Games like The Night Shift
Games like The Night Shift include L.A. Noire, Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments, Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter, Unheard - Voices of Crime, and The Rise of the Golden Idol. We matched them by the tags players give The Night Shift on Steam (Job Simulator, Puzzle, Crime, Detective, and Investigation): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

L.A. Noire
Shared: Crime · Detective · Adventure

Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
Shared: Detective · Crime · Puzzle

Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
Shared: Detective · Puzzle · Adventure

Unheard - Voices of Crime
Shared: Detective · Crime · Puzzle

The Rise of the Golden Idol
Shared: Detective · Puzzle · Investigation

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

Strange Horticulture
Shared: Puzzle · Detective · Investigation

Tangle Tower
Shared: Puzzle · Detective · 2D

The Case of the Golden Idol
Shared: Puzzle · Detective · Investigation

The Operator
Shared: Detective · Puzzle · Investigation

Cyber Manhunt
Shared: Puzzle · Detective · Crime

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy
Shared: Detective · Crime · Puzzle

Return of the Obra Dinn
Shared: Puzzle · Detective · Story Rich

Sanfu
Shared: Puzzle · 2D · Adventure

The Wolf Among Us
Shared: Detective · Adventure · Choices Matter

Back to the Dawn
Shared: Detective · Crime · Choices Matter

OneShot
Shared: Puzzle · Story Rich · Adventure

The Séance of Blake Manor
Shared: Puzzle · Detective · Adventure

The Roottrees are Dead
Shared: Puzzle · Detective · Investigation

Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator
Shared: Puzzle · Detective · Investigation

Blacksad: Under the Skin
Shared: Puzzle · Detective · Noir

No Case Should Remain Unsolved
Shared: Puzzle · Investigation · Adventure

This Is the Police
Shared: Crime · Detective · Choices Matter

Her Story
Shared: Investigation · Detective · Puzzle