The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Point-and-click pirate comedy with puzzles and switchable graphics
LucasArts · Published by LucasArts, Lucasfilm, Disney · Released Jul 15, 2009
- Reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 95% of 6,244
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 100% of 25 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 16
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- Unknown
- no patch notes found
Metacritic: 86/100 (critic reviews)
What is The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition?
This single-player, 2D adventure follows aspiring pirate Guybrush Threepwood from the port of Mêlée toward Monkey Island in search of its secret. You explore locations, interact with objects, solve puzzles, and trade insults in sword fights. You can switch between the original pixel art and updated hand-drawn visuals.
For you if...
- +you enjoy dialogue-heavy pirate comedy
- +you like experimenting to solve unusual puzzles
Not for you if...
- −you want clear directions through every puzzle
- −you dislike retracing paths to find missed objects
What players say
95% of 6,244 reviews are positive · 100% of 25 in the last 30 days
Players praise the writing, voice acting, and inventive puzzles. They complain about getting stuck and backtracking; some dislike the updated character art or the lack of voice acting when using the original graphics.
Screenshots and trailer
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP® or Windows Vista®
- Processor
- Intel Pentium 4 3GHz or AMD Athlon 64 3000+
- Graphics
- 128 MB with Shader Model 2.0 capability
- Memory
- 256 MB RAM, 512 MB for Vista
- Storage
- 2.5GB free hard drive space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain.
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