This blows MC out of the water , its a sandbox in space with a whole galaxy of planets,asteroids, space stations , you can control whole sectors of space as a faction, there are PVE pirates to fight , or PVP with whole fleets .The crafting is amazing , and the ship building , space stations teraforming is endless. It has factions and guild functions and loot, factories and tons of weapons. its almost eve like , almost star citizen,space engineers like , its really come a long way , and a great game to play with the kids. Well worth the 10$ on steam or on their website. oh yea it has pistols for out of ship PVP too.
http://star-made.org/
official trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YyxsW_2xmo#t=125
the wiki
http://starmadepedia.net/wiki/StarMade_Wiki
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j94t2ju9olo fleet battle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E10RrMBYBWg some game play
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYZzEVxsGIw quick look
Check youtube for more vids and this one for getting started.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9tL-nl7kbs
This is the best multiplayer server red.shift.network:4242 , or you can make a dedicated server .
an arfcom dedicated server of this would be epic! Goatboy, please make it so! this would be better than the PIT.