Escape from Monkey Island cover

Escape from Monkey Island

Critic score1 critic
First release
Nov 2000
Engine
GrimE
Genres
Adventure, Point-and-click, Puzzle · Fantasy, Historical, Comedy

This is the fourth chapter of the Monkey Island series. As normal, prepare to find lots of salty humor and engaging game play from this legendary series. Loaded with lusciously rendered backgrounds and more monkeys than you can handle, Escape from Monkey features an original cinematic story full of drama. The game is highlighted by hundreds of challenging puzzles.

Also known as Fuga da Monkey Island, 猴島小英雄4:逃離猴島, Flucht von Monkey Island, Fuga da Ilha dos Macacos
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Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Nov 2000
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Nov 08, 2000
Mac
Apr 17, 2001
All 5 release dates
PlayStation 2
Jun 18, 2001
PlayStation 2
Jun 29, 2001
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main + Extras
10h
Completionist
18h
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Side view
Where to buy
Keywords
pirates, ghosts, mech, parody, humour
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At a Glance

Critic Score
90
Main + Extras (IGDB)
10h
Completionist (IGDB)
18h

Overview

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Steam users rate this Mixed, 685 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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