PCGame

The Curse of Monkey Island

Cartoon pirate point-and-click adventure about lifting a ring's curse

LucasArts · Published by LucasArts, Lucasfilm, Disney · Released Mar 22, 2018

Adventure

Reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
97% of 2,931
Recent reviews
Very Positive
100% of 21 in 30 days
Players
14
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Last update on Steam
8 years ago
Jun 1, 2018
Minimum PC
DirectX 7 GPU
0.3 GB RAM · 0 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 89/100 (critic reviews)

What is The Curse of Monkey Island?

A single-player pirate adventure, played by clicking on people and objects, choosing dialogue, and using items to solve puzzles. Guybrush Threepwood tries to lift a curse from the engagement ring he gave Elaine. There are two puzzle difficulty settings.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy comic pirate stories and dialogue-driven puzzles
  • +you appreciate hand-drawn cartoons, voice acting, and music
  • +you want a single-player adventure with puzzle difficulty options

Not for you if...

  • −you dislike puzzles with hard-to-guess item combinations
  • −you prefer action over conversations and searching for clues

What players say

97% of 2,931 reviews are positive · 100% of 21 in the last 30 days

Players praise the humor, hand-drawn art, voice acting, and music. The most common complaint is that some puzzle solutions are hard to work out without a guide.

Players over time

▼ -22% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 27 players on Oct 5, 2026.

Show the data
DayPlayers
Nov 7, 202614
Nov 6, 202612
Nov 5, 202616
Nov 4, 202614
Nov 3, 202614
Nov 2, 202615
Nov 1, 202616
Oct 31, 20265
Oct 30, 202610
Oct 29, 202613
Oct 28, 20268
Oct 27, 202616
Oct 26, 202614
Oct 25, 202615
Oct 24, 202618
Oct 23, 202614
Oct 22, 202612
Oct 21, 202612
Oct 20, 202621
Oct 19, 202622
Oct 18, 202612
Oct 17, 202611
Oct 16, 202620
Oct 15, 20260
Oct 14, 202621
Oct 13, 202611
Oct 12, 202621
Oct 11, 202620
Oct 10, 202620
Oct 9, 202611
Oct 8, 202616
Oct 7, 202613
Oct 6, 202620
Oct 5, 202627
Oct 4, 202623
Oct 3, 202618
Oct 2, 202616
Oct 1, 202617
Sep 30, 202615
Sep 29, 202618
Sep 28, 202616
Sep 27, 202621
Sep 26, 202617
Sep 25, 202616
Sep 24, 202610
Sep 23, 202616
Sep 23, 202613
Sep 22, 202620

Screenshots and trailer

The Curse of Monkey Island screenshot 1

The Curse of Monkey Island system requirements

Minimum: DirectX 7 GPU, 0.3 GB RAM, 0 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

Can my PC run The Curse of Monkey Island?

Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.

Set up my PC →

Minimum

OS
Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10
Processor
1 GHz
Graphics
3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7
Memory
256 MB RAM
Storage
40 MB available space
DirectX
Version 7.0
Notes
Mouse, Keyboard

Recommended

Processor
1.4 GHz
Graphics
3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9
Memory
512 MB RAM

Does The Curse of Monkey Island have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does The Curse of Monkey Island run on Steam Deck?

Unsupported No: Valve rates it Unsupported on Steam Deck.

  • Not supported on SteamOS

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows, macOS
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages
Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain.

Does The Curse of Monkey Island use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

Tags

Recent updates

Games like The Curse of Monkey Island