Games like The Archive
Games like The Archive include No Case Should Remain Unsolved, The Case of the Golden Idol, Her Story, Storyteller, and There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension. We matched them by the tags players give The Archive on Steam (Typing, Interactive Fiction, Puzzle, Point & Click, and 2D): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

No Case Should Remain Unsolved
Shared: Interactive Fiction · Puzzle · Point & Click

The Case of the Golden Idol
Shared: Puzzle · Point & Click · Detective

Her Story
Shared: Typing · Interactive Fiction · Puzzle

Storyteller
Shared: Puzzle · Interactive Fiction · Point & Click

There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
Shared: Puzzle · Point & Click · 2D

The Silent Age
Shared: Point & Click · Puzzle · Detective

Home Safety Hotline
Shared: Interactive Fiction · Point & Click · Typing

Hymer 2000
Shared: Typing · Text-Based · Puzzle

The Roottrees are Dead
Shared: Puzzle · Point & Click · Detective

The Mermaid Mask
Shared: Puzzle · Point & Click · Interactive Fiction

Machinarium
Shared: Puzzle · Point & Click · 2D

CaseCracker
Shared: Puzzle · Text-Based · Detective

Desktop Explorer
Shared: Puzzle · Point & Click · Interactive Fiction

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
Shared: Point & Click · Puzzle · Detective

Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator
Shared: Puzzle · Point & Click · Detective

Gorogoa
Shared: Puzzle · Point & Click · 2D

Strange Horticulture
Shared: Puzzle · Point & Click · Detective

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

Tangle Tower
Shared: Puzzle · Point & Click · Detective

Papers, Please
Shared: Point & Click · Puzzle · Indie

Death and Taxes
Shared: Point & Click · Puzzle · Choices Matter

Suzerain
Shared: Interactive Fiction · Text-Based · Choices Matter

Who's Lila?
Shared: Point & Click · Interactive Fiction · Puzzle

The White Door
Shared: Puzzle · Point & Click · Detective