That game wasn't only Starship Creator. It was somewhat space combat game.

Used to buy ship at some port or startbase, smallest ship being frigate or around that, while biggest was starbase, which I never reached as my old PC wasn't able to handle bigger combats than 3x3

Freelancer is more mouse controlable and cockpit view (1st person). That game was 3rd person, also it was impossible to leave ship, unlike in Freelancer.

X games don't seem to be even near... I remember my ship being white/yellowish round in front, and two engines on the side back, also it used to display shield capacity but can't remember if it was on HUD or around ship..

Do I need to comment on this?...

Wazzal seems to be more of strategy, where you buy many ships. The game I'm trying to find is Space Combat Sim either RPG, whichever you like to call. Only one ship you control, others fly on theyr own

I'd say EV Nova but that's only pseudo-3D. Really similar though, compared to your description.

Lets see here, so far we've got:

1. Single player (so it's not an online game like EVE, Jumpgate, or Vendetta Online).

2. Space game where you buy a ship, travel in space, and fight random enemy encounters. (So is it an open-ended trading game then? That would be the assumption.)

3. 3D Graphics. (So it's not a game like Escape Velocity or Space Rangers.)

4. The perspective was from the rear by default - Preferred method was to view the ship from behind topwards at about a 30 degree angle, but that may be adjustable. (So it's not Flatspace or Spaceforce: Rogue Universe)

5. There were friendly ships that travel with you and assist in combat.

6. Ship being "white/yellowish round in front, and two engines on the side back, also it used to display shield capacity but can't remember if it was on HUD or around ship"

7. It's a fairly old game, but not too old, estimated about 4-5 years ago. (So nothing from the Elite series, then. Good thing, too - the space trader genre used to be a lot more popular, if we're talking an Elite clone there's dozens, including really obscure ones like Federation Of Free Traders.)

8. You can't leave your ship. (Not that many let you leave your ship anyway.)

9. It's not Freelancer or from the X series. (Pity, too, I'd say X2: The Threat would be a very good guess.)

Maybe a re-release of Wing Commander: Privateer, but I don't think they had friendly ships that traveled with you to fight with you? I really want to say Spaceforce: Rogue Universe, but I don't think that one is played from an outside ship perspective.

It's probably somewhere on this list. If it's not, maybe we're getting thrown off by this idea of "buying your ship" - a lot of us are thinking it's one of those games where you're free to travel the universe, but maybe it's more of an action game?

Now I'm trying to figure out what kind of game it is - if it wasn't on that list, it either wasn't an open-ended space trading game or a fairly obscure one.

If turned out to be something like a shoot em' up that included a ship-buying mechanic, that'd explain why we haven't identified it yet.

Any kind of details you can give me about how the game played will help figure this out. For example:

* Did you buy anything else but your ship in the game? (For example, trade goods, weapons, armor, ect.) If so, which?
* How did you earn money in the game?
* Did the gameplay involve going on a single path or could you decide where you were going to go?

Another question about your system - was the game played in DOS or in Windows? If the later, which Windows? (95?)

Do you happen to remember the game company that made it?

This is a tricky one. The more prominent features being:

1. You can upgrade your ship (choices being from about 70k cash to over a million cash) but not engage in trading.

2. Sometimes you'll fly with friendly ships.

3. It's a 3D, third person perspective game.

4. It's a Sci-Fi combat game with random encounters.

A really unusual combination. I'm not sure if this game even exists - we might have skewed our criteria a bit.

Here's two lists it might be on:

A list of third-person shooter simulations.

A list of Sci-Fi third person action simulations.

Both lists are set to show only games where a third person perspective was an option.

I've played a lot of games, including Starfury, but don't think I've played the particular one you're looking for. The closest I can think of is Armada, which was a Dreamcast game that is currently being remade into Armada Online.

One more list you might want to check.