
MonsterVine: "Fly, loot, shoot, build and explore with Everspace 2, currently in Early Access"

Pair open-world exploration with an immersive outer space setting, and the result is what players get in these incredible space games.
starfield is fallout with a space fast travel disguised as a mini game. technically space, but more open world sci fi.
"The Hamburg-b based (Germany) indie games developer ROCKFISH Games today announced with great excitement and joy that they have just released the “Wrath of the Ancients” expansion for their fast-paced asci-fi shooter/RPG “Everspace 2” (the said expainsion is available for PC and consoles right now via digital stores!)." - Jonas Ek, TGG.
"ROCKFISH Games has revealed the release date for their upcoming new expansion for EVERSPACE 2, their award-winning space looter-shooter RPG. EVERSPACE 2: Wrath of the Ancients continues the EVERSPACE 2 story, taking space pilots to new explorable star systems filled with fresh challenges and never-seen-before enemies to overcome. The expansion will launch on Steam, GOG, Xbox, and PlayStation May 12, 2025" - ROCKFISH Games.
Played and finished Everspace 1 good game overall however plagued with many bugs (some of them serious). I asked the dev team if they will fix the game and they said, they are finished with the game and moved on to Everspace 2. Just to know what to expect. :-)