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I have this jank-ass game I found because of Starfield discourse that does everything you want from a space game, but without polish and the story line part isn't finished so it's mostly just a sandbox right now (though this is acceptable for me, since I just wanna sandbox game anyway).
Spacebourne 2
My biggest complaint is that it doesn't give you enough info to really understand what everything is or does so you need to look it up elsewhere. But even with all its jank and weirdness, it's more fun than Starfield.
Hoo boy if you want a janky as fuck space game that's also insanely fun, check out Empyrion: Galactic survival (Steam link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/383120/Empyrion__Galactic_Survival/). Specifically, Reforged Eden, which is a full overhaul mod of Empyrion. Shoutout to HWS, the public PvE server I played on.
Explore planets, kill aliens, do some mining, build a base/production site, build a lopsided ship from scratch and realize that weight and center of mass are a thing, cry when you didn't put enough shielding on your fuel tanks and they explode your whole ship.
Explore space, kill alien space ships, do some space mining, build a space base(!), realize that artificial gravity is a thing as you sail away from your space station, cry when your oxygen runs out.
A lot of game aspects feel like they're from the 90s, but other aspects are super in depth and really fun to figure out and optimize.
The fact that it's made by essentially one guy is also just insane.