Return to Monkey Island
Return to Monkey Island, the long-awaited follow-up to the legendary Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge by Ron Gilbert's Terrible Toybox in collaboration with Devolver Digital and…
Return to Monkey Island is an adventure developed by Terrible Toybox, released 19 September 2022 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and Android. It currently starts at $7.49 at Gamesplanet. The main story takes about 14.2 hrs to finish.
What Return to Monkey Island is
Return to Monkey Island is an adventure game developed by Terrible Toybox and released in 2022. It was published by Devolver Digital. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Proprietary Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
It’s been many years since Guybrush Threepwood was last locked in a battle of wits with his nemesis, the zombie pirate LeChuck. His true love, Elaine Marley, has turned her focus away from governing and Guybrush himself is adrift and unfulfilled, having never found the Secret of Monkey Island. Hip, young pirate leaders led by Captain Madison have shuffled the old guard from power, Melee Island has taken a turn for the worse, and famed businessman Stan has been imprisoned for ‘marketing-related crimes’.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 39 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Monkey Island series
Return to Monkey Island is the sixth of 7 entries we hold in the Monkey Island series. It arrived 11 years after Monkey Island Special Edition Collection. The next entry was Sea of Thieves: The Legend of Monkey Island in 2023. Its critic score of 92 is 5 points above the series average of 87. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.
How it was received
Return to Monkey Island holds a critic score of 92 out of 100. That places it above 97% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored 18 points above the year average. Players rate it 86, 6 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 14.2 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 31 hrs, roughly 2.2 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $7.49, that works out to about $0.53 per hour of the main story, or $0.24 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for AMD FX-4300 (4 * 3800) or equivalent / Intel Core i3-3240 (2 * 3400) or equivalent, 8 GB RAM and Radeon HD 7750 (1024 VRAM) or equivalent / GeForce GT 640 (2048 VRAM) or equivalent. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 4GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $7.49 at Gamesplanet, 70% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Return to Monkey Island launched on 19 September 2022, within three weeks of The Last of Us Part I, Metal: Hellsinger, Grounded and Immortality. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: The Last of Us Part I, Metal: Hellsinger, Grounded, Immortality.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Return to Monkey Island yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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