If you have ever crammed eight people round a table, split them into rival crews and watched the whole thing dissolve into frantic shouting, you already know why Captain Sonar earned its cult following. Matagot is now pointing that chaos at the final frontier. Star Trek: Space Hunt rebuilds the real-time naval duel inside the Star Trek universe, and it gets its first hands-on outing at UK Games Expo this weekend.
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Find events near youSpace Hunt is a team-based hidden-movement game for two to four players, designed by Roberto Fraga, Yohan Lemonnier and Delphine Lemonnier. Two crews sit either side of a screen, each running one ship. One player is the Captain, plotting the course, managing energy and arming systems, while the Second listens to every order the enemy calls out and tries to pin their position on a hidden grid. The twist Matagot has bolted onto the SONAR engine is the goal. You are not only hunting the rival ship, you are racing to destroy their base before they wreck yours.
You can run it in full real-time mode, where nobody waits their turn and the table descends into glorious panic, or a calmer turn-by-turn version if your group prefers to actually think. It plays in around 35 minutes and is rated for ages 8 and up, so it slots into a games night without eating the whole evening.
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See how it worksThe Federation-versus-rivals framing gives Trek fans an instant good-guys, bad-guys hook, and the real-time format makes it a cracking icebreaker for a noisy group. Space Hunt is set for release on 28 August 2026, but if you are heading to the NEC for UK Games Expo (29 to 31 May), you can try it on the show floor first. Round up your away team and see who else is going.
