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Return to Monkey Island is an unexpected, thrilling return of series creator Ron Gilbert that continues the story of the legendary adventure games.

Release DateSep 19, 2022
Price$ 24.99  Top 5%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)92.5% (very positive) Top 20% / 92.3%  Top 20%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)89.6% Top 4% / 89.5%  Top 4%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)7.4K  Top 4% / 7.8K  Top 4%
Curators96 reviews  Top 10%
Median Play Time12.6 hours  Top 15%
Play Time per Dollar30 minutes
Followers29.9K  Top 4%
Owners± 286.6K  Top 10%
Copies Sold± 232.1K  Top 5%
Gross Revenue ($)± 4.2M  Top 4%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Return to Monkey Island steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Return to Monkey Island's Steam rating and reviews between September 2022 and December 2023. Steam's rating is very stable, varying from 93.7% (September 2022) to 92.2% (December 2023).

The 7.8K reviews Top 3% suggest that Return to Monkey Island is an AAA level success. The chart looks like a long tail distribution, which sometimes means that the marketing was concentrated on the game launch and then stopped, and that no major update or discounts followed.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Return to Monkey Island and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut graph shows Return to Monkey Island's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (58%), followed by German (16%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 25 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is available in 10 languages, which is great.

Time Played

Chart displaying Return to Monkey Island percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Return to Monkey Island, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. The time played is adequate, reaching 19 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews median playtime closely matches the median for positive reviews, meaning that there is no major difference between the players' experiences and the reviews probably reflect personal preferences more than anything else. A high negative review play time (median : 11 hours) could mean that Return to Monkey Island crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult in the end. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • good puzzles
  • strong narrative start
  • flexibility with adhering to series’ canon
  • mildly amusing humor
  • nice voice acting
  • engaging story
  • good interactivity
  • fun for point & click fans
  • impressive attention to detail
  • entertaining humor
  • ugly art style
  • lacks memorable music
  • abrupt and unsatisfying ending
  • game is too linear
  • abstract puzzle design
  • subpar executing of heavy themes
  • uninteresting islands
  • poorly written story
  • weak second half
  • not as good as the old games

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's rating of 92.5%  Top 20% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Return to Monkey Island's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. Moreover, be aware that problems aren't always meant to be solved. Communicating clearly and managing the player's expectations is important too!

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