Tex Murphy: Mean Streets

Tex Murphy: Mean Streets

Steam Deck Playable

Access Software · Adventure · Jun 12, 2014

Worth it for the right player.

At $5.99. It has been as low as $0.89.

71%
Mostly Positive
105 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 39 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 13 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Interface: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 4 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 3 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 105 player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 82 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
57% of themes are praise14% are divided29% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
When I booted this up, I didn't expect a 1980s game taking me back to the old days of computing with NES-like text and VGA graphics, but there I was playing the game and finding that it was fun for what it was with the little pictures of the characters and interactions to get the next clue to continue the investigation.
39 of 82 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
-The gameplay varies between adventure game, flight simulator, detective game, side-scrolling shooter (a la ♥♥♥♥ Tracy on the NES) and even the RPG element of the item shop to sell items for money.
13 of 82 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
It is not what I expected, but it is a fun adventure game with animations pre-dating FMV games (and a Drakkhen-like world map you navigate—I love Drakkhen for no logical reason).
9 of 82 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Includes info on how you can buy a set of alligator clips at your local RadioShack so you can hook up a boombox stereo for better sound quality lol.
5 of 82 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Story and characters39 reviews
Gameplay13 reviews
Interface9 reviews
Audio5 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Graphics17 reviews
82%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat4 reviews
100%
Difficulty3 reviews
100%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $5.99. The lowest we've tracked is $0.89.

5 points recordedtoday · $5.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
71%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
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Average playtime
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