Choose Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season
Choose Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season if you want a RPG experience. On Steam, it's currently about 25% cheaper on the Steam Store. Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season launched in 2009.
Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season vs Sam & Max Save the World
Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season and Sam & Max Save the World both land in Adventure on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both are Adventure games on Steam. Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season (2009) is 11 years older than Sam & Max Save the World (2020). Sam & Max Save the World scores higher on Steam reviews (93.7% positive) than Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season (88.2% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Sam & Max Save the World
Choose Sam & Max Save the World if you want an Indie experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 93.7% positive across 1,379 reviews.
Both Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season and Sam & Max Save the World sit in Adventure on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season |  Sam & Max Save the World | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2009 | 2020 |
| Genres | Adventure, RPG | Indie, Adventure |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Deck Verified |
| Price | 14.99 USD | 19.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 88.2% positive (458 reviews) | 93.7% positive (1,379 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Telltale | Skunkape Games |
Side by side
- Both are Adventure games on Steam.
- Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season (2009) is 11 years older than Sam & Max Save the World (2020).
- Sam & Max Save the World scores higher on Steam reviews (93.7% positive) than Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season (88.2% positive).
- Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season is currently ~25% cheaper on Steam than Sam & Max Save the World (14.99 USD vs. 19.99 USD).
- Steam Deck: Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season is Deck Playable, Sam & Max Save the World is Deck Verified.
Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season vs Sam & Max Save the World — FAQ
- Which is better, Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season or Sam & Max Save the World?
- On Steam reviews Sam & Max Save the World scores higher (93.7% positive) than Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season (88.2% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Sam & Max Save the World is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season or Sam & Max Save the World first?
- If you want chronology, Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season (2009) came out before Sam & Max Save the World (2020). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season and Sam & Max Save the World similar?
- They overlap on Adventure on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.