Games like Minicology
Games like Minicology include Terraria, Forager, Don't Starve Together, Satisfactory, and The Forest. We matched them by the tags players give Minicology on Steam (Simulation, Space Sim, Aliens, Open World Survival Craft, and Sandbox): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Terraria
Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Sandbox · Survival

Forager
Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Sandbox

Don't Starve Together
Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Sandbox

Satisfactory
Shared: Automation · Sandbox · Open World Survival Craft

The Forest
Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Adventure

Starbound
Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Sandbox · Survival

Rust
Shared: Survival · Open World Survival Craft · Sandbox

Raft
Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Sandbox

Don't Starve
Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Sandbox

Palworld
Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Sandbox

Project Zomboid
Shared: Survival · Open World Survival Craft · Sandbox

Empyrion - Galactic Survival
Shared: Simulation · Open World Survival Craft · Space Sim

Valheim
Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting

ARK: Survival Evolved
Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Adventure

Necesse
Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Sandbox · Survival

Core Keeper
Shared: Survival · Sandbox · Pixel Graphics

ASTRONEER
Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Sandbox

The Long Dark
Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Simulation

Sandustry
Shared: Sandbox · Automation · Open World Survival Craft

Factorio
Shared: Automation · Sandbox · Survival

7 Days to Die
Shared: Survival · Open World Survival Craft · Sandbox

Subnautica
Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting

Conan Exiles Enhanced
Shared: Survival · Open World Survival Craft · Sandbox

Stardew Valley
Shared: Simulation · Pixel Graphics · Sandbox