and other components. So you can install Windows on an older Mac by allocating no less than 64 GB of disk space (to be able to run Windows and a couple of games) and following these steps:
For OS X El Capitan 10.11 and older
For MacOS versions prior to OS X El Capitan 10.11 you will need to create a bootable Windows USB.
- Download this Windows ISO file.
- Open Boot Camp Assistant (Go to Applications > Utilities).
- Define the Windows partition size and choose the Windows ISO file you’ve downloaded.
- Format the Windows partition and go through all Windows installation steps.
- When Windows boots for the first time, follow on-screen instructions to install Boot Camp and Windows support software (drivers)