Single-player games like Return to Monkey Island
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Return to Monkey Island, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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3 Minutes to Midnight® - A Comedy Graphic Adventure
Single-player alternative to Return to Monkey Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Return to Monkey Island.
In a race against time, Betty embarks on a thrilling, comedy-packed adventure to crack a conspiracy that starts with a bang and ends at 3 Minutes to Midnight.
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Randal's Monday
Single-player alternative to Return to Monkey Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Return to Monkey Island.
A kleptomaniac, a sociopath and a horrible friend. Randal is potentially one of the most scurrile protagonists since the invention of the hoverboard. Randal's Monday is a crazy space-time odyssey in classic adventure design, spiced up with countless geek culture references of the last 30 years.
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Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season
Single-player alternative to Return to Monkey Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Return to Monkey Island.
While explosively stripping the evil pirate LeChuck of his demonic mojo, Guybrush Threepwood inadvertently infects the entire Caribbean with the arch-fiend's expelled voodoo, which threatens to transform buccaneers into unruly pirate monsters.
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2080 - Operation Sunshield
Single-player alternative to Return to Monkey Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Return to Monkey Island.
Can a giant umbrella save Earth? Be part of the most important mission in human history and join the crew onto a daring trip into space! Will you save mankind from global warming? Be the engineer of our future in this humorous hand-drawn point-and-click-adventure (alpaca inside).
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Simon the Sorcerer Origins
Single-player alternative to Return to Monkey Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Return to Monkey Island.
Summoned to a strange magical world, Simon must complete an ancient prophecy to return home. Solve crazy puzzles, cast spells, brew odd potions and uncover the origins of a legendary saga!
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The Wardrobe - Even Better Edition
Single-player alternative to Return to Monkey Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Return to Monkey Island.
Inspired by the great ‘90s classics such as 'Monkey Island', 'Day of the Tentacle', 'Tony Tough' and 'Sam & Max: Hit the Road', "The Wardrobe" has a strong sense of humour, but isn't shy about dealing with mature and non-politically correct themes.
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Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die!
Single-player alternative to Return to Monkey Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Return to Monkey Island.
Hair metal's not dead, it just smells funny! Get your denim vest, bandana and makeup, and dive into a point-and-click adventure as a middle-aged teddy bear planning a comeback with his old glam metal band – in a world where glam metal has been dead and buried for decades.
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Monkey Island™ 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge™
Single-player alternative to Return to Monkey Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Return to Monkey Island.
Wannabe pirate Guybrush Threepwood, and the now zombie pirate LeChuck, return in what has long been considered one of the greatest LucasArts adventure games of all time.
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The Curse of Monkey Island
Single-player alternative to Return to Monkey Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Return to Monkey Island.
The only pirate adventure that asks the question: What's sharper, your sword or your wit?
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The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Single-player alternative to Return to Monkey Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Return to Monkey Island.
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.
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Thimbleweed Park™
Single-player alternative to Return to Monkey Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Return to Monkey Island.
In Thimbleweed Park, a dead body is the least of your problems. Switch between five playable characters to uncover the surreal secrets of this strange town in a modern mystery adventure game from the creators of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion. The deeper you go, the weirder it gets.
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Escape from Monkey Island™
Single-player alternative to Return to Monkey Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Return to Monkey Island.
Fourth in the legendary Monkey Island series of graphic adventures!
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Full Throttle Remastered
Single-player alternative to Return to Monkey Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Return to Monkey Island.
Originally released by LucasArts in 1995, Full Throttle is a classic graphic adventure game from industry legend Tim Schafer, telling the story of Ben Throttle; butt-kicking leader of biker gang the Polecats, who gets caught up in a tale of Motorcycles, Mayhem and Murder.
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Sam & Max Save the World
Single-player alternative to Return to Monkey Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Return to Monkey Island.
An open-and-shut case of petty vandalism balloons into a far-flung mind-control conspiracy involving former child stars, the media, the mafia, the government, the internet, and the bright side of the moon. Telltale's episodic classic, lovingly remastered by members of the original development team.
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Delores: A Thimbleweed Park Mini-Adventure
Single-player alternative to Return to Monkey Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Return to Monkey Island.
Delores is back home and working as a photographer for the Nickel News. Thimbleweed Park hasn’t changed at all in the year she’s been away… or has it? Sample Ron Gilbert’s new adventure game engine in this free prototype that uses “found art” from the award-winning Thimbleweed Park.