Quest for a new space sim, I'm stuck in a box labeled STEAM

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I've been playing games on Steam for some time and I need to make sure I'm not missing anything good elsewhere so I'm coming to the people who know best.I've looked at Elite: Dangerous (which is on Steam) and it seemed to be the perfect game until I found out that it's 99% combat oriented, everything else you encounter is another criminal or enemy, and there's no mining. I like the open world trading and mining aspects of a space sim, like in Starpoint Gemini 2 and the like. It's nice to be able to salvage a wrecked vessel and tow it back as loot too.Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion looks awesome but I want to actually fly my ship, not control vast numbers. I already tried Rebel Galaxy and meh, it's not indepth enough, not enough interaction and combat is odd with the broadside focus.Any tips?Edit: Gimme 3D, 2D lacks some realism for me. Otherwise, a game like Voidexpanse looks like a like of fun.Edit again: I found Everspace and I'm intrigued, checking it out.

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Elite:Dangerous has mining. Mining can be very challenging in this game. Also you can do trading and smuggling an never fire a single laser shot.You could try Evochron Legacy:[url]http://store.steampowered.com/app/398170/Evochron_Legacy/[/url] i don't know if you can tow a derelict vessel in this game.Starpoint Gemini Warlords is also an option if you liked the second part.A bit old and unpolished but can be entertaining:[url]http://store.steampowered.com/app/372480/Spaceforce_Rogue_Universe_HD/[/url]