Return to Monkey Island

Monkey Island
The Secret of Monkey Island	1990
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge	1991
The Curse of Monkey Island	1997
Escape from Monkey Island	2000
Tales of Monkey Island	2009
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition	2009
Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge	2010
Return to Monkey Island	2022

Return to Monkey Island is a singleplayer adventure game in the Monkey Island series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store

GOG.com
Humble Store
Mac App Store
Mac App Store		Included with Apple Arcade.
Microsoft Store		Xbox Play Anywhere.
Steam		Requires the Steam client to be running.^[2]

Players who pre-ordered the game received the horse armor item in the in-game inventory. Although it is meant to be a joke item referencing The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, it can trigger some unique interactions in the game^[3].

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	None

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Terrible Toybox\Return to Monkey Island\Prefs.json
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/Terrible Toybox/Return to Monkey Island/Prefs.json
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/Terrible Toybox/Return to Monkey Island/Prefs.json

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Terrible Toybox\Return to Monkey Island\
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\DevolverDigital.ReturntoMonkeyIslandXBSeriesXS_6kzv4j18v0c96\SystemAppData\wgs
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/Terrible Toybox/Return to Monkey Island/
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/Terrible Toybox/Return to Monkey Island/save.bin $XDG_DATA_HOME/Terrible Toybox/Return to Monkey Island/Savegame.png $XDG_DATA_HOME/Terrible Toybox/Return to Monkey Island/Savegame.save

Save games and their associated screenshots are numbered starting with 1.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud		4.29 MiB available.
Xbox Cloud

Video

Video settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Has pillarboxing. To remove it, use Rose's Ultrawide patch
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Used instead of exclusive fullscreen.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		See Enable higher framerates.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Input

Keyboard and mouse controls

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See Remapping keys.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Playstation or Nintendo prompts can also be used
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback		In certain cutscenes, no option to disable it
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Steam Virtual Gamepad (Legacy mode/Hook input)
Steam Input prompt modes
Steam Deck button prompts
Steam Controller (1st gen) button prompts
Motion sensors support
Official controller preset(s)
Cursor detection

Xbox layout
DualShock layout
Nintendo Switch layout

Remapping keys

Change keymapping in Prefs.json^[4]

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open Prefs.json.
Add or modify keybindings to contain the following parameters:

keybindings: {
skipDialog: "period"
skipDialog2: "mousemiddle"
pauseGame: "space"
overrideCutscene: "esc"
quit: "control+q"
fastQuit: "alt+q"
showOptions: "o"
showHelp: "h"
takeScreenshotUI: "shift+control+s"
esc: "esc"
inventory: "i"
inventoryAlt: "v"
map: "m"
todo: "t"
showLastSayline: "comma"
showNextSayline: "m"
saveGame: "command+s"
loadGame: "command+l"
showHotspots: "tab"
}

Notes

The following special key names can be used: esc, period, tab, space, return, backtick, backslash, num1, num2, num3, num4, num5, num6, num7, num8, num9, home, pageup, pagedown, delete, backspace, end, right, left, down, up

To invoke a key event when the middle mouse button is pressed, use mousemiddle. By default, it skips dialog.

Almost any key can be remapped. However, it is not possible to remap the mouse or controller buttons.

Enable higher framerates

Change targetFrameRate in Prefs.json^[5]

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open Prefs.json.
Add or modify targetFrameRate, e.g.:

targetFrameRate: 144

Notes

The maximum supported framerate seems to be 240 FPS.^[5]

Audio

Audio settings

Text and language settings

Interface settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Effects, Music, Ambient, Voice
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions		Enabling the SFX Subtitles setting will turn on closed captions for sound effects, regardless of the Text / Speech setting.
Mute on focus lost		Always pauses and mutes when focus is lost during gameplay and cutscenes. Does not mute when focus is lost in the main menu or settings menu.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Czech				Fan translation; download.
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Brazilian Portuguese
Polish				Fan Translation [1]
Russian
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	12
OpenGL	4.2
Vulkan	1.2

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-3240 3.4 GHz AMD FX-4300 3.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	8 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GT 640 AMD Radeon HD 7750 Vulkan 1.2 compatible 2 GB (Nvidia), 1 GB (AMD) of VRAM DirectX 12 compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.13	11
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-3240 3.4 GHz AMD FX-4300 3.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	8 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GT 640 AMD Radeon HD 7750 2 GB (Nvidia), 1 GB (AMD) of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 20.04
Processor (CPU)	Quad Core
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	Vulkan 1.2 compatible 2 GB of VRAM OpenGL 4.2 compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.

References

↑ Steam News - Return to Monkey Island - The Fastest Selling Monkey Island - Now With a Native Linux Build! - last accessed on 2022-10-25
↑ Verified by User:Jwillikers on 2025-09-26
Confirmed on Linux that Return to Monkey Island requires Steam to be running when launched directly through the game folder, regardless of whether a steam_appid.txt file or the libsteam_api.so library was present in <path-to-game>.
↑ Horse Armor Wiki Page - last accessed on 2024-11-11
↑ Steam Community - Return to Monkey Island General Discussions - FAQ - last accessed on 2022-09-21
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Steam Community - last accessed on 2022-09-22

[1] Steam News - Return to Monkey Island - The Fastest Selling Monkey Island - Now With a Native Linux Build! - last accessed on 2022-10-25

[2] Verified by User:Jwillikers on 2025-09-26
Confirmed on Linux that Return to Monkey Island requires Steam to be running when launched directly through the game folder, regardless of whether a steam_appid.txt file or the libsteam_api.so library was present in <path-to-game>.

[3] Horse Armor Wiki Page - last accessed on 2024-11-11

[4] Steam Community - Return to Monkey Island General Discussions - FAQ - last accessed on 2022-09-21

[framerate-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Steam Community - last accessed on 2022-09-22

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Developers

	Terrible Toybox
Publishers
	Devolver Digital
Engines
	Dinky
Release dates
Windows	September 19, 2022
macOS (OS X)	September 19, 2022
Linux	October 25, 2022^[1]
Reception
Metacritic	86
OpenCritic	87
IGDB	92
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Adventure
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Comedy, Piracy
Series	Monkey Island