Games like Buried Shards
Games like Buried Shards include Outer Wilds, The House of Da Vinci, Rise of the Tomb Raider™, Fallout 4, and Hogwarts Legacy. We matched them by the tags players give Buried Shards on Steam (Singleplayer, Exploration, Hidden Object, Collectathon, and Interactive Fiction): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Outer Wilds
Shared: Exploration · Story Rich · Singleplayer

The House of Da Vinci
Shared: Hidden Object · Exploration · Singleplayer

Rise of the Tomb Raider™
Shared: Singleplayer · Exploration · Story Rich

Fallout 4
Shared: Singleplayer · Exploration · Story Rich

Hogwarts Legacy
Shared: Singleplayer · Exploration · Story Rich

Blue Prince
Shared: Exploration · Singleplayer · Puzzle

Tomb Raider Game of the Year
Shared: Singleplayer · Exploration · Story Rich

The Room 4: Old Sins
Shared: Singleplayer · Puzzle · Hidden Object

Stray
Shared: Singleplayer · Exploration · Puzzle

Mirror 2: Project X
Shared: Singleplayer · Interactive Fiction · Visual Novel

Crimson Desert Enhanced
Shared: Singleplayer · Exploration · Adventure

Starfield
Shared: Singleplayer · Exploration · Story Rich

Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
Shared: Singleplayer · Story Rich · Isometric

God of War
Shared: Singleplayer · Story Rich · Exploration

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
Shared: Visual Novel · Singleplayer · Story Rich

UNCHARTED™: Legacy of Thieves Collection
Shared: Singleplayer · Story Rich · Exploration

Murders on the Yangtze River
Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · Story Rich

Fallout: New Vegas
Shared: Singleplayer · Exploration · Story Rich

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy
Shared: Visual Novel · Singleplayer · Story Rich

Chants of Sennaar
Shared: Singleplayer · Puzzle · Exploration

STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™
Shared: Singleplayer · Exploration · Story Rich

Firewatch
Shared: Singleplayer · Story Rich · Exploration

What Remains of Edith Finch
Shared: Exploration · Story Rich · Singleplayer

OPUS: Echo of Starsong - Full Bloom Edition
Shared: Visual Novel · Story Rich · Interactive Fiction