Games like Herreshoff's Legacy
Games like Herreshoff's Legacy include The Room, Return of the Obra Dinn, The House of Da Vinci, The Room Two, and The Witness. We matched them by the tags players give Herreshoff's Legacy on Steam (Singleplayer, Puzzle, Detective, Casual, and Atmospheric): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

The Room
Shared: Puzzle · Singleplayer · Mystery

Return of the Obra Dinn
Shared: Detective · Puzzle · Singleplayer

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

The Room Two
Shared: Puzzle · Mystery · Atmospheric

The Witness
Shared: Puzzle · Singleplayer · Exploration

Outer Wilds
Shared: Mystery · Exploration · Puzzle

Chants of Sennaar
Shared: Puzzle · Singleplayer · Detective

Blue Prince
Shared: Puzzle · Singleplayer · Mystery

The Room 4: Old Sins
Shared: Puzzle · Mystery · Singleplayer

The Room Three
Shared: Puzzle · Mystery · Singleplayer

What Remains of Edith Finch
Shared: Atmospheric · Singleplayer · Mystery

Gorogoa
Shared: Puzzle · Singleplayer · Atmospheric

Firewatch
Shared: Atmospheric · Singleplayer · Mystery

Poppy Playtime
Shared: Singleplayer · Puzzle · Mystery

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Shared: Detective · Atmospheric · Mystery

The Talos Principle
Shared: Puzzle · Singleplayer · Atmospheric

Stray
Shared: Singleplayer · Atmospheric · Puzzle

Murders on the Yangtze River
Shared: Puzzle · Detective · Mystery

Moncage
Shared: Puzzle · Singleplayer · Casual

Strange Horticulture
Shared: Puzzle · Mystery · Detective

The Roottrees are Dead
Shared: Puzzle · Detective · Mystery

FEZ
Shared: Puzzle · Singleplayer · Exploration

The Painscreek Killings
Shared: Detective · Puzzle · Mystery

Boxes: Lost Fragments
Shared: Puzzle · Mystery · Casual