Return to Monkey Island is Now The Fastest Selling Entry in Franchise History

It seems quite a lot of Monkey Island followers have been ready for the day when a model new entry within the sequence can be launched. Publisher Devolver Digital has introduced that Return to Monkey Island was a really profitable endeavor, a lot in order that it’s now the fastest-selling entry within the franchises historical past. That alone could be very spectacular, however the actual kicker right here is that the title managed to perform this feat after being accessible for only one complete month. The latest addition to the Monkey Island franchise has basically turn into the brand new king of the fabled level and click on journey sequence in a single fell swoop.

Return to Monkey Island launched one month in the past at this time and Stan is proud to announce that it’s the quickest promoting recreation within the legendary sequence! pic.twitter.com/Kl8ZU15QYu

— Devolver Digital (@devolverdigital) October 19, 2022

While Devolver Digital hasn’t supplied any gross sales numbers, the milestone continues to be nothing to scoff at. It additionally helps that the final entry earlier than this was the particular version of Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge which launched means again in 2010. That’s a full 12 yr distinction between then and now, and with extra classical PC recreation’s changing into in demand, it was solely a matter of time earlier than followers of Monkey Island got here calling.

Return to Monkey Island was critically acclaimed, with most reviewers and critics praising the return to the traditional level and click on journey style. The recreation additionally launched for the Nintendo Switch, the one residence console it was made accessible to apart from the PC platform. Regardless of the single-console port, it nonetheless made it rather more extensively accessible to Switch homeowners, and greater than probably accounted for the large success that catapulted it to the highest of the Monkey Island mountain.

Return to Monkey Island is accessible now for PC by means of Windows, macOS, and the Nintendo Switch.