Single-player games like The Curse of Monkey Island
Below are 19 single-player Steam games similar to The Curse of 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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Monkey Island™ 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge™
Single-player alternative to The Curse of Monkey Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Curse of 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 Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Single-player alternative to The Curse of Monkey Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Curse of 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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Escape from Monkey Island™
Single-player alternative to The Curse of Monkey Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Curse of Monkey Island.
Fourth in the legendary Monkey Island series of graphic adventures!
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Day of the Tentacle Remastered
Single-player alternative to The Curse of Monkey Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Curse of Monkey Island.
Originally released by LucasArts in 1993 as a sequel to Ron Gilbert’s ground breaking Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle is back in a remastered edition that features all new hand-drawn, high resolution artwork, with remastered audio, music and sound effects.
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Tales of Monkey Island Complete Pack: Chapter 5 - Rise of the Pirate God
Single-player alternative to The Curse of Monkey Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Curse of Monkey Island.
About Chapter One The saga begins with a heated battle involving the brave but often bumbling Mighty Pirate™ Guybrush, his beloved wife Elaine, and their nemesis, the demon pirate LeChuck. When the showdown goes up in flames, Guybrush finds himself marooned on a strange island with winds that always blow inward.
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Maniac Mansion
Single-player alternative to The Curse of Monkey Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Curse of Monkey Island.
Quick, Dr. Fred's Kidnapped Sandy and he's about to start the experiment...
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Grim Fandango Remastered
Single-player alternative to The Curse of Monkey Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Curse of Monkey Island.
One of the most acclaimed adventure games of all time is now back, better than ever. Grim Fandango Remastered has the all the beautiful art and engaging story fans remember, but has also been remastered to look, sound, and control even better than the award-winning original release.
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LOOM™
Single-player alternative to The Curse of Monkey Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Curse of Monkey Island.
Long after the passing of the Second Shadow, when dragons ruled the twilight sky and the stars were bright and numerous, came the Age of the Great Guilds. Blacksmiths. Shepherds. Clerics. Each dedicated to the absolute control of secret knowledge. Another such Guild was the Weavers.
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Sam & Max Hit the Road
Single-player alternative to The Curse of Monkey Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Curse of Monkey Island.
Grab your nightstick, squeal like a siren, and Hit the Road with Sam & Max, Freelance Police, as they attempt to crack their toughest case.
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Sam & Max Save the World
Single-player alternative to The Curse of Monkey Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Curse of 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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Deponia
Single-player alternative to The Curse of Monkey Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Curse of Monkey Island.
In Deponia, the world has degenerated into a vast garbage dump, in which the crotchety Rufus ekes out his sorry existence.
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Thimbleweed Park™
Single-player alternative to The Curse of Monkey Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Curse of 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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Space Quest™ Collection
Single-player alternative to The Curse of Monkey Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Curse of Monkey Island.
Experience a blast from the past with the complete, completely twisted Space Quest Collection.
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STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
Single-player alternative to The Curse of Monkey Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
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STAR WARS™ - The Force Unleashed™ Ultimate Sith Edition
Single-player alternative to The Curse of Monkey Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A game that will show gamers the deepest, darkest side of the Force in a story that puts them on a collision course with Luke Skywalker himself.
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STAR WARS™ Dark Forces (Classic, 1995)
Single-player alternative to The Curse of Monkey Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Behind a veil of secrecy the evil Empire is creating a doomsday army - one that, if finished, will become the final cog in the Empire's arsenal of terror and domination. Your Mission? Join the Rebel Alliance's covert operations division, infiltrate the Empire.
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STAR WARS™ Episode I Racer
Single-player alternative to The Curse of Monkey Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Two Engines. One Champion. No Limits.
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STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
Single-player alternative to The Curse of Monkey Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II picks up where the award-winning Dark Forces™ game left off...with even more features and firepower in dazzling 3D graphics. As Kyle Katarn, you must acquire a lightsaber and learn the ways of the Force to become a Jedi Knight.
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Indiana Jones® and the Fate of Atlantis™
Single-player alternative to The Curse of Monkey Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Curse of Monkey Island.
The Man With The Hat Is Back In His Greatest Adventure Yet! 1939 - The eve of World War II. Nazi agents are about to get their hands on a weapon more dangerous than the atom bomb. Only Indy can stop them before they unleash the deadly secret that sank Atlantis.