Games like Tex Murphy: Mean Streets
If Tex Murphy: Mean Streets is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tex Murphy: Martian Memorandum, Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon and Tex Murphy: Overseer — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its compelling cast of characters, atmospheric and mysterious. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Tex Murphy: Mean Streets: The year is 2033. Your name is Tex Murphy, Private Investigator in San Francisco. You've been hired by the beautiful daughter of a university professor to uncover the facts about his death. As you begin your investigation you uncover the deaths of several prominent members of the scientific community.
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Tex Murphy: Martian Memorandum
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
Top pick for Tex Murphy: Mean Streets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
The year is 2033. Your name is Tex Murphy, Private Investigator in San Francisco.
Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
Second-strongest match for Tex Murphy: Mean Streets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
Enter the virtual world of Under A Killing Moon, where it is December 2042, and you, as Tex Murphy, must stop the forces of evil before they destroy mankind and rob you of your next unemployment check. This thrilling and hilarious adventure is unlike anything you've seen before.
Tex Murphy: Overseer
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
Third-strongest match for Tex Murphy: Mean Streets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
The client is drop-dead gorgeous. Her father is just plain dead—of an apparent suicide. She's certain he was murdered and is willing to do anything to prove it.
Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
Ranked #4 for Tex Murphy: Mean Streets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
It's April 2043 and you- as Tex Murphy, the last of the old-style gumshoes- find yourself racing against time in the most dangerous game of your life. What is the truth behind the rumored UFO crash at Roswell, New Mexico? Why did the military suddenly shut down and seal off the Roswell complex?
Neon Noir
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Tex Murphy: Mean Streets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
Neon Noir is a cyberpunk visual novel with interactive mechanics. It is set in the megalopolis of New Devon in the year 2169, where large private corporations have more power than the government. The player follows the crimes investigated by Colden, a Snatcher.
Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
Ranked #6 for Tex Murphy: Mean Streets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
Tex Murphy is the last of the hard-boiled gumshoe detectives living in dystopian post-World War III San Francisco in the 2050s. Tex is an honest and good-natured private investigator with a penchant for bourbon, cigarettes and getting himself into trouble.
Gemini Rue
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
Ranked #7 for Tex Murphy: Mean Streets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
Discover a world where life is cheap, identities are bought & sold, & a quest for redemption can change the fate of a whole galaxy.
NeonCode
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
Ranked #8 for Tex Murphy: Mean Streets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
NeonCode is a one hour long cyberpunk-retro adventure game made by one developer. It was inspired by classics such as the Blade Runner-movies, Miami Vice, Grim Fandango and the games of Telltale.
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Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
Reviewers of Tex Murphy: Mean Streets cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
Enter the virtual world of Under A Killing Moon, where it is December 2042, and you, as Tex Murphy, must stop the forces of evil before they destroy mankind and rob you of your next unemployment check. This thrilling and hilarious adventure is unlike anything you've seen before.
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
WHY THIS
Shares a mysterious mood with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
Reviewers of Tex Murphy: Mean Streets cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Carmen Sandiego is up to her thieving high-jinks again. While children travel the globe to track her down they learn about geography, history and world cultures.
Back to the Future: The Game
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
Reviewers of Tex Murphy: Mean Streets cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
Featuring a special appearance by Michael J. Fox!
Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
Reviewers of Tex Murphy: Mean Streets cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
Tex Murphy is the last of the hard-boiled gumshoe detectives living in dystopian post-World War III San Francisco in the 2050s. Tex is an honest and good-natured private investigator with a penchant for bourbon, cigarettes and getting himself into trouble.
Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
Reviewers of Tex Murphy: Mean Streets cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
Armed with your investigative skills and the tools of the Blade Runner trade, you'll be immersed in a world that lives and breathes around you with breakthrough lighting and visual effects. Your ability to survive will be put to the test in the richest game environment ever created.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Tex Murphy: Mean Streets at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Tex Murphy: Mean Streets on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tex Murphy: Mean Streets on Steam right now. Shares Action with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Tex Murphy: Mean Streets on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Tex Murphy: Mean Streets on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Tex Murphy: Mean Streets on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tex Murphy: Mean Streets on Steam right now. Shares Action with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tex Murphy: Mean Streets on Steam right now. Shares Action with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Tex Murphy: Mean Streets on Steam right now. Shares Action with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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More from Access Software
Other recommendable Steam games by Access Software, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
Another title from Access Software, the studio behind Tex Murphy: Mean Streets. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
Enter the virtual world of Under A Killing Moon, where it is December 2042, and you, as Tex Murphy, must stop the forces of evil before they destroy mankind and rob you of your next unemployment check. This thrilling and hilarious adventure is unlike anything you've seen before.
Tex Murphy: Martian Memorandum
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
Another title from Access Software, the studio behind Tex Murphy: Mean Streets. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
The year is 2033. Your name is Tex Murphy, Private Investigator in San Francisco.
Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
Another title from Access Software, the studio behind Tex Murphy: Mean Streets. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
It's April 2043 and you- as Tex Murphy, the last of the old-style gumshoes- find yourself racing against time in the most dangerous game of your life. What is the truth behind the rumored UFO crash at Roswell, New Mexico? Why did the military suddenly shut down and seal off the Roswell complex?
Tex Murphy: Overseer
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
Another title from Access Software, the studio behind Tex Murphy: Mean Streets. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
The client is drop-dead gorgeous. Her father is just plain dead—of an apparent suicide. She's certain he was murdered and is willing to do anything to prove it.
Frequently asked about Tex Murphy: Mean Streets
- Does Tex Murphy: Mean Streets run on Steam Deck?
- Tex Murphy: Mean Streets is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Tex Murphy: Mean Streets cost?
- Tex Murphy: Mean Streets is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Tex Murphy: Mean Streets?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Tex Murphy: Mean Streets are Tex Murphy: Martian Memorandum, Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon, Tex Murphy: Overseer.
- Who developed Tex Murphy: Mean Streets?
- Tex Murphy: Mean Streets was developed by Access Software and published by Nightdive Studios, Atari.
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