# Freelancer

> Freelancer is Digital Anvil's 2003 space trading and combat game for Windows, set in the Sirius sector.

Web page: https://emulationking.com/microsoft/windows/games/freelancer/
Page updated: 2026-10-26

- Console: Windows
- Released: 2003
- Developer: Digital Anvil

Freelancer was developed by Digital Anvil and published by Microsoft Game Studios for Windows in 2003. It began as a project led by Chris Roberts, the creator of Wing Commander, and is set in the Sirius sector, colonised by four nations from Earth.

The player, Edison Trent, is a freelance pilot who flies a story campaign and can then trade, take missions, mine and fight freely across the sector. Its mouse-driven flight controls and online play made it popular with a lasting modding and server community.

## Freelancer PC Ports

- [Librelancer](https://emulationking.com/microsoft/windows/games/freelancer/ports/librelancer/index.md): Librelancer is an open-source reimplementation of Microsoft's Freelancer for Windows and Linux, with its own multiplayer server and tools for modders.