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Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“True to original game. Brings back memories.”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“It's a pretty good game. I've actually only played Tex Murphy 1 and 2 prior to this, so this was my first foray in the FMV games and it was quite enjoyable. I think anyone would find it fun, and it's pretty funny too. I got a few complaints, so I'll at least say what they are.…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“Started off funny and cheeky with lots of dialogue before devolving into hours of boring pixel-hunting while running around unnecessarily large environments. Later areas include stealth areas and environmental obstacles with annoying sound effects that for some reason cannot be…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:05 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | FMV · Adventure · Detective · Noir · Cyberpunk · Mystery · Indie · First-Person · Atmospheric · Multiple Endings · Dystopian · Comedy (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain * |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.texmurphy.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, or 10 Processor: Intel Core2 Duo 2Ghz (4th gen) Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 or AMD Radeon R5 430 DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 17 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible device