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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. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.
“Just like old times. Can't remember the last modern game that had FMV (maybe C&C series). The video and composite green screening was very well done. Film was shot on a Canon C100 and the quality was just right. It is so fresh to have an old technology. Acting was terribly…”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played“Damn, they really delivered. If you liked the old games even a little bit you are going to love Tesla Effect. This is pure fan service and a pretty awesome game. It's nice to be back on Chandler Avenue. I love it. Pros: - Humor - Entertaining story and characters - Awesome FMVs…”
— a player, Steam review · 41 hrs played“The only game where I've audibly cheered at the ending was a game I had bought my non-game-playing father for his birthday, Under A Killing Moon, on CD-ROM back in the 90's. He never played it, but I did. I'm 41 now. This game brought it all back with such a great fedora-tip to…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs playedPlayer activity
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Tesla Effect trading cards have been released!
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| 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 * |
| 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