Games like The Journey Back
Games like The Journey Back include Firewatch, The Room, The Room 4: Old Sins, Obduction, and The Witness. We matched them by the tags players give The Journey Back on Steam (Adventure, Casual, Indie, First-Person, and Point & Click): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Firewatch
Shared: Adventure · First-Person · Mystery

The Room
Shared: Adventure · Puzzle · Point & Click

The Room 4: Old Sins
Shared: Adventure · Puzzle · Point & Click

Obduction
Shared: Adventure · Indie · Puzzle

The Witness
Shared: First-Person · Puzzle · Exploration

What Remains of Edith Finch
Shared: Adventure · First-Person · Mystery

Blue Prince
Shared: Puzzle · Exploration · Mystery

Outer Wilds
Shared: Adventure · Exploration · Mystery

Riven
Shared: Adventure · Puzzle · First-Person

Boxes: Lost Fragments
Shared: Adventure · Casual · Puzzle

Call of the Sea
Shared: Adventure · First-Person · Puzzle

Chants of Sennaar
Shared: Adventure · Indie · Puzzle

There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
Shared: Indie · Adventure · Point & Click

The Unfinished Swan
Shared: Adventure · Indie · Puzzle

The Room Three
Shared: Adventure · Puzzle · Indie

Gorogoa
Shared: Indie · Puzzle · Casual

Quern - Undying Thoughts
Shared: Adventure · Puzzle · Mystery

The Room Two
Shared: Puzzle · Point & Click · Adventure

Myst
Shared: Adventure · First-Person · Puzzle

The House of Da Vinci
Shared: Puzzle · Point & Click · Adventure

The Exit 8
Shared: Puzzle · Exploration · First-Person

Journey
Shared: Adventure · Indie · Exploration

realMyst: Masterpiece Edition
Shared: Adventure · Point & Click · Puzzle

Moncage
Shared: Casual · Indie · Adventure