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 40% cheaper on the Steam Store. Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season launched in 2009.
Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season vs Return to Monkey Island
Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season and Return to Monkey Island 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 13 years older than Return to Monkey Island (2022). Return to Monkey Island scores higher on Steam reviews (90% 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 Return to Monkey Island
Choose Return to Monkey Island if you want a Casual experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2022) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 4,837 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season and Return to Monkey Island sit in Adventure on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (88.2% vs 90% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season |  Return to Monkey Island | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2009 | 2022 |
| Genres | Adventure, RPG | Adventure, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Deck Verified |
| Price | 14.99 USD | 24.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 88.2% positive (458 reviews) | 90% positive (4,837 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Telltale | Terrible Toybox |
Side by side
- Both are Adventure games on Steam.
- Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season (2009) is 13 years older than Return to Monkey Island (2022).
- Return to Monkey Island scores higher on Steam reviews (90% positive) than Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season (88.2% positive).
- Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season is currently ~40% cheaper on Steam than Return to Monkey Island (14.99 USD vs. 24.99 USD).
- Steam Deck: Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season is Deck Playable, Return to Monkey Island is Deck Verified.
Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season vs Return to Monkey Island — FAQ
- Which is better, Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season or Return to Monkey Island?
- On Steam reviews the two are nearly tied: Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season sits at 88.2% positive (458 reviews), Return to Monkey Island at 90% (4,837). The choice usually comes down to genre fit and the platform features each one supports — see the comparison table above.
- Should I play Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season or Return to Monkey Island first?
- If you want chronology, Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season (2009) came out before Return to Monkey Island (2022). 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 Return to Monkey Island 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.