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Tex Murphy: Martian Memorandum cover art

Tex Murphy: Martian Memorandum

Access Software · Nightdive Studios · 2014-06-12

SteamGOG

Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 12, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), 1991 (DOS), Jun 12, 2014 (Mac), Jun 12, 2014 (Linux)

The year is 2033. Your name is Tex Murphy, Private Investigator in San Francisco.

0
playing now
68%
positive of 60 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
$0.89
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Martian Memorandum is a dystopian cyberpunk/noir graphic adventure game that was originally released in 1991 for MS-DOS. It was developed and published by Access Software. The game is the second in the series of Tex Murphy mysteries; its immediate sequel is Under a Killing Moon. The game is set in 2039, several years after Mean Streets.

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 75% of 11,450 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.5k–3.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 60 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.89-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.89 at Steam (2014-12-12) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 14 of 26 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-11 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$0.892015-01-012026-08-212015-01-01 — best price $1.492015-12-01 — best price $5.992016-09-30 — best price $1.502017-06-22 — best price $1.492017-11-16 — best price $1.502018-05-30 — best price $5.992018-11-21 — best price $1.492019-10-28 — best price $1.192020-05-04 — best price $5.992020-06-09 — best price $5.992020-06-27 — best price $4.922020-07-21 — best price $5.992020-08-08 — best price $5.992020-08-27 — best price $5.992020-09-14 — best price $5.992020-10-06 — best price $5.992020-10-24 — best price $5.992020-11-12 — best price $5.992020-12-02 — best price $5.992020-12-22 — best price $1.492021-01-13 — best price $5.992021-02-01 — best price $5.992021-02-21 — best price $4.992021-03-11 — best price $4.992021-03-29 — best price $4.992021-04-17 — best price $4.992021-05-05 — best price $4.992021-05-23 — best price $4.992021-06-18 — best price $4.992021-10-11 — best price $4.992022-01-27 — best price $2.092022-06-26 — best price $4.402023-07-13 — best price $5.992024-07-11 — best price $5.992025-01-02 — best price $5.992025-08-05 — best price $4.402026-01-19 — best price $5.992026-06-25 — best price $1.192026-08-21 — best price $0.89
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4832026-05-29 — 7 pageviews2026-06-01 — 16 pageviews2026-06-04 — 23 pageviews2026-06-07 — 13 pageviews2026-06-10 — 29 pageviews2026-06-13 — 21 pageviews2026-06-16 — 13 pageviews2026-06-19 — 11 pageviews2026-06-22 — 27 pageviews2026-06-25 — 17 pageviews2026-06-28 — 16 pageviews2026-07-01 — 48 pageviews2026-07-04 — 9 pageviews2026-07-07 — 12 pageviews2026-07-10 — 19 pageviews2026-07-13 — 11 pageviews2026-07-16 — 13 pageviews2026-07-19 — 13 pageviews2026-07-22 — 15 pageviews2026-07-25 — 12 pageviews2026-07-28 — 7 pageviews2026-07-31 — 9 pageviews2026-08-03 — 22 pageviews2026-08-06 — 12 pageviews2026-08-09 — 17 pageviews2026-08-12 — 10 pageviews2026-08-15 — 8 pageviews2026-08-18 — 14 pageviews2026-08-21 — 14 pageviews2026-08-24 — 18 pageviews2026-08-26 — 12 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

FMVNoir1990'sComedyClassicMysteryAdventureCyberpunkDetectiveDystopian

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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