Games like Little Learning Machines

"Wildmender is an open-world, single-player and multiplayer co-op game with outstanding story and mechanics, set in a deserted world. Craft tools, grow gardens, delve into mysteries, befriend creatures, and defend the land from wraiths. Despite its wonderful visuals, exceptional soundtrack, and immersive gameplay, Wildmender is poorly optimized and buggy, with lots of grinding required."

Autonauts is a single-player strategy game with stunning mechanics, graphics, and humor, but can be quite grinding and buggy. As "Automationauts," your goal is to colonize planets by building automated factories that utilize local resources. The game offers a good soundtrack and continues to be updated, with the latest prototype version being 21.2 .

Eastshade is a single-player, open-world exploration-adventure game where you play as a traveling painter on the island of Eastshade. Capture the stunning world on canvas, engage in dynamic conversations with inhabitants, and solve quests to uncover the land's secrets. With its peaceful gameplay, outstanding music, and emotional depth, Eastshade offers a memorable and immersive experience, despite some bugs and optimization issues.

"Star Stuff" is a charming programming puzzle game where you play as Mija, a star engineer, solving over 150 mind-bending factory puzzles. As you program bots with various capabilities, you'll need to work in tandem with them to manufacture stars. With its forgiving gameplay, you can reset, undo, and retry puzzles to your heart's content.

Equilinox is a single-player 4X game that offers stunning visuals and an exceptional soundtrack, but can be very grinding with plenty of bugs. As a low-poly nature simulation game, it allows players to create and manage their own ecosystem in an engaging and highly emotional atmosphere, currently being developed in Java using OpenGL.

"The Last Alchemist" is a third-person alchemy simulation game set in a vibrant, science-fantasy world. As the last alchemist, you'll craft your workshop, solve alchemy puzzles by extracting essences and fusing them together, and befriend the Agari folk. With various materials to find and use, you'll craft and expand your workshop while discovering the wonders of this charming world.

JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator is a 3D programming puzzle game that allows players to automate and control robots, drones, and other machinery using Python code. Players can solve coding challenges, progress to unlock new features, and improve their programming skills. This game is not for the casual player and requires a basic understanding of programming.

Toki Tori 2+ is a challenging puzzle adventure game where you solve complex puzzles using only whistle and stomp moves. Explore a lush forest island, manipulate strange critters, and discover the Ancient Frogs to destroy the crystal. The game features a unique take on the Metroidvania formula, with in-game camera and level editor for creating and sharing levels. Whistle songs for special abilities and collect 100s of golden wings.

"Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft" is a craft automation game where players program robots called CraftoMates to harvest and terraform a frozen planet. The game offers visual programming and regular updates every 2 weeks, with a discord stream every Friday for community engagement. Players can get involved by filling a form, joining the discord, wishlisting on Steam, or simply following on Twitter, with an optional Pay What You Want support offer available.

"Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator" is a sandbox-style game with unique medieval manuscript visuals, allowing players to create potions by grinding and mixing ingredients, experimenting with different combinations and methods, and selling their concoctions to townsfolk while role-playing as various characters. The game features hyper-satisfying physical interactions and a wide variety of ingredients to discover and master.