The Secret of Monkey Island
The Secret of Monkey Island is a 1990 point-and-click graphic adventure game developed and published by Lucasfilm Games. It takes place in a fictional version of the Caribbean during the age of piracy. The player assumes the role of Guybrush Threepwood, a young man who dreams of becoming a pirate, and explores fictional islands while solving puzzles.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 1990
- Developer
- Lucasfilm Games
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 1 October 1990 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Lucasfilm Games |
| Publisher | Lucasfilm Games |
| Platforms | PC |
| Genres | adventure video game |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q179247, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is The Secret of Monkey Island? How long to beat it
Total play time for The Secret of Monkey Island is about 7.6 hours to do everything, and around 6.6 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.
| How you play | Hours | Players logged |
|---|---|---|
| Just the main story: straight through the critical path | 6.6h | 605 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 7.4h | 153 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 7.6h | 214 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where The Secret of Monkey Island sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where The Secret of Monkey Island lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 44ahead of 4% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 52ahead of 90% of the catalogue
Percentiles are against the games that carry a reading on that axis, not the whole catalogue: counting a game with no figure as a zero would flatter everything that has one. How the grid works.
What readers say about The Secret of Monkey Island
Reviews written by people who have played it. These are separate from the GamingPickz Score and are never averaged into it: that score comes from thousands of Steam reviews with a sample-size correction, and a handful of unverified ratings would distort it rather than improve it.
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Common questions about The Secret of Monkey Island
What platforms is The Secret of Monkey Island on?
The Secret of Monkey Island is available on PC. It first released in 1990.
Who made The Secret of Monkey Island?
The Secret of Monkey Island was developed by Lucasfilm Games and published by Lucasfilm Games.
How long does it take to beat The Secret of Monkey Island?
about 6.6 hours for the main story, 7.4 hours with the main extras, 7.6 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.