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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

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.

17
playing now
91%
positive of 9.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
92/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (87 ratings)
13h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

17 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 17 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 9% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 182k–409k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,088 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.49-70%
Gamesplanet$7.49-70%
GOG$7.49-70%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.49-70%
Microsoft Store$24.99

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 90 of 140 observed days · $1.19 above the 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

5072026-08-06 22:00 — 21 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 19 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 38 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 28 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 17 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 48 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 30 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 18 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 48 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 25 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 10 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 27 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 21 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 20 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 33 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 14 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 12 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 34 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 26 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 8 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 27 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 36 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 12 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 35 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 44 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 14 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 25 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 43 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 17 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$6.302022-08-232026-08-302022-08-23 — 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 $7.492026-08-30 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6191262026-05-31 — 174 pageviews2026-06-03 — 190 pageviews2026-06-06 — 163 pageviews2026-06-09 — 153 pageviews2026-06-12 — 175 pageviews2026-06-15 — 202 pageviews2026-06-18 — 168 pageviews2026-06-21 — 180 pageviews2026-06-24 — 171 pageviews2026-06-27 — 172 pageviews2026-06-30 — 162 pageviews2026-07-03 — 171 pageviews2026-07-06 — 256 pageviews2026-07-09 — 187 pageviews2026-07-12 — 214 pageviews2026-07-15 — 182 pageviews2026-07-18 — 206 pageviews2026-07-21 — 196 pageviews2026-07-24 — 199 pageviews2026-07-27 — 197 pageviews2026-07-30 — 619 pageviews2026-08-02 — 220 pageviews2026-08-05 — 179 pageviews2026-08-08 — 200 pageviews2026-08-11 — 199 pageviews2026-08-14 — 247 pageviews2026-08-17 — 378 pageviews2026-08-20 — 234 pageviews2026-08-23 — 212 pageviews2026-08-26 — 196 pageviews2026-08-28 — 212 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.

Player tags

2DDramaFunnyComedyPuzzleCartoonPiratesColorfulAdventureNostalgia

Census log

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

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