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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 point & click, adventure and comedy game developed by LucasArts and published by LucasArts, Lucasfilm and Disney.
Released on July 15th 2009 is available only on Windows in 5 languages: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 5,799 reviews of which 5,529 were positive and 270 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam, but you can find it for 1.00€ on Instant Gaming.

The Steam community has classified The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition into these genres:

Point & Click Adventure Comedy Classic Pirates Funny Remake Singleplayer Puzzle 1990's 2D Great Soundtrack Story Rich Cult Classic Retro Pixel Graphics Nostalgia Atmospheric Escape Room Family Friendly

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The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition screenshot
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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *: Windows XP® or Windows Vista®
  • Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3GHz or AMD Athlon 64 3000+
  • Memory: 256 MB RAM, 512 MB for Vista
  • Graphics: 128 MB with Shader Model 2.0 capability
  • DirectX®: 9.0c (March 2009)
  • Hard Drive: 2.5GB free hard drive space
  • Sound: DirectX® 9.0c compliant sound card
  • Controller support: Xbox 360 controller

User reviews & Ratings

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April 2025
I love the "breaking the 4th wall" humour in this game. It all feels so ahead of it's time. A masterpiece in light of the year it was created.
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March 2025
Look! a three headed monkey! Don't let the three hours tag fool you. I've played this game on a non-steam version and re-purchased it here... Then speedran it, I guess? Classic point and click adventure game with good sense of humour throughout. If you like point and click and don't already know who Guybrush is he is one of the mainstays and this is the first game in the series.
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Feb. 2025
This is barely a positive recommendation. The original game was great, and it's great that you can switch freely between them, because the remaster has issues. The interface of the original game felt dated when it came out, but worked okay. The remaster tries to update the interface, but with limited success - and in many cases the compromise between what a modern audience expects from an interface and the archaic old interface is downright worse than the old interface. It is often needlessly frustrating to play this game - the fight is with the interface to solve a puzzle you know conceptually how to do, and this is a terrible thing for any game, but especially a point and click adventure game. It doesn't help that having played the game as a kid, and imagined what the pixelated graphics would look like - the update graphics often don't match my imagination of what the characters should look like. But - the music is all spot on - as I remember the music rather than how the music actually was - and the voice acting is great. I've only found one or two characters so far that don't sound how I think they should sound. What I want is to play the old game with the new music and the voice acting - but this will do.
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Oct. 2024
I’m glad this was my first point-and-click adventure. The writing is humorous, the pixel art looks gorgeous & the voice acting is fantastic. However, due to being a complete novice, I felt overly reliant on the hint system
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Aug. 2024
Simply my favorite videogame ever. Nice, fun and catchy story. The puzzles and the jokes in this game are just remarkable. Been playing it since I was a kid, so I know the game from start to finish by heart. Definitely a must play. No one should die without playing this game at least once.
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Frequently Asked Questions

The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam.

The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.75€ on Steam.

The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition received 5,529 positive votes out of a total of 5,799 achieving an impressive rating of 9.20.
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The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition was developed by LucasArts and published by LucasArts, Lucasfilm and Disney.

The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition is playable and fully supported on Windows.

The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition is not playable on MacOS.

The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition is not playable on Linux.

The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition is a single-player game.

The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition does not currently offer any DLC.

The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition supports Remote Play on Phone, Remote Play on Tablet and Remote Play on TV. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition PEGI 12
9.75€ -90% 9.75€ 1.00€
9.2
5,529
270
Game modes
Features
Online players
16
Developer
LucasArts
Publisher
LucasArts, Lucasfilm, Disney
Release 15 Jul 2009
Platforms
Remote Play
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