Games like The Holy City
Games like The Holy City include Murders on the Yangtze River, Blue Prince, Riven, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, and Stray. We matched them by the tags players give The Holy City on Steam (Education, Investigation, Exploration, 360 Video, and Historical): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Murders on the Yangtze River
Shared: Puzzle · Exploration · Investigation

Blue Prince
Shared: Exploration · Investigation · Puzzle

Riven
Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · Adventure

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · Historical

Stray
Shared: Exploration · Adventure · Puzzle

The Painscreek Killings
Shared: Investigation · Exploration · Puzzle

Outer Wilds
Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · Adventure

The Room VR: A Dark Matter
Shared: VR · Investigation · Puzzle

Myst
Shared: Exploration · VR · Puzzle

while True: learn()
Shared: Education · Puzzle · Investigation

Pentiment
Shared: Investigation · Historical · Exploration

Obduction
Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · VR

The House of Da Vinci
Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · Historical

Syberia: The World Before
Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · Adventure

Scene Investigators
Shared: Investigation · Puzzle · Exploration

COCOON
Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · Adventure

Solar System VR
Shared: Education · VR · Exploration

BONEWORKS
Shared: VR · Puzzle · Realistic

The House of Da Vinci 3
Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · Investigation

Her Story
Shared: Investigation · Exploration · Puzzle

X-Plane 11
Shared: VR · Realistic · Education

FEZ
Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · Indie

The Witness
Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · Indie

Database Detective: Minor Crimes Division
Shared: Education · Investigation · Puzzle