Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season

2009 Telltale Adventure, RPG

Windows 11Runs

MacNot sold

LinuxPlatinum

Steam DeckPlayable

Gamicality score

Metacritic 794

OpenCritic Not rated

Steam players 841

How it’s combined

Playability today

Runs today4.5/5

Design today3/5

Steam user reviews

Very Positive

89%

741 reviews1

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Facts checked November 1, 2026

Does Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season run on Windows 11, Apple Silicon Macs, Linux and Steam Deck?

Windows 11Runs

Sold for Windows today, no problem on record.1

Mac (Apple Silicon)Not sold

No Mac version is sold.

LinuxPlatinum

Through Proton. ProtonDB: Platinum, runs perfectly out of the box.3

Steam DeckPlayable

Playable, as rated by Valve. May need some setup.1

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Synopsis

Telltale's five-episode return to the Monkey Island series follows the pirate Guybrush Threepwood after a botched voodoo ritual spreads a pox across the Caribbean. You explore islands in 3D, collect and combine items, talk your way through branching conversations and solve inventory puzzles, with each episode telling one chapter of a single story.

Developer: Telltale
Released: 2009
Genre: Adventure, RPG
Where to get it: Steam

Reception

Critics at release liked the writing, the returning voice cast and the mostly logical puzzles, with the first chapter scoring 79 on Metacritic, though they found the earlier episodes uneven and the movement controls clumsy. RPGFan called the second chapter the weakest because of its sailing back and forth. Players today often rank it among the better entries in the series for its humor and darker finale. Common complaints are the keyboard-or-drag movement, generic 3D art and short individual episodes.

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Playability today

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Runs today

4.5/5

Sold or given away today by an official source
Runs on Windows 11 without fan patches
?Not confirmed yetSingle-player works without an internet connection
No source covers the current version yet, so this check counts as open, not passed. Played it lately? Tell us
All of its content still works (servers, DLC, unlocks)
All five episodes are included and the game has no online features to lose (PCGamingWiki).
Supports modern resolutions and widescreen
16:9 resolutions are supported, but not ultrawide (PCGamingWiki).
No full controller support and no remappable controls
Controller support is very limited and a mouse is still needed to select items (PCGamingWiki).
Steam Deck Verified or Playable
No intrusive DRM or required third-party launcher account
No pay-to-win or pushy microtransactions
No known game-breaking bugs in the current version
PCGamingWiki lists no open issues that crash the Steam version or block progress (PCGamingWiki).

Design today

3/5

Controls feel awkward on a modern controller or mouse and keyboard
Guybrush has to be walked with the keyboard or by clicking and dragging with the mouse, and reviewers at release and players today call both methods clumsy and fiddly. Source: rpgfan.com, gameboomers.com, steamcommunity.com.
Menus, text and interface are clear on today's screens
The game supports 16:9 resolutions up to 4K with separate volume sliders and subtitles, though ultrawide screens are not supported. Source: pcgamingwiki.com.
Saving is fair: free saves or frequent checkpoints, little lost progress
Saves can be made at any time with plenty of slots, and the save menu shows a short plot summary for each save. Source: gameboomers.com, pcgamingwiki.com.
It teaches itself: no guide needed to make progress
A built-in hint system is there, though GameBoomers found it only occasionally helpful, and RPGFan found most puzzles logical enough that a walkthrough is rarely tempting. Source: rpgfan.com, gameboomers.com.
Pacing drags: grind, filler or forced backtracking
The first chapter has a long jungle maze and the second chapter sends Guybrush sailing back and forth between islands, and the finale repeatedly moves him to new locations mid-puzzle. Source: rpgfan.com, steamcommunity.com.
Camera or movement fights the player
The cinematic third-person view leaves Guybrush bumping into scenery, and GameBoomers says keyboard movement still needs constant readjusting because of it. Source: gameboomers.com, rpgfan.com.