Nah, at this point NMS is pretty different from Minecraft, really.
There's exploring, there's collecting resources, there's cataloguing plant/animal/mineral species (And you can name them and upload them to a server), there's base building, settlement management, freighter expedition management, trading, crafting, farming, flying around, different kinds of land vehicles including a jumping mech and a space truck, quests; multiplayer quests, massive multiplayer quests - breathes - collecting stuff, discovering manufacturing recipes, upgrading equipment, visiting other systems through warp holes, acquiring pets, breeding pets for better aesthetics/stats, exploring derelict freighters, mining and surveying, composing music... I'm probably forgetting something here and there.