Games like The Machine's Garden

"Spring Falls" is a relaxing puzzle game where players help a group of creatures survive in a drought-stricken valley by controlling the water flow. By strategically raising and lowering elevated platforms, players must fill the creatures' water tanks and help them grow gardens while ensuring other animals have enough space to thrive. The game offers a peaceful atmosphere and a minimalist art style, making it perfect for players looking for a calming and engaging experience.

"Stuffo the Puzzle Bot" is a laid-back puzzle game where you help the eponymous robot solve mind-bending puzzles using various blocks to reach the exit. The game features 65 levels, a chill original soundtrack, and approachable yet challenging gameplay. It is accessible with simple controls and does not require quick reflexes, making it a relaxed puzzle experience.

The Swapper is a narrative-driven puzzle game taking place in a desolate sci-fi world. Players use a device to clone themselves and swap consciousnesses, solving puzzles in fiendishly clever ways. Its unique claymation-style visuals and thoughtful story, told through the environment, create an unforgettable experience in English, French, German, and Spanish.

"Evan's Remains" is a mystery-filled puzzle platformer adventure game. Players help Dysis, a girl with photographic memory, search for a missing genius named Evan. The game features challenging puzzles, a captivating story, and beautifully pixelated art style. Players must uncover the secrets of Evan's past and his mysterious island to progress through the game.

SOLAS 128 is a rhythm-based puzzle game where players rotate and reposition mirrors to connect light pulses and unlock puzzles in a interconnected space. These pulses can collide and create new colors, and players will encounter various components that interact in unique ways. The game features a synthwave soundtrack to complement its otherworldly, retro, neon aesthetic.

"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.

Blue Prince is a mystery-strategy puzzle game set in the ever-changing manor of Mt. Holly, where each door you choose reveals new rooms and challenges. Your decisions shape the manor’s layout daily, requiring adaptive strategies to explore deeper and uncover secrets. Navigate shifting floors and use found tools creatively to reach the elusive Room 46.

Closure is a single-player horror platformer game with a good story, splendid gameplay, and ingenious graphics. Players manipulate lights to affect objects' reality while exploring a spider-like demon's journey through eerie, abandoned settings. The game features a great soundtrack, creating a dense, unsettling atmosphere. Note that the game contains grinding, which might not appeal to all players.

"She Remembered Caterpillars" is a fungipunk fantasy puzzle game that explores the bond between parent and child, using color-based challenges to represent love, loss, and holding on. With lush visuals by Daniel Leander Goffin and a mysterious story by Cassandra Khaw, players will solve devious puzzles and enjoy a beautiful, strange experience. The game features move and combine/split controls with the left and right mouse buttons.

"Maquette is a single-player fantasy platformer game with a good plot, compelling mechanics, and a striking atmosphere. Players explore a recursive world where everything is both tiny and staggeringly huge, allowing for a unique perspective that shrinks and grows the player. The game's thoughtful puzzle design reflects the themes of a modern-day love story, where small problems can become insurmountable obstacles."