Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure
- First release
- May 08, 2014
- Developer
- Big Finish Games
- Publisher
- Atlus
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Attributes
Details
Storyline, release dates, time to beat, age ratings, modes, links, keywords
- Storyline
Tex Murphy wakes up - disoriented and head pounding - on the fire escape outside his office atop the Ritz Hotel. Another typical morning for the last of the old-school detectives. Except it isn't. What starts out as the worst hangover in history becomes a baffling nightmare: something - or someone - has erased Tex's memory of the past seven years. Motivated by lost love, revenge and the world's strongest coffee blend, Tex must retrace his own steps into a maze of unsolved murders, hidden agendas and lost technologies of Nikola Tesla. Only by solving the mysteries of his past can Tex hope to regain his memory in time to restore what's been lost and stop a terrifying future.Read more
Tex Murphy wakes up - disoriented and head pounding - on the fire escape outside his office atop the Ritz Hotel. Another typical morning for the last of the old-school detectives. Except it isn't. What starts out as the worst hangover in history becomes a baffling nightmare: something - or someone - has erased Tex's memory of the past seven years. Motivated by lost love, revenge and the world's strongest coffee blend, Tex must retrace his own steps into a maze of unsolved murders, hidden agendas and lost technologies of Nikola Tesla. Only by solving the mysteries of his past can Tex hope to regain his memory in time to restore what's been lost and stop a terrifying future.
- Release dates
- PC (Microsoft Windows)
- May 08, 2014
- Mac
- May 08, 2014
- Age ratings
- PEGI 16
- Game modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- First person
- Where to buy
- External links
- Steam (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia (opens in a new tab)Twitch (opens in a new tab)
- Keywords
- post-apocalyptic, bloody, guitar playing, robots, cinematic
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At a Glance
- Critic Score
- 69
Overview
Steam review summary
Steam users rate this Very Positive, 628 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026
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How it plays
From Steam
- FMV
- Adventure
- Detective
- Noir
- Cyberpunk
- Mystery
- Indie
- First-Person
Steam content notes
- General Mature Content
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Languages
- Englishinterface, audio, subtitles
- Deutschinterface, subtitles
Language data: IGDB · recorded 31 Oct 2026
Features
Steam features
- Steam Family Sharing
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Steam Deck
Valve rates this game Playable · recorded 16 Oct 2026
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