(I mostly play in campaign mode for context.)
Cosmoteer has a similar game flow to Mount and Blade in all the best ways, but instead of getting more soldiers to join your army, you are upgrading your ship or adding new ships to your fleet. You start as a weak small ship, taking on easy missions or mining to make some money and upgrade your ship and it just starts to snowball as you get stronger you can take on harder missions and upgrade your fleet bigger ect. If you like this style of game comoteer is a must buy!

(I mostly play in campaign mode for context.) Cosmoteer has a similar game flow to Mount and Blade in all the best ways, but instead of getting more soldiers to join your army, you are upgrading your ship or adding new ships to your fleet. You start as a weak small ship, taking on easy missions or mining to make some money and upgrade your ship and it just starts to snowball as you get stronger you can take on harder missions and upgrade your fleet bigger ect. If you like this style of game comoteer is a must buy!