Single-player games like Tex Murphy: Mean Streets
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Tex Murphy: Mean Streets, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Tex Murphy: Martian Memorandum
Single-player alternative to Tex Murphy: Mean Streets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
The year is 2033. Your name is Tex Murphy, Private Investigator in San Francisco.
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Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
Single-player alternative to Tex Murphy: Mean Streets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Tex Murphy: Overseer
Single-player alternative to Tex Murphy: Mean Streets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
Single-player alternative to Tex Murphy: Mean Streets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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?
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Neon Noir
Single-player alternative to Tex Murphy: Mean Streets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure
Single-player alternative to Tex Murphy: Mean Streets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Gemini Rue
Single-player alternative to Tex Murphy: Mean Streets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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NeonCode
Single-player alternative to Tex Murphy: Mean Streets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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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Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
Single-player alternative to Tex Murphy: Mean Streets — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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.
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Back to the Future: The Game
Single-player alternative to Tex Murphy: Mean Streets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets.
Featuring a special appearance by Michael J. Fox!
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Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to Tex Murphy: Mean Streets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.