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2014 PC 19.99 € 👍 87 % Very positive, 1,293 reviews on Steam

A noir detective adventure told through live-action video, in which private eye Tex Murphy solves puzzles and uncovers a Nikola Tesla conspiracy in post-apocalyptic San Francisco. Dry humor and freely explorable 3D scenes give it a distinct retro charm.

What defines Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure:

  • Lots of humour
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Sci-fi setting

The closest matches for Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure are Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon, Primordia and Beneath a Steel Sky. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon

98 %

1994 PC 9.99 € 👍 97 % Very positive, 147 reviews on Steam

  • Lots of humour
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

A film-noir detective adventure set in 2042, where you play wisecracking private eye Tex Murphy and solve puzzles in freely explorable 3D environments. Live-action video actors and dry humor give this classic its charm.

Primordia

Puzzles and brain teasers

A classic point-and-click adventure set in a decaying world of robots, where you play Horatio and his sarcastic companion Crispin solving puzzles and uncovering the secrets of a vanished humanity. A bleak post-apocalyptic setting meets dry humor and philosophical themes.

Beneath a Steel Sky

Lots of humour

A classic point-and-click adventure set in a dystopian cyberpunk city, where Robert Foster and his robot Joey uncover the secrets of an all-powerful computer system. Dry British humor, comic-style art by Dave Gibbons and clever inventory puzzles define it.

Maize

Sci-fi setting

An absurdist first-person adventure set on a cornfield farm full of robots, talking corn and odd secrets. Monty Python-style humor and inventory-driven puzzles are at the heart of the experience.

No Sleep for Kaname Date: From AI - The Somnium Files

Strong, story-driven narrative

A story-driven detective adventure where Kaname Date and his AI-ball partner Aiba combine investigations, dream-world Somnium sequences and escape-room puzzles to crack a deadly escape-game case. Thriller twists, quirky humor and clever puzzles carry the experience.

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