Reddit mentions of Starlancer - PC

> Is a game like "Eve" the only good option?

This is actually very bad option. It's a MMO and you can dogfight, but it's more famous from its massive battles, when server chokes up. Sheeps are only visible from the outside, you control your ship using mouse, weapons work on cooldowns.

Now, couple older (like last century) options:

https://www.gog.com/game/freespace_expansion

https://www.gog.com/game/freespace_2

https://www.gog.com/game/star_wars_xwing_alliance

https://www.gog.com/game/wing_commander_5_prophecy

https://www.gog.com/game/independence_war_2

http://store.steampowered.com/app/32760/

https://www.amazon.com/Starlancer-PC/dp/B00004R9AL

And few newer:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/396750/

http://store.steampowered.com/app/280200/

http://store.steampowered.com/app/288370/

https://www.evevalkyrie.com/ (if you have VR headset (last time I checked it was Oculus exclusive and coming out on PS4))

http://store.steampowered.com/app/200410/

http://store.steampowered.com/app/282620/

These two combine space sim with RTS:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/259660/

http://store.steampowered.com/app/283160/

Star Citizen does looks great, but it's still in very alpha state. You can get either Squadron 42 which will be single player portion of the game in the vein of pretty much everething I've posted above, or Star Citizen which will be MMO, with mission, trade etc. like:

https://www.gog.com/game/wing_commander_privateer

https://www.amazon.com/Freelancer-PC/dp/B000085AHJ (this one is also with view outside of the ship)

X series: https://www.gog.com/game/x3_terran_war_pack

http://store.steampowered.com/app/71000/

https://www.elitedangerous.com/

StarLancer

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Did anyone else ever play this game? It is defiantly my favorite out of this genre.

I played Tachyon: the fringe too, that game wasn't terrible.

Honestly, apart from ED, I haven't played a modern space sim in last 10 years that I enjoyed so much as the old ones. Here are two of my favourites, you might be surprised but apparently some people still play Tachyon MP. Google for Fringespace, they maintain patches and an FB group.

Tachyon: The Fringe

A classic. Bruce Campbell as a freelance pilot and the world seems out to get him. Comes with two somewhat different stories. One working for a mega corp. The other working for the people (aka space colonists militia). Cool ship designs, fun combat, good flight controls, AI is a bit easy though. Good joystick support for its day too, with rudder/throttle and full keyboard bindings and meta keys. See steam discussions for some patches, including glide and a dll patch for the nebula problem.

Edit: Special note, while you play a freelance pilot, this isn't open world. You only launch when you take a job from the board.

Star Lancer (Amazon, sadly MS isn't probably interested in a Steam release)

You play some nameless pilot in 24 multi-stage Wing Commander like missions. You get promotions that unlock increasingly cool ships. There is even a cloaking ship! The MP is dead but the single player is still fun. May need some patches like Tachyon to get to work. AI in this one is definitely much more challenging, especially if you don't protect/target objectives.