(08-11-2017, 05:48 PM)Ikarus_Hagen Wrote: Don't forget the "Freelancer #1" Starlancer.
Yep, Starlancer, the sort-of-prequel to Freelancer, should definitely be on the list. It's not really in the same subgenre as Freelancer—being purely a combat sim and lacking any of the trading and exploration of its better-known brother—but it's definitely "related", being set in the same universe. Never played it myself (doesn't have Freelancer's great mouse controls so requires a joystick iirc) but there's some gameplay footage around online. It actually looks more reminiscent of modern space sims than Freelancer, weirdly, with its holographic displays and proper first-person HUD.