Single-player games like Tex Murphy: Overseer
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Tex Murphy: Overseer, 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: Under a Killing Moon
Single-player alternative to Tex Murphy: Overseer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
Single-player alternative to Tex Murphy: Overseer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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?
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Tex Murphy: Martian Memorandum
Single-player alternative to Tex Murphy: Overseer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Tex Murphy: Overseer.
The year is 2033. Your name is Tex Murphy, Private Investigator in San Francisco.
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Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure
Single-player alternative to Tex Murphy: Overseer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Tex Murphy: Under a killing moon Remake
Single-player alternative to Tex Murphy: Overseer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Tex Murphy: Mean Streets
Single-player alternative to Tex Murphy: Overseer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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The Space Bar
Single-player alternative to Tex Murphy: Overseer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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!
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Neon Noir
Single-player alternative to Tex Murphy: Overseer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.