Adventure · July 15, 2009

The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition (2009)

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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 development team at LucasArts is bringing the game into the modern era with an all new re-imagined contemporary art style, a re-mastered musical score, full voiceover, and an in-depth hint system to help players through the game’s side-splitting puzzles. Purists will also delight in the ability to seamlessly switch between the updated hand-drawn re-imagining and the original classic version. The game's twisty plot leads our naive hero on a hilarious, swash-buckling search for the fabled secret of Monkey Island. Tales of pirate wealth lure him to the port of Mêlée with high hopes, no money, and insatiable curiosity. If clever enough, he will win the confidence of Mêlée's pirates and find himself blown by the winds of fate toward the terrifying and legendary Monkey Island -- an adventure that would chill the bones of even the most bloodthirsty buccaneer. Relive the swashbuckling humorous misadventures of the wannabe pirate Guybrush Threepwood Go on a daring adventure in your attempt to become the most infamous pirate in the Caribbean Win the heart of the beautiful governor, Elaine Marley Along the way, confront the evil ghost pirate, LeChuck Play it again for the first time All new re-imagined contemporary art style, hand-drawn to feature animation quality Re-mastered music score presented in full orchestrated detail Complete voice over using the original Monkey Island™ franchise cast brings the story and characters of the original adventures to life like never before Scene-for-scene hot swap allows for seamless transition between special edition and classic modes anywhere and at any time Includes all new features All new intuitive game interface and controls provide a more interactive gameplay experience In-game puzzle hint system keeps the puzzles fresh and fun

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Point & Click · 374
  • Adventure · 322
  • Comedy · 217
  • Classic · 205
  • Pirates · 162
  • Funny · 152
  • Remake · 151
  • Singleplayer · 127
  • Puzzle · 125
  • 1990's · 122
  • 2D · 111
  • Great Soundtrack · 107
  • Story Rich · 100
  • Cult Classic · 95
  • Retro · 94

Position in Adventure

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume5.8k Steam reviewsTop 40% in Adventure
Positive rating95% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 29%
Metacritic86/100Genre average 77 — top 13% of Adventure titles
Engagement hours6 h averageTop 55% for session depth among Adventure

Reception Metrics

Steam community

95%Overwhelmingly Positive · 5.8k reviews

5.5k positive · 290 negative

Metacritic

86/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

8.4/10

Curator recommendations

5.1k

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Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (5)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Spanish - Spain volume_up

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Spanish - Spain

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Cloud
  • Remote Play on Phone
  • Remote Play on Tablet
  • Remote Play on TV

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

6h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

3h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

0h

Current engagement

Release & Availability

Release dateJul 15, 2009
DeveloperLucasArts
PublisherLucasArts, Lucasfilm, Disney
Base price$4.99 -50%
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support

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Editions & Packages

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