Star Trek: Voyager Game Lets You Reopen the Tuvix Debate — Decide Janeway’s Most Controversial Moment

gameXcite’s upcoming strategy game Star Trek: Voyager – Across the Unknown recently showed new gameplay footage that includes a playable Tuvix-related scenario, plus several classic Voyager systems and away missions.

1. Overview of the announcement
2. Gameplay details shown in the trailer
3. The Tuvix scenario explained
4. Release platforms and date status

Overview of the announcement

In August, gameXcite announced Star Trek: Voyager – Across the Unknown, a strategy game set in the 1990s Trek timeline. The game’s official description includes the line “familiar faces return, but their fates may differ.” Moreover, gameXcite released a gameplay trailer that highlights shipboard operations and several recognizable characters.

Gameplay details shown in the trailer

The trailer shows players managing Janeway’s Intrepid-class starship and handling multiple ship systems. For example, players can adjust the warp core, assist with patients in Sickbay alongside the holographic Doctor, and engage the Borg with photon torpedoes. In addition, away missions appear to let players control various crew members, including Tom Paris and Harry Kim, as well as a character listed as Artuis from the season 4 finale.

The Tuvix scenario explained

The trailer includes an appearance by Tuvix, the hybrid created when a transporter accident fused Tuvok and Neelix. In the original Voyager episode, Tuvix is a competent, sentient individual; weeks pass while the crew searches for a reversal. When a method to separate him is found, Tuvix refuses because separation would end his life. The ship’s Doctor declines to perform the procedure on ethical grounds, and Captain Janeway ultimately orders the separation, restoring Tuvok and Neelix.

According to the trailer, Across the Unknown presents this situation as a decision point in gameplay, shown as a brief decision tree. Meanwhile, the broader episode and its aftermath remain topics of discussion among fans; for example, many Trek fans share memes and commentary about Tuvix. You can see a community thread of images and memes on this Imgur gallery.

Release platforms and date status

Star Trek: Voyager – Across the Unknown currently has no announced release date. However, the game is planned for release on PlayStation 5, Windows PC, and Xbox Series X.