If EVE is a simulator, it's the kind of Farming sim or management sim. The whole space stuff is just a sci-fi coating to differentiate it from other mining/building/managing simulators.
I may have a skewered opinion, since I never played it (i chickened out when I saw how steep the learning curve was :shame:)
Friendship drive charging ;)
which reminds me OP, Elite: Dangerous is NOT first person EVE. Don't let the few shared bullet points deceive you.
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