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Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon cover art

Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon

Access Software · Nightdive Studios · 2014-06-12

SteamGOG

Adventure

Modes: Single player

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.

0
playing now
96%
positive of 168 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
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)
$1.49
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 09:00 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

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 58% of 11,486 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.2k–10k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 168 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.99-50%

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 39 of 66 observed days · $3.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-11 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 0 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 — 0 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.492015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — 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 $4.992026-08-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

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Player tags

FMVNoir1990'sComedySci-fiClassicMysteryAdventureCyberpunkDetective

Census log

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

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