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Return to Monkey Island

Terrible Toybox · Devolver Digital · 2022-09-19

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AdventureCasual

Franchise: Monkey Island · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 19, 2022 (Mac), Sep 19, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 19, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 08, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Nov 08, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Jul 27, 2023 (iOS)

Return to Monkey Island is an unexpected, thrilling return of series creator Ron Gilbert that continues the story of the legendary adventure games.

Return to Monkey Island is a 2022 Adventure, Casual game priced at $24.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 9088 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 500,000 .. 1,000,000.

24
playing now
91%
positive of 9.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
92/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (87 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (277 downloads)
4.40★
PlayStation Store rating (2,105 ratings)
13h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

24 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Return to Monkey Island is a 2022 point-and-click adventure game developed by Terrible Toybox and published by Devolver Digital in association with Lucasfilm Games. It is the sixth installment in the Monkey Island series, and was first released for macOS, Nintendo Switch, and Windows on September 19, 2022. Ports were later released for Linux, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, iOS, and Android. The story follows series protagonist Guybrush Threepwood as he searches for the real secret of Monkey Island.

Trailer

Return to Monkey Island trailer thumbnail

Return to Monkey Island - Official Announcement Trailer

≈407,721 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 24 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 210 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~26/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (3,571 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 182k–410k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,121 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$6.24-75%
Microsoft Store$6.24-75%
Epic Games Store$7.49-70%
Fanatical$7.49-70%
GOG$7.49-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.30 at 2game (2025-11-20) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 125 of 167 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.4k3.4k20222026Week of 2022-09-01: 3,356 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 215 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,306 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 945 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7182026-09-15 12:00 — 20 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 28 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 16 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 47 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 10 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 24 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 12 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 36 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 28 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 10 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 23 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 26 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 16 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 32 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 25 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 20 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 52 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 60 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 19 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 24 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.6k22Sep 2022Aug 2026Sep 2022 — avg 3,606 · peak 10,536Nov 2022 — avg 365 · peak 941Jan 2023 — avg 242 · peak 899Mar 2023 — avg 104 · peak 267May 2023 — avg 84 · peak 286Jul 2023 — avg 80 · peak 179Sep 2023 — avg 71 · peak 276Nov 2023 — avg 61 · peak 173Jan 2024 — avg 62 · peak 205Mar 2024 — avg 45 · peak 129May 2024 — avg 44 · peak 127Jul 2024 — avg 40 · peak 112Sep 2024 — avg 30 · peak 81Nov 2024 — avg 37 · peak 105Jan 2025 — avg 37 · peak 132Mar 2025 — avg 33 · peak 99May 2025 — avg 29 · peak 104Jul 2025 — avg 29 · peak 71Sep 2025 — avg 43 · peak 143Nov 2025 — avg 39 · peak 114Jan 2026 — avg 40 · peak 117Mar 2026 — avg 28 · peak 77May 2026 — avg 22 · peak 58Jul 2026 — avg 29 · peak 82Aug 2026 — avg 26 · peak 61
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$6.242022-08-232026-10-142022-08-23 — best price $24.992022-12-10 — best price $24.992023-02-02 — best price $24.992023-03-20 — best price $19.992023-04-28 — best price $19.472023-06-06 — best price $17.492023-07-08 — best price $24.992023-08-21 — best price $16.992023-09-18 — best price $14.992023-11-11 — best price $24.992023-12-21 — best price $14.992024-02-07 — best price $14.992024-03-16 — best price $12.592024-04-18 — best price $12.592024-06-07 — best price $12.492024-07-12 — best price $24.992024-08-22 — best price $24.992024-10-18 — best price $12.492024-11-26 — best price $12.492025-01-07 — best price $12.502025-02-10 — best price $12.492025-03-19 — best price $12.492025-04-23 — best price $12.492025-06-03 — best price $24.992025-07-17 — best price $24.992025-09-03 — best price $9.992025-10-13 — best price $7.492025-11-25 — best price $7.492026-01-11 — best price $24.992026-02-23 — best price $24.992026-04-06 — best price $22.242026-05-07 — best price $6.692026-06-06 — best price $24.992026-08-05 — best price $24.992026-08-27 — best price $7.492026-09-11 — best price $7.492026-09-26 — best price $7.492026-10-11 — best price $6.242026-10-14 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6191262026-05-31 — 174 pageviews2026-06-04 — 157 pageviews2026-06-08 — 198 pageviews2026-06-12 — 175 pageviews2026-06-16 — 250 pageviews2026-06-20 — 126 pageviews2026-06-24 — 171 pageviews2026-06-28 — 203 pageviews2026-07-02 — 160 pageviews2026-07-06 — 256 pageviews2026-07-10 — 180 pageviews2026-07-14 — 176 pageviews2026-07-18 — 206 pageviews2026-07-22 — 203 pageviews2026-07-26 — 180 pageviews2026-07-30 — 619 pageviews2026-08-03 — 205 pageviews2026-08-07 — 221 pageviews2026-08-11 — 199 pageviews2026-08-15 — 373 pageviews2026-08-19 — 249 pageviews2026-08-23 — 212 pageviews2026-08-27 — 210 pageviews2026-08-31 — 232 pageviews2026-09-04 — 187 pageviews2026-09-08 — 225 pageviews2026-09-12 — 195 pageviews2026-09-16 — 181 pageviews2026-09-20 — 190 pageviews2026-09-24 — 205 pageviews2026-09-28 — 191 pageviews2026-10-02 — 145 pageviews2026-10-06 — 144 pageviews2026-10-10 — 161 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

39
achievements tracked
86.7%
earned "Part One"
7.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Windows (Xbox)7,8578%39
Steam (Steam)5,8687%39
PS5 (PlayStation)4,26529%40
Switch (Nintendo)1330%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DDramaFunnyComedyPuzzleCartoonPiratesColorfulAdventureNostalgia

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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