Games like Idle Deepcore
Idle Deepcore. These games share the most with it, and each one says why.

Sixty Four
Also automation, mining, production chain
Build machines that dig up cubes and spend them on stranger machines, moving from clicking toward a fully automated factory.
75% steam50% idle
Deep Town: Mining Idle GamesDormant
Also mining, production chain, automation
Mine resources below ground and craft them above into jewelry, chemicals, and plants, linking buildings into production chains run by bots.

Beltmatic
Also production chain, automation
Mine numbers from the map and route them along belts through adders and multipliers to deliver target values to the hub.
95% steam
PROFITS 2167: Planetary Resource Optimization & Freight Infrastructure Technician Simulator
Also mining, automation
Drive a mining train by hand between stations, defend against alien insects and reinvest profits into upgrades and delivery drones, satirizing tech startups.
98% steamhas ending25% idle
Asbury Pines
Also production chain, automation
Link the work of townsfolk across eras from the stone age to the far future, building automated production that uncovers a small-town murder mystery.
90% steam
SludgineersUpdated
Also mining, production chain
Drive the countryside cleaning and mining pollution, refine it in your own refinery, and upgrade tools to open new areas in a hands-on incremental.
87% steam25% idle
Assembly Planter
Also automation, production chain
Grow from hand farming to automated planters, harvesters and belts, and merge whole machine setups into one compact block.
92% steam
Space industrial empire
Also production chain, automation
Lay out flat conveyor lines for mining, smelting and research, then build warships to take other planets.
87% steam70% idle
Widget Inc.
Also production chain, automation
Craft widgets by hand, then automate and lay out a sprawling factory through twelve tech tiers on the way to building a rocket.
87% steamhas ending
Beltex
Also production chain, automation
Pull numbers from a hex map, run them through math buildings, and belt the results to your core to level up and unlock more.
85% steam
Scrap Yard IdleUpdated
Also production chain, automation
Collect scrap by hand, then build crushers, separators and assemblers until the whole processing chain runs itself.

Particul
Also mining, automation
Click to knock particles into a growing pile, sell them, and automate with extractors and traders until you find the rarest particle to win.
80% steamhas ending
Military Incremental ComplexDormant
Also production chain, automation
Start by making bullets by hand and grow into an arms giant producing tanks and nukes, playing the stock market and lobbying government.
82% steam2.7★ galaxy25% idle
Project P.I.T.T.
Also automation, production chain
As an intern, craft rubber ducks and feed them to a growing corporate pit, building physics contraptions of magnets, fans and launchers to raise throughput.
79% steam
Industry IdleDormant
Also production chain, automation
Build factories on generated maps, optimize production chains, trade on a player market and prestige for new maps, with offline earnings tied to company value.
77% steam75% idle
Fracture Field
Also mining, automation
Break quarry rocks with timed swings, add drones to automate, clear space with bombs and shatter the whole operation for prestige currency.
75% steam
Kin and QuarryUpdated
Also mining, incremental
Dig into the earth with a crew of tiny kin to recover essence for a sacred tree. Hire miners, launch drills and uncover artifacts that recruit more helpers.
76% steam
Idle Space Raider
Also automation, mining
Patrol space as a station guard, mining ore and fighting in raids, then upgrade your ship and station. Toggles automate most systems, and a stargate opens a second reset tier.
74% steam70% idle
Incremental Factory
Also automation, production chain
Build out a factory across parcels and clusters, managing resource flow and reworking production chains as the operation expands.
72% steam
Starvester
Also automation, mining
Send drone swarms to mine a star system and grow a factory that builds megastructures, with prestige along a roughly five hour campaign.
69% steamhas ending25% idle
Idle Lumber Chopper Empire IncUpdated
Also automation, production chain
Chop trees by hand at first, then hire lumberjacks and add machinery to automate a full timber business from forest to factory.

Pizza Factory TycoonDormant
Also incremental, production chain
Bake pizzas, clone them, run delivery trucks and fund research across a pizza city, with a detailed prestige loop.

Lumber IncUpdated
Also production chain, automation
Turn logs into planks in a sawmill, hiring lumberjacks and automating lines, with profits growing while you are away.
75% idle
Idle Distiller TycoonUpdated
Also automation, production chain
Brew, bottle and sell across breweries, distilleries and vineyards, hiring managers to automate production while a light storyline unfolds.
50% idle