Games like Sam & MaRU
Games like Sam & MaRU include while True: learn(), Human Resource Machine, Baba Is You, Opus Magnum, and Papers, Please. We matched them by the tags players give Sam & MaRU on Steam (Programming, Puzzle, Robots, Simulation, and Education): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

while True: learn()
Shared: Programming · Puzzle · Simulation

Human Resource Machine
Shared: Programming · Puzzle · Education

Baba Is You
Shared: Puzzle · Singleplayer · Programming

Opus Magnum
Shared: Programming · Puzzle · Simulation

Papers, Please
Shared: Simulation · Puzzle · Dystopian

SHENZHEN I/O
Shared: Programming · Puzzle · Simulation

Database Detective: Minor Crimes Division
Shared: Programming · Puzzle · Education

7 Billion Humans
Shared: Programming · Puzzle · Simulation

The Farmer Was Replaced
Shared: Programming · Education · Puzzle

TIS-100
Shared: Programming · Puzzle · Simulation

SpaceChem
Shared: Puzzle · Programming · Singleplayer

Stray
Shared: Singleplayer · Robots · Puzzle

Poly Bridge
Shared: Puzzle · Simulation · Singleplayer

Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
Shared: Programming · Education · Puzzle

Hacknet
Shared: Programming · Simulation · Singleplayer

Kaizen: A Factory Story
Shared: Programming · Puzzle · Simulation

The Signal State
Shared: Puzzle · Programming · Simulation

Zup! S
Shared: Puzzle · 2D · Singleplayer

Bridge Constructor Portal
Shared: Puzzle · Simulation · Singleplayer

Uplink
Shared: Programming · Simulation · Puzzle

Is This Seat Taken?
Shared: Puzzle · Logic · Cute

Machinarium
Shared: Puzzle · Robots · 2D

A Little to the Left
Shared: Puzzle · Singleplayer · Cute

EXAPUNKS
Shared: Programming · Puzzle · Simulation