> There's Elite Dangerous and No Man's Sky, as well as Eve online depending on what you're looking for.
None of those offer all the things as SC even at it's current state. Elite Dangerous is closest and even then they're just different games inherently.
> there are obvious alternatives to StarCitizen out there that's not vaporware.
You can download and play Star Citizen right now. It is, by definition, not vaporware.