Looking for a game about space or similar

I would most definitely wait Mass Effect's release and reviews. NMS is 60$, and while they are trying to climb out of the well, they fucked up the unpatched base game royally. It seems that it will gradually get content, but it won't get any more expensive - so don't rush buying it. Let's wait and see what ME can offer, and at what quality.

Check out Space Engineers.

Any early access survival shit. All they have is empty space. BA DUM TSS.

Solo:
Lifeless Planet
The Solus Project
The Turing Test

Multi:
Astroneer
Osiris

kerbal space program is great in terms of space traveling, physics, exploration, crafting (kinda) but it's 3rd person and has no combat at all (you battle physics all the time) but if you love space and rockets it's epic :)

The Turing Test is a puzzle game with rooms, just like Portal had, it has nothing to do with crafting, exploration, survival or combat. It's the odd one of your list

There is this game Precursors. It was recently in the $1 tier in the Bundle Stars Chaos Bundle.

It's an indie game that was originally released in Russia in 2009. It definitely has its share of problems and it has some bad reviews, but there also seems to be a decent amount of people that really like the game. I haven't played it, but I probably will eventually and to be honest, I think this game might be better than No Man's Sky. It's certainly no technical masterpiece and looks quite dated, but that doesn't bother me if the rest of the game is good.

It looks like it has first person shooting, 3rd person driving and flying, and you can fly to other planets and fight in space. Here's a review that I thought does a pretty good job. It may be an interesting game or it could be complete trash, I really don't know.

Just wait if you're not in a rush, you have nothing to lose from that.

If you have some patience with bugs & other issues, and a clunky interface, why not check out some (and I know I might summon him for uttering his name) some of Derek Smart's games? Some of his older games have been released for free, so there's no harm in trying. Do keep in mind that these are not the most user friendly games, and as I said, rather buggy. But they're also quite interesting.

For the slightly less hardcore, we have the X-series? X3: Terran Conflict is really the only game you need to get from it, as the story is not that important, but the exploration & sandbox elements are, and it's the most complete of the bunch. Do keep in mind that they're very time consuming.

maybe you should check freelancer

https://discoverygc.com/

Edit: added link to one of the most famous mods of the game

Starmade has some of what you want. best thing is the demo is the FULL game until it leaves alpha.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/244770/

How about empyrion galactic survival?

Hmm, you and I seem to like similar games, I suppose.

I've only played a bit of Osiris: New Dawn, but so far I think it's probably closest to what you're looking for. It has the base building, the survival (though you can change the settings to make it easier), the exploration, the strange alien creatures that want to eat you. It's gorgeous to look at and feels pretty damned immersive so far. So far it reminds me of ARK: Survival Evolved in space. I'll have to put more time in it to see how deep the gameplay is, though.

I'm one of probably a handful of people who loved No Man's Sky. I put about 40 hours into it before I finally set it down to wait for more content. Like others have said, though -- if you want to wait for more content, the price will only go down while you wait. Wait for the summer sale on this title imho. It's a good game, but definitely not $60 worth of good to everyone.

Talking about 2001: A Space Odyssey: there's a slim chance that you might be interested in Event[0], an adventure game mostly about building a relationship with a spaceship AI. STASIS is a really cool horror point-and-click adventure largely inspired by iconic movies like Alien (you can try CAYNE, a free game in the same universe, to learn if it's up your alley). J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars is another awesome space adventure, this time you actually get to explore different planets in the company of two helpful AIs.

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edit: should have mentioned it, you dont need a VR to play it.

What about Star Citizen?
Star Trek Online perhaps..

http://store.steampowered.com/app/445220/
Avorion

I´ll second, third and fourth the suggestion for Space Engineers!

There was an article on PC Gamer praising it´s seamless planet to space transition, exactly what i´ve been longing for for such a long time and even more so since No Man´s Sky went into the no more than 20$ shelf, so a mate and I hopped in right away yesterday at around 2100 and ended up quitting around 0200, having travelled to 3 different planets and planting respawn points on all of them .. it was glorious!

I´ve uploaded some of it to YT (no GA sorry :D)