Games like Direct Investigation
Games like Direct Investigation include The Operator, AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative, Outer Wilds, No Case Should Remain Unsolved, and Strange Horticulture. We matched them by the tags players give Direct Investigation on Steam (Visual Novel, Sci-fi, Thriller, Mystery, and Adventure): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

The Operator
Shared: Investigation · Mystery · Thriller

AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative
Shared: Visual Novel · Mystery · Sci-fi

Outer Wilds
Shared: Mystery · Adventure · Sci-fi

No Case Should Remain Unsolved
Shared: Visual Novel · Investigation · Interactive Fiction

Strange Horticulture
Shared: Mystery · Puzzle · Investigation

The Case of the Golden Idol
Shared: Mystery · Investigation · Thriller

7 Days to End with You
Shared: Visual Novel · Puzzle · Investigation

Lay a Beauty to Rest: The Darkness Peach Blossom Spring
Shared: Visual Novel · Mystery · Adventure

BURIED STARS
Shared: Visual Novel · Thriller · Mystery

노베나 디아볼로스
Shared: Visual Novel · Simulation · Adventure

Blue Prince
Shared: Mystery · Investigation · Puzzle

Unheard - Voices of Crime
Shared: Thriller · Mystery · Puzzle

Her Story
Shared: Investigation · Interactive Fiction · Visual Novel

Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
Shared: Visual Novel · Mystery · Sci-fi

Firework
Shared: Mystery · Visual Novel · Thriller

The Test
Shared: Simulation · Choose Your Own Adventure · Visual Novel

Deliver Us The Moon
Shared: Adventure · Sci-fi · Mystery

Lost Wiki: Kozlovka
Shared: Mystery · Investigation · Thriller

Dry Drowning
Shared: Visual Novel · Mystery · Sci-fi

Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
Shared: Visual Novel · Mystery · Puzzle

No Sleep For Kaname Date - From AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES
Shared: Visual Novel · Adventure · Interactive Fiction

The Mermaid Mask
Shared: Adventure · Visual Novel · Interactive Fiction

Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
Shared: Adventure · Mystery · Thriller

Sanfu
Shared: Mystery · Visual Novel · Adventure