Top down, preferably slower-paced than a twitch fest. Long-term gameplay. PvE Combat-focused (instead of 4x focused)
Star Sonata 2 is the closest MMO-thing I can reference, but that game has deep problems.
Star Sector might be the closest single-player thing I can reference, assuming “1 ship only”…
ST:O gets close, but it’s 3D and is kinda repetitive…
Dark Swords would be the best parallel, I think, just without the pvp endgame and space themed.
(sorry for the stream of consciousness there)
Thanks for all the suggestions. As far as Starfighter:Infinity goes, I think it’s “kinda MMO”? This was the PvP answer I got in their discord just now: