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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 · Perspectives: Side view

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?

The Curse of Monkey Island is an Adventure game released in 2018, priced at $6.99, with Overwhelmingly Positive reviews (97% of 3078 reviews) and an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners.

23
playing now
97%
positive of 3.1k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
IGDB user rating (327 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (4 downloads)
8.3h
to beat · completionist 9.5h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$6.99
steam price (US)

23 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 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.

Trailer

The Curse of Monkey Island trailer thumbnail

The Curse of Monkey Island Steam Trailer

≈833,315 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 23 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 7% of 28,889 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 77k–185k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,078 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 34 of 85 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

5452026-09-15 15:00 — 25 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 20 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 11 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 44 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 38 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 12 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 26 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 23 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 14 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 27 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 35 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 11 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 15 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 35 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 19 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 14 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 41 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 16 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 14 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 38 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 31 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 23 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
14020Mar 2018Aug 2026Mar 2018 — avg 140 · peak 374Jun 2018 — avg 30 · peak 95Sep 2018 — avg 21 · peak 53Dec 2018 — avg 41 · peak 139Mar 2019 — avg 36 · peak 148Jun 2019 — avg 24 · peak 75Sep 2019 — avg 23 · peak 63Dec 2019 — avg 40 · peak 148Mar 2020 — avg 60 · peak 201Jun 2020 — avg 41 · peak 108Sep 2020 — avg 43 · peak 146Dec 2020 — avg 76 · peak 226Mar 2021 — avg 42 · peak 109Jun 2021 — avg 29 · peak 100Sep 2021 — avg 27 · peak 69Dec 2021 — avg 40 · peak 122Mar 2022 — avg 28 · peak 66Jun 2022 — avg 40 · peak 102Sep 2022 — avg 78 · peak 239Dec 2022 — avg 50 · peak 137Mar 2023 — avg 38 · peak 99Jun 2023 — avg 25 · peak 56Sep 2023 — avg 26 · peak 75Dec 2023 — avg 31 · peak 86Mar 2024 — avg 31 · peak 73Jun 2024 — avg 28 · peak 68Sep 2024 — avg 25 · peak 64Dec 2024 — avg 33 · peak 89Mar 2025 — avg 27 · peak 74Jun 2025 — avg 24 · peak 69Sep 2025 — avg 26 · peak 68Dec 2025 — avg 31 · peak 89Mar 2026 — avg 27 · peak 80Jun 2026 — avg 24 · peak 64Aug 2026 — avg 27 · peak 65
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$6.99$1.182018-03-232026-10-152018-03-23 — 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 $2.492026-09-08 — best price $6.992026-09-23 — best price $6.992026-10-08 — best price $6.992026-10-15 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3391082026-06-02 — 125 pageviews2026-06-06 — 115 pageviews2026-06-10 — 136 pageviews2026-06-14 — 145 pageviews2026-06-18 — 137 pageviews2026-06-22 — 138 pageviews2026-06-26 — 150 pageviews2026-06-30 — 152 pageviews2026-07-04 — 142 pageviews2026-07-08 — 137 pageviews2026-07-12 — 147 pageviews2026-07-16 — 144 pageviews2026-07-20 — 143 pageviews2026-07-24 — 150 pageviews2026-07-28 — 112 pageviews2026-08-01 — 120 pageviews2026-08-05 — 129 pageviews2026-08-09 — 144 pageviews2026-08-13 — 112 pageviews2026-08-17 — 178 pageviews2026-08-21 — 117 pageviews2026-08-25 — 135 pageviews2026-08-29 — 155 pageviews2026-09-02 — 146 pageviews2026-09-06 — 160 pageviews2026-09-10 — 151 pageviews2026-09-14 — 170 pageviews2026-09-18 — 145 pageviews2026-09-22 — 142 pageviews2026-09-26 — 170 pageviews2026-09-30 — 130 pageviews2026-10-04 — 135 pageviews2026-10-08 — 140 pageviews2026-10-12 — 145 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Where its players are

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

Player tags

2DRetro1990'sComedyPuzzleRemakeClassicPiratesCartoonyColorful

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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