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The Curse of Monkey Island cover art

The Curse of Monkey Island

LucasArts · 2018-03-22

SteamGOG

Adventure

Franchise: Monkey Island · Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 22, 2018 (Mac), Oct 31, 1997 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The only pirate adventure that asks the question: What's sharper, your sword or your wit?

13
playing now
97%
positive of 3.1k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
IGDB user rating (327 ratings)
8.3h
to beat · completionist 9.5h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$6.99
steam price (US)

13 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

The Curse of Monkey Island is a 1997 adventure game developed and published by LucasArts for Microsoft Windows. A sequel to Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (1991), it is the third game in the Monkey Island series. The story follows protagonist Guybrush Threepwood as he seeks to lift a curse from his love Elaine Marley, while once again being menaced by undead pirate LeChuck.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 13 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 165 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~21/week).
  • · Review velocity up 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 11,408 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 77k–184k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,060 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$6.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.19 at AllYouPlay (2020-11-26) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 24 of 45 observed days · $5.80 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12812820182026Week of 2018-03-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 20 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5302026-08-11 18:00 — 32 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 15 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 18 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 35 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 20 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 28 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 37 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 24 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 41 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 20 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 17 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 39 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 16 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 28 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 35 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 17 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 23 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 53 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 17 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 28 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 11 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 25 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 25 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 11 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 13 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 25 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 13 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.99$1.182018-03-232026-08-302018-03-23 — best price $6.992018-12-27 — best price $4.492019-08-26 — best price $6.992020-01-27 — best price $6.992020-07-14 — best price $6.192020-08-15 — best price $6.192020-09-10 — best price $6.992020-10-12 — best price $6.992020-11-08 — best price $6.192020-12-04 — best price $6.192021-01-05 — best price $6.992021-02-02 — best price $6.192021-06-24 — best price $2.442021-12-02 — best price $5.782022-02-05 — best price $6.992022-06-01 — best price $6.292022-08-05 — best price $1.332022-09-29 — best price $2.442022-12-01 — best price $6.992023-02-08 — best price $1.532023-05-24 — best price $6.992023-07-21 — best price $1.752023-10-11 — best price $6.992023-11-30 — best price $5.632024-01-25 — best price $1.392024-03-18 — best price $1.452024-04-22 — best price $1.462024-06-29 — best price $1.422024-08-26 — best price $2.442024-10-28 — best price $3.492025-01-20 — best price $1.192025-04-04 — best price $1.192025-10-22 — best price $1.712025-12-07 — best price $6.992026-03-27 — best price $2.492026-08-30 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Player tags

2DRetro1990'sComedyPuzzleRemakeClassicPiratesCartoonyColorful

Census log

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

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