Current state, not really worth the pricetag.

I'd suggest grabbing this game around the 20$ mark unless they somehow enable more alien interactions.  The game itself is very basic in structure and kinda cool to run around from planet to planet exploring.  If you like cataloging various creatures and planets, farming materials to upgrade, collecting blueprints,  flying through space and warping around learning new alien languages then this is the game for you.  I sort of get the mysterious feeling of space from this game but only about 30%.  Its a short term game right now because I have a strong feeling that once I accomplish goals of learning a complete language or fully stocking my ship then I really don't have anything left to do.

Hopefully a later update will change some of these things maybe even allow you to colonize planets and build spaceships or have wars with other alien races.  I really don't consider the center of the universe a spoiler because well its not really anything.  Also even if you collect the atlas stones for the real ending it really isn't anything either.  I won't post it here because might have drama.