The problem with games to teach coding is coding is not a game. Almost 95% of the time its exactly opposite to games. Uninteresting, boring and a test for grit.
I find that writing mods for games is much more interesting. It's more like "real" programming in the sense that you solve real problems with real constrains and you get a rewarding result. I feel like OP should include games with mod systems, such as Oolite (Javascript) or Battle for Wesnoth (Lua).
I think the lesson you learn from games teaching you programming within the game is that the entire point of coding is to create something interesting. Even if a project can turn into a slog halfway through you still know that at the end you will have something that hopefully you are proud of creating.
I guess it depends on how you approach problems. If most of the time you find it boring, maybe you're not really interested in whatever you're doing (working for a wrong company maybe?)...