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Return to Monkey Island
Return to Monkey Island is an unexpected, thrilling return of series creator Ron Gilbert that continues the story of the legendary adventure games.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Let’s start with the positives. I’ve heard a lot of complaints about the new graphic style, but personally, I like it. Especially when you compare it to the rather rough 3D experience in Escape from Monkey Island. I still think the cartoonish visuals of The Curse of Monkey…”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played“After more than 10 years since the last instalment in the Monkey Island franchise and more than 20 years since the original creators worked on the series, we were blessed with a new Monkey Island game. Let’s get the new art style out of the way first. When I saw the screenshots…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“I started the game today again. I just can't play it. Finished it on PS5 but PC is where it belongs to. This isn't a game, it is more. I just don't want to see the ending again. This game has the saddest ending of anything I've seen in my life. It describes exactly what happened…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:58 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual |
| Player tags | Point & Click · Adventure · Comedy · Puzzle · Funny · Singleplayer · Story Rich · 2D · Hand-drawn · Pirates · Nostalgia · Cartoon (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German * , Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean, Simplified Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 39 |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://returntomonkeyisland.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: AMD FX-4300 (4 * 3800) or equivalent / Intel Core i3-3240 (2 * 3400) or equivalent Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Radeon HD 7750 (1024 VRAM) or equivalent / GeForce GT 640 (2048 VRAM) or equivalent DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 4 GB available space Additional Notes: Requires DirectX 12 and a DirectX 12 compatible GPU card or Vulkan 1.2.