17 Games with a historical setting like The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition that you should try

It shares the essentials of what The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition does: puzzle design, strong narrative focus and historical setting. The common ground extends to single-player focus and 2D presentation. It sets itself apart with fantasy world.

What brings it close to The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition is puzzle design, strong narrative focus and historical setting, and the two track each other on genre, game mode and tone. The common ground extends to single-player focus and 2D presentation. It sets itself apart with fantasy world.

What brings it close to The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition is puzzle design, strong narrative focus and historical setting, and the two track each other on genre, game mode and tone. To that it adds single-player focus and 2D presentation. Its own ground is fantasy world.

Held in common with The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition: puzzle design, strong narrative focus and historical setting. The common ground extends to single-player focus and 2D presentation. It sets itself apart with deep RPG systems and fantasy world.

Held in common with The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition: puzzle design, strong narrative focus and historical setting. The common ground extends to single-player focus and 2D presentation. Where the two diverge is visuals: a third-person camera.

The thread back to The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition runs through puzzle design, strong narrative focus and historical setting. The common ground extends to 2D presentation and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals: an isometric view.

Its point of contact with The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition is puzzle design, strong narrative focus and historical setting. The common ground extends to single-player focus and 2D presentation. Where the two diverge is tone: dark, oppressive atmosphere.

Held in common with The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition: puzzle design, strong narrative focus and historical setting. Both also lean on single-player focus and 2D presentation. The distance is in tone — its own ground is dark, oppressive atmosphere.

On paper it is what The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition is — puzzle design, strong narrative focus and historical setting — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. The common ground extends to single-player focus and 2D presentation. Where the two diverge is tone and setting: a casual, approachable feel and a medieval setting.

If The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition worked for you because of puzzle design, historical setting and single-player focus, the same is here. Both also lean on 2D presentation.

Genre puts it alongside The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, and so does puzzle design, strong narrative focus and historical setting. Both also lean on single-player focus. The distance is in visuals and setting — its own ground is a sci-fi setting and a third-person camera.

With The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition it shares puzzle design, historical setting and single-player focus. To that it adds 2D presentation. They part company on setting: this one brings fantasy world.

With The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition it shares puzzle design, strong narrative focus and historical setting. To that it adds single-player focus. They part company on visuals: this one brings a third-person camera.

Held in common with The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition: puzzle design, historical setting and single-player focus. To that it adds 2D presentation. They part company on setting: this one brings fantasy world.

What carries over from The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition is puzzle design, historical setting and single-player focus. They part company on visuals: this one brings a third-person camera.