Tex Murphy: Mean Streets

Buy72%

Mostly Positive · 108 player reviews · Low confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Access Software · Adventure · Jun 12, 2014

Player review score
72%
Mostly Positive
Price
$5.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
0
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio1 of 1
Subtitles1 of 1

Should I buy Tex Murphy: Mean Streets?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 32 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 19 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 16 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Audio: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 108 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 83 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
43% of themes are praise43% are divided14% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
32 of 83 sampled reviews raised it
So far it's an interesting story, the gameplay is a bit weird, and at first I was thinking, "What have I done? Why did I choose THIS game?" but I'm starting to get into it too after 1 hour of playing.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
19 of 83 sampled reviews raised it
Tex Murphy: Mean Streets is an unusually ambitious detective adventure that blends noir mystery, science fiction, exploration, interrogation, and even flight simulation into a single experience.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
16 of 83 sampled reviews raised it
Digitized animated characters, VGA-era visuals, speech, and RealSound technology were used to make conversations and environments feel more cinematic.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story32 reviews
Gameplay19 reviews
Graphics16 reviews
Divided opinion
Interface
80% still recommend
Difficulty
100% still recommend
Combat
100% still recommend
Players complain
Audio
80% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$5.99

The lowest we've tracked is $0.89.

7 points recordedtoday · $5.99

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