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Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon

Access Software · Nightdive Studios · 2014-06-12

SteamGOG

Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Side view

Releases: Oct 31, 1994 (DOS), May 12, 2014 (Linux), Oct 15, 1994 (Mac), Jun 16, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Enter the virtual world of Under A Killing Moon, where it is December 2042, and you, as Tex Murphy, must stop the forces of evil before they destroy mankind and rob you of your next unemployment check. This thrilling and hilarious adventure is unlike anything you've seen before.

Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon is a 2014 Adventure game priced at $1.49, with a Very Positive review sentiment (96% of 172 reviews) and an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners.

1
playing now
96%
positive of 172 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
89/100
IGDB user rating (23 ratings)
10h
to beat · rushed 7h · completionist 15h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$1.49
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Under a Killing Moon is a 1994 point-and-click adventure and interactive movie released for MS-DOS and Classic Mac OS. It is the third installment in the Tex Murphy series of adventure games produced by Access Software. The detective Tex Murphy finds himself unwittingly involved in the affairs of a dangerous cult.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 31% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.3k–10k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 172 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2014-12-12) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 66 of 100 observed days · $8.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420142026Week of 2014-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
40Jun 2014Aug 2024Jun 2014 — avg 4 · peak 19Sep 2014 — avg 0 · peak 4Dec 2014 — avg 2 · peak 11Mar 2015 — avg 1 · peak 8Jun 2015 — avg 2 · peak 9Sep 2015 — avg 0 · peak 4Dec 2015 — avg 0 · peak 7Mar 2016 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2016 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2016 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2016 — avg 1 · peak 7Mar 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2017 — avg 1 · peak 3Dec 2017 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Jun 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2020 — avg 2 · peak 5Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 5Jul 2021 — avg 2 · peak 5Oct 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Feb 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2023 — avg 1 · peak 2Aug 2024 — avg 1 · peak 4
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$1.492015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-12-01 — best price $9.992016-08-16 — best price $9.992017-06-21 — best price $9.992018-01-04 — best price $9.992018-08-13 — best price $2.492019-11-01 — best price $9.992020-04-27 — best price $8.282020-07-05 — best price $9.992020-08-03 — best price $9.992020-09-03 — best price $9.992020-10-06 — best price $9.992020-11-06 — best price $9.992020-12-06 — best price $8.382021-01-18 — best price $9.992021-02-24 — best price $8.382021-03-26 — best price $9.992021-04-29 — best price $9.992021-05-29 — best price $9.992021-11-24 — best price $3.492022-05-23 — best price $9.992022-10-01 — best price $7.382023-01-06 — best price $7.892023-08-22 — best price $9.992024-01-07 — best price $7.342024-04-25 — best price $7.342024-07-11 — best price $1.992024-10-10 — best price $2.992024-12-12 — best price $9.992025-02-18 — best price $7.892025-05-16 — best price $7.342025-08-15 — best price $9.992025-11-30 — best price $9.992026-04-24 — best price $9.992026-08-12 — best price $4.992026-09-12 — best price $4.992026-10-02 — best price $4.992026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

350202026-05-29 — 39 pageviews2026-06-02 — 86 pageviews2026-06-06 — 118 pageviews2026-06-10 — 148 pageviews2026-06-14 — 99 pageviews2026-06-18 — 90 pageviews2026-06-22 — 88 pageviews2026-06-26 — 77 pageviews2026-06-30 — 201 pageviews2026-07-04 — 84 pageviews2026-07-08 — 42 pageviews2026-07-12 — 43 pageviews2026-07-16 — 36 pageviews2026-07-20 — 36 pageviews2026-07-24 — 41 pageviews2026-07-28 — 41 pageviews2026-08-01 — 47 pageviews2026-08-05 — 33 pageviews2026-08-09 — 43 pageviews2026-08-13 — 23 pageviews2026-08-17 — 350 pageviews2026-08-21 — 32 pageviews2026-08-25 — 32 pageviews2026-08-29 — 39 pageviews2026-09-02 — 34 pageviews2026-09-06 — 20 pageviews2026-09-10 — 33 pageviews2026-09-14 — 36 pageviews2026-09-18 — 49 pageviews2026-09-22 — 29 pageviews2026-09-26 — 97 pageviews2026-09-30 — 92 pageviews2026-10-04 — 111 pageviews2026-10-07 — 25 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

FMVNoir1990'sComedySci-fiClassicMysteryAdventureCyberpunkDetective

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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