Freelancer is a direct sequel to Microsoft’s mission-based space combat simulator Starlancer. However, unlike its predecessor Freelancer combines combat and trading within an open world environment. Due to the involvement of Wing Commander's creator Chris Roberts it is largely considered to be the spiritual successor to Origin Systems’ Wing Commander: Privateer.
Set 800 years after the events of Starlancer, the game revolves around the adventures of freelance pilot Edison Trent, survivor of an attack on the space station Freeport 7. Having lost the deal of a lifetime (worth a million credits) in the attack, Trent teams up with Jun'ko ‘Juni’ Zane, of the Liberty Security Force, and together they begin to investigate events connected to the attack.
While the story progresses through the completion of specific storyline missions, Trent is free to spend time exploring, trading, or even smuggling. He also has the option of taking freelance combat missions offered by the many factions that inhabit the 48 star systems within the game.
The star systems themselves are beautifully detailed. A vast range of planets await exploration, along with brightly burning stars, nebulas, treacherous asteroid fields and vast expanses of space junk (often home to hostile outcasts).
One striking feature of Freelancer is the way it is controlled. A joystick is not required as the game is keyboard and mouse driven. Keys control the forward movement of the ship while moving the mouse with the left button held down allows the ship to change direction. At the same time the targeting crosshair is dragged across the screen by the movement of the mouse and the right mouse button is then used to fire the ship’s guns. This works surprisingly well making it an instantly accessible game.
Review By Richard
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Comments and reviews
I'm still playing at the age of 78 in 2026. I have some 'old stuff' I'll share in the future but new installs in a non-system directory is the best advice I've had in decades! I would add; be off-line when you do install. If you want to mod I would do the SDK. It decrypts every file so you can edit with Notepad. Good, clean fun. Good luck out there!
I am just testing the game and expect to see if i will be able to play it. My first spatial game was StarSector and it was something, so i want to test this one and also thanks to those who created this plateforme. Thanks you very much.
Installed from the ISO and then applied the "Freelancer: HD Edition" Mod.
And the game just works on Win11, nothing else was needed.
This game came out 20 years to early. has set the stones for what we have today. this needs to get back under a good developer and turned it to something that it deserves...still have the original disk...the whole box it came in...best game ever...by far
Runs flawlessly on an M-series Macbook via Crossover. Create a bottle, set it as Windows 7 32bit, Graphics: D3DMetal, Sync: MSync, High Res Mode Off. Install the Repack by MagiPack. Install the Freelancer HD Mod from ModDB in the same bottle. Run from the Freelancer HD Edition icon and tell Juni I said "Hi!".
I was playing this in '04. The best bod is on modb, Discovery Freelancer. I'd strongly advise playing the solo campaign first. You will make friends faster if you're not a noob interrupting people's game online. Besides, they are likely to kick an ooc noob.
Freelancer Alpha one dash one you a clear to dock at Newark Station
Brings back so many memories of my first PC playing this with friends...i would recommend Freelancer HD Edition you need a clean install and then install HD edition adds new updated textures widescreen and a ton of fixes and improvements and still keeps it the classic game but better looking.
PT BR: Outra pergunta, qual exatamente a diferença entre eles ?
Ingles: Another question: what exactly is the difference between them?
PT BR: desculpe incomodar, mas qual versão recomendável para baixar?, e vocês verificaram se tinha Malware ? (recomendo VirusTotal)
Refiro arquivos pequenos como DLL ou outros :)
Inglês: Sorry to bother you, but which version do you recommend downloading? And have you checked for malware? (I recommend VirusTotal)
I'm referring to small files like DLLs or similar :)
I cant play lan :(
I don't like the size of this. Is this a cut version without a lot of speech files?
here is another multilingual installer https://archive.org/details/freelancer_202510
Hello is this safe to download?
Same question for patch & widescreen fix.
Thank you.
Spent 600k to fix the relationship, bought spaceweed from outlaws, then I got robbed by them during taking off.
I am not sure why Microsoft has treated this game like a shirt with to many holes. Even today Freelancer is better than most of the games I see. Freelancer could have easily been sold as a private server game.
DENNIS VAN LIEMPT - You dont need cheatcodes, you have admin commands for your server. Google. There are plenty help for it. Check for ioncross server operator. There are plenty of them even galaxy editor.
Are there Cheatcodes for Freelancer
nvm.
The "Repack by MagiPack (includes Jason's Freelancer Patch v1.25) English version works clean on Steam Deck OLED when installed via Wine in Desktop Mode!
did any of you guys, trying to run installer on a steam deck?
I installed MagiPak Repack version and was surprised to see the game running just fine on Windows 10 (2H22) from the get-go. I did not even have to set the game to run "in compatibility mode to Windows XP" or have it run "in admin mode". The sound also works just fine, too, even with the "3D Sound" enabled by default.
I couldn't get this to work on WIN10 machine. Working great on my XP machine with Jason's 1.25 patch. Not even going to push my luck with the 1.4 patch.
two words: perfect game!
could be considered as a true successor to Elite series
Which version do I download to play multiplayer with my friends?
von Anfang an gute Einführung, leichte Erklärung, und ein Spiel mit Spannung und viel Aktionen. Wenn ihr beim Mod herumstöbert, findet ihr vielleicht ein seeehr gutes Schutzschild. ich würde es jedem empfehlen der des Spielens willen nicht oft neubeginnen will. ich habe es oft und lange gespielt und habe es vor kurzem wieder rausgeholt, da es ein apdate gegeben hat und ich es wieder spielen kann!
danke für dieses upgrat!!!!!!!!!!!!
hello, the webpage is unrecheable - the download of freelance, can you fix it pls ?
Yohoooo :) First time i play this game is 2005 :p
Does the widescreen mod and patches work with cd versions? I have a physical copy of this game.
We have updated the game, added some new language versions plus fixes, and the guide how to use fixes.
The guide is only for original Freelancer and its singleplayer campaign. If you want to play with mods or on unofficial multiplayer servers - check the links in guide. There's too many of mods to create the guide for all of them :-D
better than starfield
Ignore Killer. Game installs and works perfectly if you follow the instructions. Some people are just retarded.
The game is not work i have try all
A classic from years gone by. From the mind of the man who made Wing Commander, we'll just pretend he didn't go on to StarCitizen.
This game was actually supposed to be what SC claims to be, but it was even more of a pipedream 23 years ago and Freelancer was pushed out the door in the state it was in, without the persistant universe and deep economy promised. In retrospect a good idea, Freelancer made money and is fondly remebered, and here I am two decades later replaying it.
Watchout is another person that doesn't understand how games used to work with physical copies, key generators and as a result ISO's. Probably doesn't even know what burning a disc or Daemon tools even is or mean. And how to get around these protections cracks had to be made and because of the way they work show up as Trojans or Viruses. Especially on bloatware scanners such as McAfee and Norton which have to block "threats" even when they aren't present, so the poor people that don't know any better feel that they are being well protected and aren't getting ripped off every year when they renew their subscriptions. "It must be good, it's constantly telling me it's removed or blocked a threat. Take my money for another year"
All those people that used to sit on torrent sites saying every game was a virus or malware, while thousands were happily playing without any security issues.
Used to love this game. The best mod is Tekagis Treasure. Gigantic galaxy size map, faster ships and tighter controls than vanilla. And on top of that, EVERY single ship and fighter from popular sci-fi TV and movies. And I mean every.
Want to use the Defiant to fight a Battlestar Galactica Vyper, yes. Want to fly an F302 from Stargate against a Klingon Raptor? Yes. Want the Daedalus battleship to jump in and start slugging it out with rail guns against the Galactica? Yes. And these are just a few of my favorites that I remember from playing 15 years ago. Want the best shields in the game? You have to journey to the center of the universe and go to Nirvana and learn to pilot a maze of mines to get to the station in the middle? Yes.
And all these things are spread out and hidden throughout the galaxy in different regions, rewarding exploration. You might fight nothing for 10 sectors and think ok this is area I'll go somewhere else and boom you missed that badass set of laser cannons at the smallest base in the corner of the next sector, or flying through a sector with zero light and no sensors, you think there is nothing here I'm going back, but you didn't find the hidden base that you don't know is there unless you already know, or the wormhole in the corner that you can't find unless you are right on top of it that turns out to be a shortcut to the other side of the galaxy.
Mod was amazing. Trust me, if you have a group of friends, set up a server and have an amazing time finding everything and having iconic cross over space battles. And even if you just go solo exploring and find your favorite ship or fighter it's worth it as they all have different firepower, handling, max speeds, accelerations, armor, every ship feels different. Just have a notepad and pen to note things down because it's so huge until you have played a lot you will forget what was in each region, where the best shield, lasers, thrusters, power supply and trade routes are, etc.
The mod was Tekagi's Treasure, It's still around, and now I've thought about it, I have to go and play it again. Just wish I had a group to do it with, like back then.
And the kicker is what killed it was Star Citizen, everyone just decided we will wait for that to release to replace it. Hahahahahaha, we will probably all be long gone before then.
people keep saying stuff on the ISO download....i am going for the Ra7en download i would say it has always worked for me but i would say scan it before doing anything i always do.
Works great, lots of good old memories from this game. Great story and arcade-y space combat with decent options.
For multiplayer the largest community right now is the Discovery roleplay mod. Try it!
My favorite game of all time and that is a lot considering I started playing on a Commadore64.
@WatchOut
nowadyas all keygens and hacked .exe are considered "viruses" by Windows defender and other anti-viruses. You'd wanna actually run it and through an antivirus and you can always isolate it from connecting to the web.
Love Freeancer.
This Freelancer iso contains various trojans/malware.
You can view the details yourself on "virus total" website and search for the report for hashcode (from Freelancer.iso): ad059c80b62042ad1334c06e7a0a5fb1b299b3ab948fc63900516ddd8a109744
Top bad results of meta scans:
Cyren engine: W32/Patched.S.gen!Eldorado
DrWeb engine: Trojan.DownLoader34.40165
McAfee-GW-Edition engine: Suspicious Keygen!rar
NANO-Antivirus engine: Trojan.Win32.SMSSend.expsay
Infected files in the iso:
CRACK___/FREELANC/FLUADDON.RAR
REDIST/VCREDIST.EXE
CRACK___/FREELANC/FLKEYGEN.RAR
CRACK___/WINRAR_4.EXE
GAME/EXE/FREELA_1.EXE
so got the game to start up but when it gets to saying freelancer after menu game closes itself and doesnt go to menu. how do i fix this?
I played this game a long time ago. I'm very sorry that they didn't make more maps and that they didn't improve it. Thanks a lot for the download.
The game is superb and runs smoothly
Do yourself a favor and download the Discovery mod :)
sehr geil das spiel blos die textur ist nicht so schön
Play Elite Dangerous for an experience like this. But Freelancer is playable offline and Single player. And there are some really good expansion packs/mods for it now too...
I just downloaded and installed using the Installer by Ra7en and it worked perfectly. I was prompted to install DirectPlay which I assume came with it. I installed DirectPlay as well and everything is working great so far. Thanks!
I followed the instructions posted by SOLIDG and the game is working perfectly under Win10. Thanks!
So when I try to run the game, it says to run as administrator, but when I select that, the game does nothing. Is there some patch I need to add to it to help play it?
Yeah when I try to extract the Cracked Freelancer file to the EXE folder it says acces denied. Anyone got a solution for it?
The communities i found playing this online were both the best of times and the worst of times. The single player was good the online versions were fantastic. The learning curve was simple, know your ship and nothing was impossible, then mods opened the ability to fly Battleships from every major game, series or movie.
One of the best, immersive, and visually stunning space games i've played with nothing comming close in 19 years.
To the modders, admins and patrons who made it all possible, Friends and enemies alike i miss you all.
RIP: Discovery, BSG, Nightstalkers and the best mod of all Aurora
Even in 2022, I can still count on the amazing community to keep these childhood gems alive. Big thanks
Runs well on Windows 10.
i have the german ISO (ccd) - how can i provide it for you?
For those who uninstalled the game and reinstalled the game. Followed the install instructions. Then game crashes after intro. The fix is to delete everything on your PC with any link to Freelancer. To do this click on File Explorer. Click on This PC. On the upper right is Search This PC. Enter the word "Freelancer." Let the search run. Several files and other stuff will show up that has a Freelancer tag on it. Delete as many of the files you can. It turns out there are some files are left on the computer that interferes with a new install. It may be in the users file but I did not experiment to see. I wanted to play the game. You may also have to this to the One Drive cloud also. Hope it works for you.
Playing since 2004, still enjoying it as much
cant find nothing like this anywhere.
If you want to get out the maximum from this i recommend to use Discovery mod (after you played thru main campaign ofc) it is expands the universe and you can host your own "MMO" with this... okay technicly it is not an mmo.... or is it? it comes from a time that the games had sensible multiplayer mods(not just ONLINE ONLY ALWAYS like nowadays...) and the mmo games were so few in numbers that this is technicly not an mmo... so this game gives you the cd key(or player ID), not asking for it XD a bit ironic...(okay this has CD protection, but nothing is perfect...) and you can host a server with a max of 128-200 player slots... your own private sandbox mmo-like universe... with lot of coop or optional pvp/factions... there is no game like this anymore, not everything is just mmo and server side... in this case you own your stuff/players :D ant the universe is HUGE, despite that the graphics not aged so well... this is an all time favorite... For everyone it is a must-have :D also there is an online-fix for this to be able to post your own server to a public list again and get some players if any... (this game has playerbase up until this very day...)
I downloaded the program but every time I hit play it just blanks out to my desktop. Any advice anyone?
how do you save the game?
year2022. just opened up the old CD and installed the game again on Windows 11. cant believe its been ages. its evergreen. Squadron 42 doesn't compare to freelancers simplicity.
Ignore the losers complaining about download caps.. Talk about being pretty dimwitted; you can FREELY download a game someone else spends time managing and pays for the server space without asking a penny from you!
STFU!
THANK YOU for putting this game up here! Time to relive one of the great Space Shooters of the generation!
100k/sec cap? naaaaaaaahhhh ...
more like 3000k/sec O.o ...
probleme not on server side ... then.
alright time to get back to freelancing in freelancer.
WTF is this only downloading at 100K/Sec.. WTF, this should have been done in a less than a fucking moment
Anyway to bypass this capped download speed? Its capped at 200kb/s..
I'm not even that old, born in 95 and this is still one of my top 4 GOATs , that and Deus Ex, AoE 2 and old runescape
If you guys love this game, you should try Star Citizen!
This was the best game i have played so far and i miss it alot
Could not get the game to run on Win10. Kept double-clicking the program icon and nothing would happen. To fix this, it was necessary to uninstall the game completely and then reinstall by running Setup.exe as administrator.
Used to play this a LOT back in the day. Alpha Centauri 2 server was home.
Lead a clan with over 120 active fighter pilots and merchant marine wing.
Crushed the AJ's (allied juggernauts) and RastaFleet in two wars of clan extinction.
Overran two more servers and LOVED the Nexus mod.
It was a sad day the global server went down.
Brilliant game. Love it.
Yo, this game is great. I actually am trying to revive it at the moment, and already have quite a few hits. I've got a vanilla version of this ISO as well at a link in my forums, and a chill 6 step guide to getting it running on win10! If anybody is interested, The guide here https://chris777gerard.wixsite.com/website/forum/gaming-forum/how-to-install-freelancer-on-windows-10-2021
and our twitter as well! https://twitter.com/FLRevive
It is being remade, this is the OG Star Citizen
I downloaded the ISO version, mounted the cd image and ran the installation file. After that I just followed the readme.txt instructions inside the patches and crack folder and it's running smoother than a baby's butt.
Now, about the game, I can totally say it's one of the best gaming experiences I've ever had in my life. The graphics are stunning for a game almost 20 years old, the gameplay is very fun and intuitive, the map is freaking huge and the story is very interesting. I honestly can't believe this game became an abandonware and isn't being remade for the current generation.
10/10 must play.
Just quoting from a posting I saw to avoid spending a lot of time. Of course my personal suggestion is never to store critical data on a computer that you use cracked programs with.
Crack - techniques of avoiding genuine checks
Now I will mention two kinds of implementing cracks and I will tell some words for each of them.
Patching an executable file
The crack opens a executable file (.exe, .dll, …) and make corrections inside it to avoid checks for legality. Changing executable files is specific action for viruses and the antivirus could create false positive result.
Injecting code into program threads
This is some kind of in-memory hack to cheat checks for legality. It is typical again for viruses and the crack could be detected as a virus.
Conclusion
So two of the most common approaches of implementing cracks are highly suspicious actions, which could make the AV software think the crack is a virus.
https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/129762/is-malware-distributed-with-pirated-software-actually-common
I have this game on cd used to play a lot, its the best game .but when I upgraded to windows 10 from windows 7 it tells me I am missing a dll file have not tried to go back to 7 it just mite work again.
Eldorado virus. Don't install this.
dope game
When I try to boot the game, errors pop up that several dll files are missing and crashes during boot. I'm running on Windows 10 and running game on XP SP3 compatibility. From the comments other people got this running. What am I missing or is this a corrupted iso? Also tried running with all the patches installed and same error. I think there may be something screwy with the ISO file itself.
Me and my boys are going in on this beautiful old game tonight.
mess with the viper, and you'll get the fangs
I've always wanted to play this game it brings back memories, but I can't seem to download it in windows 10. I already install and uninstall and even go to starport to get the "no cd EXE.", I followed instructions on youtube but I can't seem to open it, when I open my taskbar its says "suspended" can someone plss help me :(
Greetings MCFAILSAUCE and all
search for 'dacom.ini' and 'jflp.dll' in the google, GOG.com can make this game return to live
Excellent game and still holds up, even in 2020.
Just curious, but has anyone found a way to increase the resolution to desktop?
Concerning Vinsup's possible virus comment: Ran Windows Defender scan on Windows 10 (Security intelligence version 1.321.2021.0 (8/23/2020). Performed full scan of ISO: 12624 files scanned, 0 threats found.
That said, when you download the zip, it may not always come from the same server (may redirect to closest local mirror). So it is possible there is an infected copy/mirror out there. Everyone should make sure and run Windows Defender scan on any downloaded zips before opening them.
Windows Defender reported that the crack & tools subfolder of the zip file for Freelancer contains a trojan horse called Win32/Wacatac.C!ml. Could someone confirm on his side ?
Is there some kind of anti-piracy thing in this game that's not disabled? Enemy ships all seem to shoot me and only me and it's getting really, really old.
Runs like a dream in Linux under Wine.
Search for the "Discovery" expansion pack after you've played the original game.
I would recommend the Discovery mod as well. It add a ton of new ships including capitals. https://discoverygc.com/
I had this downloaded and after much working with getting the stuff from this site; https://the-starport.net/freelancer/download/viewcat.php?op=&cid=1 downloaded, I was good to go. I also went and got IonCross single player file manager put in place and went through a lot of trouble getting that up and going. Keep in mind that I'm running a home built computer which is running Windows 10. However, as long as you know what you are doing, you will have everything up and working.
And I am quite happy to say, I got what I wanted except for the multiplayer up and working due to that thing that Microsoft did. I have tried the work-around bit but no dice. I'm thinking that after work or when I have more time, I'm going to be trying it again.
Cool Game I spend hours on it
I missed this game, it is one of my favorites! Thanks you so much for providing this service!
There is one android game like this but its small. Galactic Phantasy. Worth the play
To get the game running smoothly on newer machines (especially Win10) you best go to the SWAT-portal and download crossfire MOD, install it and most problems are gone. If you still have problems, ask in the SWAT forum, there's always someone online to help you.
nice game truly one off the best space games ever hope i can make it work agin
There is still a active modding community, we chose to stay slightly more true to the vanilla lore as opposed to Crossfire's "More Stuff".
https://discoverygc.com/
Share your gamer memories, help others to run the game or comment anything you'd like. If you have trouble to run Freelancer (Windows), read the abandonware guide first!
long shot, but does the multiplayer aspect of this game still function?
cant play this game please help
I can't get freelancer to run ..... help plz
I've installed as per instructions and enabled Direct Play. Click on icon - do you want this to make changes - yes- nothing happens after that. Please help I love this game!
Excellent game!
year 2018 and still no game like this ...!!
No comment nor review for this game at the moment.