Games like Tex Murphy: Overseer
If Tex Murphy: Overseer is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon, Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive and Tex Murphy: Martian Memorandum — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its storytelling quality is exceptional, atmospheric and dark. 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.
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Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
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Shares point and click navigation and an atmospheric mood with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
Top pick for Tex Murphy: Overseer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
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: The Pandora Directive
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
Second-strongest match for Tex Murphy: Overseer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
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: Martian Memorandum
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
Third-strongest match for Tex Murphy: Overseer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
The year is 2033. Your name is Tex Murphy, Private Investigator in San Francisco.
Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
Ranked #4 for Tex Murphy: Overseer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
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.
Tex Murphy: Under a killing moon Remake
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Ranked #5 for Tex Murphy: Overseer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
Enter the virtual REMADE 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.
AdventureSteam ↗Tex Murphy: Mean Streets
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
Ranked #6 for Tex Murphy: Overseer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
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.
The Space Bar
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Ranked #7 for Tex Murphy: Overseer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
Play as Alias Node, a human detective working on planet, Armpit VI. Your assignment? Catch a shifty criminal, wanted for grand theft and murder, before whatever it is, escapes to another world!
Neon Noir
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Tex Murphy: Overseer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
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
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
Reviewers of Tex Murphy: Overseer cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
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.
Tex Murphy: Mean Streets
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
Reviewers of Tex Murphy: Overseer cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
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.
Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
WHY THIS
Shares point and click navigation and an atmospheric mood with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
Reviewers of Tex Murphy: Overseer cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Tex Murphy: Overseer at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Tex Murphy: Overseer on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
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?
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Tex Murphy: Overseer on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Tex Murphy: Overseer on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
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?
LEGO® Star Wars™ - The Complete Saga
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tex Murphy: Overseer on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
Kick Some Brick in I through VI! Play through all six Star Wars movies in one videogame! Adding new characters, new levels, new features and for the first time ever, the chance to build and battle your way through a fun Star Wars galaxy on your PC!
The Room
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tex Murphy: Overseer on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~85% under Tex Murphy: Overseer on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
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 ~90% under Tex Murphy: Overseer on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
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.
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Tex Murphy: Overseer on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Cube Escape: Paradox
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.
Tails Noir: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
The Children of Clay
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
The Children of Clay is a short stop motion archeology horror game, where you have to study an ancient artefact and discover its dark secret.
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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 point and click navigation and an atmospheric mood with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
Another title from Access Software, the studio behind Tex Murphy: Overseer. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
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: Mean Streets
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
Another title from Access Software, the studio behind Tex Murphy: Overseer. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
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.
Tex Murphy: Martian Memorandum
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
Another title from Access Software, the studio behind Tex Murphy: Overseer. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
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: Overseer.
Another title from Access Software, the studio behind Tex Murphy: Overseer. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
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?
Frequently asked about Tex Murphy: Overseer
- How much does Tex Murphy: Overseer cost?
- Tex Murphy: Overseer is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Tex Murphy: Overseer?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Tex Murphy: Overseer are Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon, Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive, Tex Murphy: Martian Memorandum.
- Who developed Tex Murphy: Overseer?
- Tex Murphy: Overseer was developed by Access Software and published by Nightdive Studios, Atari.
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