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

Outpath: First Journey
Also crafting, exploration
A free prologue to a first-person clicker where you gather, craft and automate a base, buying new islands, in either an active or idle style.
96% steam50% idle
Outpath
Also crafting, exploration
A first-person clicker base builder: gather by hand, then automate production and buy more islands to expand.
94% steam50% idle
IDLE_DIRECTIVEUpdated
Also exploration, crafting
Manage a limited grid inventory of producers and automation items while scavenging a dying world, trading with survivors, and resetting for augments.
86% steam
Planar PioneersDormant
Also crafting, exploration
Gather resources and use them to travel to procedurally generated planes, inspired by Minecraft dimension mods.
4.1★ galaxy
The Depths of Xia'phas
Also exploration, crafting
Explore a strange cave, gathering and crafting odd items in search of an artifact that can save your flooded village.
4.1★ galaxy
Magnetic CatchUpdated
Also crafting, exploration
Cast a magnet into rivers to haul up scrap and treasure, then sell, craft and upgrade. Every catch is manual.
3.7★ galaxy25% idle
Dragon Forge
Also crafting, exploration
Play a dragon lifting a curse by gathering and crafting, while goblin minions run an ever-growing automated city across 80 areas to explore.
50% steam
Minetap Craft Idle Mine TycoonUpdated
Also merge, crafting
A pixel mining RPG where you tap to dig, merge block stacks into rarer materials, craft gear, and fight monsters deeper in the mine.

Survivor Island-Idle GameUpdated
Also crafting, exploration
Keep castaways fed and healthy on a foggy island, crafting tools and tending the bonfire while you repair a ship to escape.
has ending
Candy Critters: Idle MergeUpdated
Also merge, exploration
Buy and merge cute critters that chew through candy blocks to uncover coins and treasure across a sugary world.
75% idle
Blacksmith - Merge Idle RPGDormant
Also merge, crafting
Merge weapons into over 81 new designs, use runes to multiply gold and duplicate items, and reset for Soul Gems when progress slows.

Leaf Blower Revolution
Also crafting
Blow leaves. Blow more leaves. Somehow blow leaves across multiple dimensions with a crafting system.
94% steam55% idle
Shelldiver
Also exploration
An elderly turtle pilots a submarine to catch jellyfish and salvage ocean junk, selling the haul to upgrade gear and dive into deeper biomes.
98% steam
Mr.Mine
Also exploration
Dig a mine deeper and deeper, hire miners, discover what lives at the bottom.
92% steam75% idle
Soda Dungeon 2
Also crafting
Staff a tavern with adventurers who crawl a dungeon for you, upgrade the whole town, and script their battle behavior with custom AI.
94% steam
THE LONGING
Also exploration
Wait 400 real days in an underground palace for a king to wake. The clock runs while the game is closed, so you can explore or simply leave.
92% steamhas ending70% idle
The Greenening
Also exploration
Water an ash-covered planet to reveal what lies beneath, upgrade your abilities, and tend a garden aboard your spaceship in about three hours.
96% steam50% idle
Lootun
Also crafting
Send up to three adventurers into dungeons while you salvage, craft and enchant their loot, choosing from four classes with ascendancies.
94% steam50% idle
Tumbleweed Destiny
Also exploration
Roll a tumbleweed through the desert, breaking cacti for points to spend on abilities, solo or with up to 16 players online.
95% steam
Suncraft
Also crafting
Gather, craft and automate to restore a pixel-art village and rebuild its grand Sunspire, helped by recruited companions.
92% steam
Click MageDormant
Also crafting
Stranded on a pixel island, click to gather and carry small amounts of resources, build processing buildings and construct a portal home.
90% steamhas ending
Wizard And Minion Idle
Also crafting
A wizard trains stats, casts spells and raises a pet minion, with fishing, gem crafting, dungeons and reincarnation mixed into one long grind.
90% steam50% idle
Progress Game
Also crafting
Fight monsters, gather materials and cook, then craft three tiers of gear across two worlds. Built to run in the background while you check in for quick upgrades.
92% steam70% idle
Forest Hustle
Also exploration
Dropped in a forest with a 100k debt, chop wood, mine stone, trade and hire dog workers until you pay it off.
90% steamhas ending