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The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Back by popular demand, The Secret of Monkey Island™: Special Edition faithfully re-imagines the internationally-acclaimed classic game (originally released in 1990) for original and new audiences alike.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Guybrush Threepwood might be the least intimidating protagonist in gaming history and that's exactly why this game slaps. The puzzles are genuinely clever, the writing holds up surprisingly well and the insult sword fighting alone is worth the price of admission. The Special…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“4/5 I knew nothing about this game going in beyond the name Guybrush. Despite it's hefty renown it's remained fundamentally an esoteric classic. Even though I age the original 1990 release by several years, and even though I knew Mario's name before my own Mother's; this gem has…”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:45 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Monkey Island Announcement
Behold, the first look at Return to Monkey Island is here in an exciting new gameplay reveal trailer! https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/6638525/view/3344500789282000877
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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 |
| Player tags | Point & Click · Adventure · Comedy · Classic · Pirates · Funny · Remake · Singleplayer · Puzzle · 1990's · 2D · Great Soundtrack (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on Phone · Remote Play on Tablet · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.monkeyislandspecialedition.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
OS *: Windows XP® or Windows Vista® Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3GHz or AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Memory: 256 MB RAM, 512 MB for Vista Graphics: 128 MB with Shader Model 2.0 capability DirectX®: 9.0c (March 2009) Hard Drive: 2.5GB free hard drive space Sound: DirectX® 9.0c compliant sound card Controller support: Xbox 360 controller