Games like Clean the Sea!
Games like Clean the Sea! include Slime Rancher, Disney Dreamlight Valley, Goat Simulator 3, Stardew Valley, and Staxel. We matched them by the tags players give Clean the Sea! on Steam (Exploration, Collectathon, Sandbox, Nature, and Sailing): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Slime Rancher
Shared: Exploration · Cute · Sandbox

Disney Dreamlight Valley
Shared: Exploration · Sandbox · Character Customization

Goat Simulator 3
Shared: Exploration · Sandbox · Character Customization

Stardew Valley
Shared: Farming Sim · Sandbox · Relaxing

Staxel
Shared: Sandbox · Farming Sim · Nature

A Short Hike
Shared: Exploration · Relaxing · Nature

SPORE™
Shared: Sandbox · Exploration · Open World

SimplePlanes
Shared: Sandbox · Exploration · Automation

Little Kitty, Big City
Shared: Exploration · Sandbox · Cute

Paleo Pines
Shared: Exploration · Farming Sim · Relaxing

Stormworks: Build and Rescue
Shared: Sandbox · Exploration · Automation

Critter Cove
Shared: Exploration · Sandbox · Farming Sim

Sledding Game
Shared: Sandbox · Cute · Collectathon

Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
Shared: Collectathon · Cute · Relaxing

Garden Paws
Shared: Exploration · Sandbox · Farming Sim

Out of Ore
Shared: Exploration · Sandbox · Farming Sim

Plantera
Shared: Collectathon · Sandbox · Automation

Farm Together
Shared: Farming Sim · Sandbox · Relaxing

Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles
Shared: Exploration · Sandbox · Farming Sim

Farming Simulator 22
Shared: Farming Sim · Sandbox · Simulation

WEBFISHING
Shared: Character Customization · Cute · Collectathon

Tiny Glade
Shared: Sandbox · Relaxing · Nature

Paralives
Shared: Character Customization · Sandbox · Simulation

Satisfactory
Shared: Automation · Exploration · Sandbox