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The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

LucasArts · 2009-07-15

SteamGOGXboxMicrosoft Store

Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Apr 22, 2010 (PlayStation 3), Jul 15, 2009 (Xbox 360), Jul 22, 2009 (iOS), Jul 15, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 22, 2010 (Mac)

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.

The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition is a 2009 Adventure game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (95% of 6237 reviews).

26
playing now
95%
positive of 6.2k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
84/100
IGDB user rating (168 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (287 downloads)
12h
to beat · rushed 8.5h · completionist 19h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

26 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

The Secret of Monkey Island is a 1990 point-and-click graphic adventure game developed and published by Lucasfilm Games. It takes place in a fictional version of the Caribbean during the age of piracy. The player assumes the role of Guybrush Threepwood, a young man who dreams of becoming a pirate, and explores fictional islands while solving puzzles.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 26 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 198 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~25/week).
  • · Review velocity up 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 249k–499k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,237 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.19 at AllYouPlay (2020-11-26) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 34 of 85 observed days · $8.80 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12512520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7792026-09-15 13:00 — 14 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 26 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 9 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 40 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 54 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 14 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 15 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 33 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 19 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 24 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 20 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 10 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 9 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 28 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 36 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 24 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 40 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 36 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 19 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 49 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 44 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 16 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 26 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
16314Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 67 · peak 224Dec 2012 — avg 72 · peak 428May 2013 — avg 18 · peak 52Oct 2013 — avg 24 · peak 73Mar 2014 — avg 17 · peak 54Aug 2014 — avg 19 · peak 51Jan 2015 — avg 24 · peak 63Jun 2015 — avg 22 · peak 74Nov 2015 — avg 28 · peak 172Apr 2016 — avg 26 · peak 75Sep 2016 — avg 24 · peak 77Feb 2017 — avg 31 · peak 87Jul 2017 — avg 48 · peak 166Dec 2017 — avg 40 · peak 130May 2018 — avg 29 · peak 83Oct 2018 — avg 26 · peak 70Mar 2019 — avg 42 · peak 213Aug 2019 — avg 28 · peak 71Jan 2020 — avg 38 · peak 133Jun 2020 — avg 48 · peak 119Nov 2020 — avg 63 · peak 209Apr 2021 — avg 42 · peak 120Sep 2021 — avg 32 · peak 72Feb 2022 — avg 40 · peak 127Jul 2022 — avg 84 · peak 261Dec 2022 — avg 68 · peak 206May 2023 — avg 32 · peak 83Oct 2023 — avg 29 · peak 70Mar 2024 — avg 32 · peak 89Aug 2024 — avg 31 · peak 75Jan 2025 — avg 38 · peak 107Jun 2025 — avg 24 · peak 66Nov 2025 — avg 30 · peak 82Apr 2026 — avg 32 · peak 83Aug 2026 — avg 32 · peak 79
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$1.622015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $6.382015-05-12 — best price $5.552015-07-31 — best price $4.992015-12-04 — best price $9.992016-05-02 — best price $9.992016-08-12 — best price $2.492016-12-23 — best price $2.492017-03-31 — best price $7.842017-08-08 — best price $8.492017-12-11 — best price $8.422018-03-23 — best price $9.992018-08-03 — best price $9.992019-03-18 — best price $3.502019-09-28 — best price $7.952020-01-23 — best price $3.492020-06-23 — best price $8.092020-11-30 — best price $2.492021-06-18 — best price $8.782022-01-24 — best price $3.492022-07-04 — best price $7.972022-10-08 — best price $8.782023-01-31 — best price $9.992023-06-23 — best price $2.092023-10-26 — best price $7.792024-01-11 — best price $2.022024-04-04 — best price $9.992024-07-31 — best price $9.992024-11-24 — best price $2.452025-02-28 — best price $7.972025-10-07 — best price $3.492025-12-18 — best price $4.992026-09-08 — best price $9.992026-10-03 — best price $4.992026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4792122026-05-30 — 238 pageviews2026-06-03 — 273 pageviews2026-06-07 — 227 pageviews2026-06-11 — 283 pageviews2026-06-15 — 277 pageviews2026-06-19 — 267 pageviews2026-06-23 — 250 pageviews2026-06-27 — 298 pageviews2026-07-01 — 268 pageviews2026-07-05 — 286 pageviews2026-07-09 — 295 pageviews2026-07-13 — 270 pageviews2026-07-17 — 263 pageviews2026-07-21 — 281 pageviews2026-07-25 — 260 pageviews2026-07-29 — 301 pageviews2026-08-02 — 268 pageviews2026-08-06 — 261 pageviews2026-08-10 — 285 pageviews2026-08-14 — 252 pageviews2026-08-18 — 334 pageviews2026-08-22 — 274 pageviews2026-08-26 — 337 pageviews2026-08-30 — 248 pageviews2026-09-03 — 305 pageviews2026-09-07 — 313 pageviews2026-09-11 — 305 pageviews2026-09-15 — 268 pageviews2026-09-19 — 249 pageviews2026-09-23 — 356 pageviews2026-09-27 — 334 pageviews2026-10-01 — 242 pageviews2026-10-05 — 282 pageviews2026-10-09 — 228 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox 360 (Xbox)24,57319%12
PS3 (PlayStation)12,44625%12

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

2DFunnyRetro1990'sComedyPuzzleRemakeClassicPiratesAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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