I play No Man's Sky on PC. Been playing it since it was new 4 years ago. So it's just a bit samey. But I don't have the willpower to try something else. Can't think of anything I might like.
I tried very hard to like NMS (PS4) and played quite a lot during lockdown.
If you like exploring, and base-building/automation/factory type games - then how about Space Engineers (been around even longer than NMS I think) or Satisfactory (early access, but horribly addictive game-loops)?
NMS is due a big update this week...
I'm an Elite Dangerous Kickstarter! I do have NMS on the Playstation 4, and the updates have turned it into an interesting an absorbing game. But the sheer scale of ED put it head-and-shoulders above any other space game for freedom of movement and the ability to just do what you want to do. Add to that the amazing integration of VR, and the game is stunning to observe. The pause in in-game narrative over the last six months has tested the playerbase, but that's beginning to be addressed. Almost time for me to dive back in. I may not emerge for a year or two.
The wheels have fallen off Frontier a little in the last year/eighteen months. They have all the hallmarks of a company that's overstretched itself, and ended up losing control.
I've never really liked the whole secret squirrel silent thing that Frontier do regarding futures and roadmaps. Having a closed release schedule is fine until you fuck it up and have to tell your userbase "No new updates for eighteen months". Fuck that. That was the moment I stopped playing E:D.
I was wowed by shops like Digital Extremes (Warframe) who seemed to have an open dialogue running the whole time with their userbase - and would issue software updates along the lines of "Let's see how this goes - let us know if it's pants". This is fine if it's FTP software like Warframe.
New kid on the block in this genre is Dual Universe. I want to like it because it's the closest thing I've seen to a cross-over between E:D and Space Engineers. But it's a "subscription beta". So I have to pay you for the privilege of doing your testing for you? Fuck that. Also - single server MMO? Not sure that's going to scale.
ISTM the market for that one beats all Eve/E:D/Space Engineers/Star Citizen/Dual Universe/NMS MMO is mahoosive - and nobody has quite nailed it yet.