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Thimbleweed Park 2

Jul 30, 2026

I have good news and bad news.

First the good news.

The good news is that we just started production on Thimbleweed Park 2, due out in early 2028.

We will self-publish with the help of a private investor.

Mark Ferrari, Gary Winnick, David Fox, Octavi Navarro, Robert Megone, and others from the original team will be back!

Wishlist on Steam!

I’ll be starting up a Thimbleweed Park 2 dev blog like we did for Thimbleweed Park and posting regularly to keep everyone up to date.

Now the bad news

There is no bad news, it’s all good news.

P.S. Thimbleweed Park 1 is on sale on Steam, Switch, iOS and Google. But I suspect all my readers already own it.

P.P.S Steam doesn’t show it yet, but there will be Mac, Windows and Linux.

P.P.P.S There will be a GOG version.

Comments:

Karim 20h ago

Congratulations! I hope it's a big success! Nice to see familiar talent back, too.

druid 20h ago

I can't imagine how you're going to make a sequel considering how the first one ended, but I'm really enthused to find out! I always felt there were hints in the game that the reality of things might not be what we ended up finding out...

Ron Gilbert ✔ 20h ago

"considering how the first one ended"

That's half the fun!

Leak 20h ago

WOOOOOO!

Norémon 20h ago

🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

Acmeplus 20h ago

Can’t wait. Loved the first one and just read this. You made my day. And the fact that all you guys are involved. David, Octavo, Mark, Robert, etc. Amazing gift. Now I really have something to look forward to 2028 before November :) since this is not a kickstarter, do you plan to do dev podcasts or something similar? Those were great but I totally get if you don’t have the time.

mazerat 20h ago

They managed to make a third Monkey Island. If anyone can make an improbable sequel, it's Ron Gilbert.

David Fox 20h ago

So excited to be working on this, and with a great team again!

Zak Phoenix McKracken 20h ago

Yeah!! Can't wait to dub it in italian!

Agent Cooper 20h ago

My partner and I can't believe you're gonna make a 2nd one. The first one is her favorite game!

Manjit Bedi 20h ago

Oh, fantastic.

The Ol' Brush 19h ago

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Gus 19h ago

This is not good news, it's awesome news!

The only bad thing is: now I can't wait for 2028

Tovi 19h ago

Thank you so much. My wife and myself are totally addicted to old schools quality point and clicks like you guys have done. Keep trusting yourself and do not listen to stupid people telling you how to do what you guys are the best at.
So hyped
Tovi, french game dev / composer sound designer

Brian Jaworski 19h ago

This _IS_ all good news! Very excited and can't wait for 2028 or anytime this hits the world! Wishing you and all involved the very best. (collector's edition? ;-) )

Gins 19h ago

I didn't expect that at all and I love it.

chris 19h ago

i’m so happy. can’t wait!!

Marco 19h ago

Yeeeeesss! I'm so happy to read this news, thank you all for bringing back Thimbleweed Park. Excited and looking forward to play it!

Mellie 19h ago

This is the best news, I loved Thimbleweed Park like crazy so I literally cannot wait!!

Jose S 18h ago

Amazing news! Thank you!

Mäki 18h ago

The signals are strong tonight, and I like it!

Bert Gilron 18h ago

Yeesssss!!! Looking forward to the blog posts and all. It is not about the destination, it is about the journey. And the humor!

Bryan 18h ago

Curious, why is TP not on sale on GOG?

Bryan 18h ago

Not even sure why I asked that, I do have it already, LOL

Ron Gilbert ✔ 18h ago

> Curious, why is TP not on sale on GOG?

We forgot. Too much to do this morning.

caliebre 18h ago

Te como los huevos Ron Gilbert.

Sean 18h ago

I literally just clocked the first one, this certainly relieves my post Thimbleweed depression!

AleBrush 18h ago

Yeeeeees!!!!

Kiitos!!! 18h ago

Greetings from your Finnish fans & thanks for confirming Linux support

Stan 17h ago

Wouldn't you rather buy a boat?

Stan 17h ago

I can give you a very good price!

Stan 17h ago

I only sell high quality!

Daniel 17h ago

Wonderful! Will the podcast return as well?

Lechuck 17h ago

+1 for the podcast! I really loved the last one!

Manuel 16h ago

Bad news are: it’s not out yet :)
Thank you so much for creating all this fun great games!

frisby 16h ago

Do EGA or limited palette - I dare you! :D

Gus Schneider 16h ago

This is great news! Hope you all have fun making the game

frisby 16h ago

Ooh, and fix the thing where the pixel art resolution is different from the lighting resolution... and when sprite scale and pixels shrink.

Delores 16h ago

Bad news are: I have to run the pillow factory... oh, no, wait a minute!

LeChuck Norris 15h ago

I got an absolution certificate for pirating Monkey Island the last time. What are the chances you can absolve people for Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders this time? asking for a friend.

Ron Gilbert ✔ 15h ago

> absolve people for Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders

You have to talk to David Fox about that.

arcanetrivia 14h ago

druid:
> I can't imagine how you're going to make a sequel considering how the first one ended

It's not like he hasn't got a fair amount of experience by now in recontextualizing what you *thought* you saw in an ending...

Ken 14h ago

Are you guys considering Early Access?

Deckard 14h ago

I hope TP2 will have the usual set of noun commands and not like the latest Monkey Island which had a contextual point'n'click parading as old system. But oh boy, I am fondling my TP game box right now. Can't wait! :)

Deckard 14h ago

Meh, I meant VERB commands, of course.

Zak Phoenix McKracken 14h ago

Let's just hope the private investor isn't Ozzie Mandrill, the Australian who wanted to wipe out the Pirates with the ultimate insult.

Gins 13h ago

@Deckard I'd love an adventure game with noun commands!

Diduz 13h ago

Yahoo! Bring it on! I'm ready to be confused again! :-D

Markus 13h ago

I love you guys, thank you for that great announcement!

Elaine Benes 13h ago

Will there be a physical big box edition like with the first one???

Can’t wait!

Jeremy 13h ago

Loved the podcast for #1. Hopefully you will be able to do that again for #2, even if it's not crowd funded this time.

Spav 13h ago

The bad news: you’re writing the ending.

Jimmie 13h ago

So happy to hear this Ron! Thank you for doing this. Looking forward to the dev blog.

Denny 13h ago

Amazing! You made my day. Absolutely loved the first one.

Jake 13h ago

Less than 24 hours since Ron announced the game and people are already complaining.

Tale 12h ago

Hell, yeah!

Torbjörn 12h ago

It's too bad the guilt absolution for Thimbleweed Park only covers past crimes. I understand why, of course, but some day I would like to play the EGA version of The Secret of Monkey Island. The way things currently are, I can't.

MacFrog 12h ago

Will there be translations? And, more importantly, will Boris do the German version?

Evan M 12h ago

Woo-hoo-a-reno!

mdrio 12h ago

Yikes!

Ema 12h ago

That means another Fan Dub. We'll have to put the band back together. We're on a mission from God.

Ahhh123 12h ago

Wow! Great news! I hope you will also make a switch version but I am happy anyway!

Fabiano Caputo 12h ago

To everyone wondering how can a sequel be possibile after the previous game: the Steam page says "Not really a sequel, not really a prequel".

Alright Ron, I'm ready to be mindblown.

Darksun1980 12h ago

Congrats! Keep up the great work

Francesco 11h ago

Fantastico!!

SunDancer aka SomeDudeOnYouTube 11h ago

HUZZAH! If there's a crowd funding, count me in!

Bruno 11h ago

thank you! my inner child it's so pretty happy :)

Maskmagog 11h ago

Wow, really looking forward to this game-a-reno! Nice to see the band back together.

Rasho Hyo 11h ago

Welcome BACK Ron Gilbert!!

Barbara 11h ago

We are so back! Such a great news to wake up this morning, let's go :)

Andreadful 11h ago

YES!!!!!

N. 11h ago

This is great news! I'm looking forward to this!

RF1911 11h ago

Oh my god. I truly can't wait.

Lorenzo 11h ago

Mega-galattico!!! GREAT!!!! Thank you Ron! Count me in if you need crown funding!

Steffen 11h ago

Woohooo!!!
Gerade jetzt erst gelesen!
Bin dabei!

Bethany 11h ago

This is VERY, VERY exciting!

longuist 11h ago

Hows the weather?

Really nice btw, in 2028 it doesnt matter.

birenbergg 11h ago

Wow! Amazing news!

Coolchicken 11h ago

Mark Ferrari, Gary Winnick, David Fox, Octavi Navarro, Robert Megone... if you'd mentioned even one more name, I would've had a nervous breakdown. What an incredible team!

Christian 11h ago

Yes!! I just replayed the first one! Awesome game! I hope this time the game ends this time!

George Broussard 10h ago

Ron, awesome! Good luck to you guys along the way. Can't wait.

not Ron Gilbert 10h ago

Thimbleweed Park's ending felt like a nasty rugpull. Clever but disheartening. Please don't do it again!

Helvir 10h ago

Now that's what I call good news :D

Nik 10h ago

The bad news is that I can't give you money right now?! I'm already itching to press that buy button.

Dreadjaws 10h ago

Excited for this, but I really hope you're not going to rehash the same ending idea. You finally cracked it with Return to Monkey Island, no need to iterate on the same idea ever again.

Also, am I correct in assuming this is just gonna be like an alternate universe rather than an actual sequel? Kind of like, say, the Three Stooges shorts, where the characters remain the same but the world is different every time?

Ahenobarbus 10h ago

Great news and what a dream team! Good luck guys!

Jonny 10h ago

Great news. I loved the podcast during development. Since this time it's not a crowd funding thing I guess you're neither obliged nor willing to do that again but.... consider it please 😄

El Barto 10h ago

So your "Yes or No?" question on Mastodon was about the possible development of Thimbleweed Park 2.
Fortunately, the yes votes won.
To celebrate this occasion, I'm wearing my Thimbleweed Park t-shirt.

LasseS 9h ago

Wonderful! Finally some good gaming news.

Can't wait to see what you guys come up with.
The original is quite possibly the best adventure game of the last 15 years.
Hopefully the sequel will have strong puzzle design like the original and RtMI and not too simplified like so many modern adventures.. but I have faith in mr. Gilbert and the team.

Sebos 9h ago

Excellent news! Wishlisted the game on Steam immediately. Is there any chance the game will come to Switch like its predecessor, or maybe it's too early to say?

French Chriss 9h ago

We are BACK!!! \o/

Hi_Mike 9h ago

I'd like to join the request: with Thimbleweed Park and Return to Monkey Island, we've already had enough of that kind of ending. We get the idea. Could we have a more... conventional ending this time?

Said with the utmost respect and admiration for this ridiculously talented team. I'm just a little too traumatized by meta endings at this point.

Weed Thimbler 9h ago

F. yes!!!
Had given up on this.
Finally a game I can put on wishlist.

FractalMindMike 9h ago

Hellope. Thank you so much for announcing this news. I'm super excited to see what's happening in Thimbleweed Park in 2028. I also wanted to say - the team collectively have been a huge inspiration for me personally. I really appreciate all that you do!

Good luck and all the best with the production over the next year or two!

MementoMoree 8h ago

OMFG OMFG OMFG! More Mark FErrari? More Ganry WInnick? More David Fox, Octavi Navarro, Robert Megone?!
MORE RON FREAKING GILBERT! We're so back!

ANd yeah NGL the ending of the first left me there, empty and lost.

I CANNOT wait for this- which means I will very diligently wait without making a fuss.

What about a Physical version? I have the box of the first one and it;s *delicious*!

Anyways lots of love, like really a LOT.

Keep up the great work and OMFG I love today.

MementoMoree 8h ago

Sorry for the typos, too excited.

Sebastian 8h ago

TP2 AND a dev blog?! Best news ever!

Sam 8h ago

Have you considered also the collector's box as the previous one? Considering to buy

Indiana 8h ago

Do a Kickstarter please. Love to throw my money on you for a Big Box ;)

Max 8h ago

Awesome news! Would this be a good time to add the achievements to the GOG version of Thimbleweed Park 1? I've always hoped it would be possible sooner or later.

Nickvog 8h ago

WONDERFUL news!!!! Is there any chance we get to contribute to this effort with a KICKSTARTER campaign, like the Thimbleweed Park 1??? I'd be awesome to have a physical Collector's Edition on this one too!!!

Yako Batchee 7h ago

I could never ever imagine to see a Thimbleweed Park 2 in this life.
You made my day/week/year/decade

Mindbender 7h ago

I really wish there would be a physical version of part 1. Missed it on Limited Run... :(

Mickey Hoz 7h ago

Fantastic news, I loved the first TP and loved RTMI even more.
I also loved the TP development podcast so keeping an ear open if that is also returning.

DanVzare 7h ago

Wow, this is a surprise. I thought that the original Thimbleweed Park was going to be a one off. I look forward to seeing how you continue from that ending.

Pouyan 7h ago

can't believe this is really happening, another great work of absurdism and surrealism from The Ron Gilbert.

one question though: will steve kirk do the soundtrack again? i loved his work and i still listen to TWP OST.

Fabián Cuesta 7h ago

Vamooooo neeeeeneeeee!

FL77 7h ago

Yeeeeessssss!!! Alla grande!!!

twiz718 7h ago

LeChuck sent me!

Patrik Spacek 7h ago

Finally I can stop praying and just use my power to give you a good health to make it to successful release!

Raúkl 7h ago

Yeaaaaah. Great news’n

Francesco Favia 7h ago

Congratulations Ron! I'm going to wishlist it as soon as I'm home end of August!

ZakMckracken 7h ago

THANK YOUUUUUUUUUU. I CAN NOT WAIT. YOU GUYS ARE THE KINGSSSSSS

lalolana 7h ago

Thank you so much Mr Ron Gilbert. This is the best news I heard in weeks. Thimbleweed Park has a place in my heart ♥️

Paralax 7h ago

Wow, you even brought the comment section back. Just like good old times :D

Zak Phoenix McKracken 7h ago

@ZakMckracken: Hi, nice to meet you.

Andrew S 6h ago

The bad news is that there is no bad news? I'm so confused right now. 😄

Happy to hear about the new game, though! Wishlisted.

Michael 6h ago

Congrats, can not wait! First game is amazing.

Kriss 6h ago

Finally some good gameing news in 2026 :)

NickRivers 6h ago

Yeeeeeeeeeah!!!

Damna 6h ago

This is THE BEST news, not just good news 🤩🤩🤩

Lev 6h ago

Hooray for the GOG version! Thank you!

Ricardo Ratatour 5h ago

What fantastic news!!! Thimbleweed Park is one of my all-time favorite games, so I couldn't be more excited to play this sequel. I really hope Thimbleweed Park 2 stays true to the spirit of classic point-and-click adventures while also daring to innovate with fresh mechanics and surprising gameplay.🙂

KineticEcho 5h ago

No Kickstarter? I dreamed of this sequel, and wished for a new campaign with physical rewards, like the phone book! There will be things like fan written books like the last time?

Rez 5h ago

PRAISE BE TO GILBERT!

Cláudio Fernandes 5h ago

Reading this as i'm almost done reviving my old amiga 500 and will try booting Monkey Island 1 to test it it's just as good as it gets :)

Martin Romanuk 5h ago

Hope you post about the development process, like you did with TWP1.
Is the game keeping the same engine? same retro-style?

Trond 5h ago

Amazing news! Looking forward to following your dev blog.

dcb 5h ago

You guys are awesome! My daughter will be the same age I had when I played Monkey Island for the first time. The signals are strong tonight!

Mota de polvo 5h ago

I was waiting for this news for ages!

Gonzalo Q 5h ago

AWSOMEEEEEEEE AIEEEEEEEEEEEE

Question: Will be a box/ signed/ special version like you did for the 1st game?

COngratulations and THANK YOU

sprud 5h ago

Incredible! From your previous posts I thought that there was no way to have another graphic adventure from you! Big up to the private investors and thank you Ron to keep pushing!

Barry Jowey 5h ago

Thanks mate! looking forward to it. Good luck!

Luca 5h ago

Non vedo l'ora!

Conrad Son 5h ago

Awesome news!

MrVenom1974 5h ago

This is absolutely awesome. This is a must-have for me.

Kojiro 5h ago

I guess it time to play Thimbleweed Park again.

marianozz 5h ago

Hey Ron and guys, thanks for everything!

Matt 4h ago

In 2028 we’ll discover Thimbleweed Park 1 was actually a theme park =D

Shinetop 4h ago

This is an incredible news!

A massive thank you to Ron Gilbert, for the first game! I absolutely loved it, especially the ending.

(Monkey Island 2's ending trained me.....)

Thommek 4h ago

Can't wait for it! I'm really looking forward to the upcoming dev blog.
I thoroughly enjoyed your TWP1 dev blog, and I'm excited to follow along with this one as well!

Rapp Scallion 4h ago

Wow, this news is so incredible that I had to double-check it to fully believe it. Is today April Fools’ Day? Jeje. Oh, Ron, you’re full of surprises. First "Return to Monkey Island", now this. After that Thimbleweed Park ending?! Great, great news. 😁

Jose 4h ago

I played all your games—every single one!—and Thimbleweed 1 made me very happy. I’m really looking forward to it. Thanks for all your games, and thanks for continuing to make point-and-click adventures.

Jost L. Hansen 4h ago

I missed out adding lines to the original Thimbleweed Park. Will something similiar be possible in TP2?

Boybrush 4h ago

Big fan of Ron's work here. Everything... besides Thimble 1. Have to be honest: I loved the atmosphere, the story itself.. well, not that much. I hope Thimble 2 will turn the table

Moiz 4h ago

sad you guys didn't go the kickstarter route again. the phone message and box and being part of the game was the best.

Agent Mandarine 4h ago

Podcast! Podcast! Podcast! … pretty please? Been an point-and-click enjoyer since the golden days and really appreciated the dev podcast while waiting for TP. Wozld be awesome… no pressure though!

Ed Williams 3h ago

Great that it will be on GOG! A sale of the first game on GOG would be also nice.

vuvu 3h ago

totally love it

Nevial & Arolyn 3h ago

AHHHH!!! Yesss!!

We played TP on the beach in Tahiti on our honeymoon in Dec 2018, so it looks like I know what we’re doing on our 10-year anniversary! (Maybe this time with slightly fewer layovers…)

Tibba 3h ago

Even though I’ve been playing point-and-click graphic adventure games since the very first *Maniac Mansion*, it was this game (*TP1*) that finally convinced me I had to make my own. The fact that they’re making a sequel is great news, but thinking about all the games and developers that Ron and this team have inspired over the years is even more incredible!

Crocodile 3h ago

Fantastic news.

Hopefully we can "look at" people this time, I was sad this was missing from the first game. Assuming there are verbs still.

AstroTech_Guy 3h ago

Omg,
can't believe it. I thought, that you were a bit disappointed about the commercial success of the first game, but i'm happy to read, that someone with money believes in you(The game WAS and IS great). Love you, Ron and wish you and your team the very best. Please take your time and don't forget to take pauses :)

VG 3h ago

I believe nobody said 'squeeee' yet, so: SQUEEEEEEEEEEE!
Very much looking forward to it.

Will our speck of dust collection be importable from the first game, or will we have to start from scratch?

Stinking Pirate 3h ago

Being 46 years old and still having things to look forward to, like I was still a teenager, means more than you know.

CobraCommanda 2h ago

I'm SO EXCITED for this news, Ron! I ordered the original PC big box copy of Thimbleweed (love the extras!), the ThimbleCon poster, and eventually procured a Switch copy of the game (my BF won it for me in a redemption game at the Limited Run physical store--true story!). I've streamed it twice and played through the Dolores DLC as well. Love love love the Thimbleweed world and am beyond excited for a second installment, especially with Mark, Gary, et al. returning. This news brightened my week, so thank you!

ThorKa 2h ago

I Love this ! Is there a way to partcipate in a crowd funding on this ?

MH 2h ago

Great news! - I hope I'm still in the phone book in part 2.

arcanetrivia 2h ago

Also anyone going "How can you pick up after that ending?", despite the use of the number "2", this isn't necessarily going to be a chronological sequel. It could come before, or be some other relationship like just being another story in the same world.

Bruno C. 2h ago

Great, great news! Best of luck! I can't wait to play it!

Kuomodo 1h ago

Thank you, Ron! Looking forward to preordering this.

DrJ 1h ago

Bright news in dark times. So excited!!!

Simon 1h ago

Amazing!! Still holding out hope for more monkey island 🥺

Víctor R. Ruiz 1h ago

Shut up and take my monkey! I mean, money.

Julian D 1h ago

Looking forward to this! The best games I played are definitely LucasArts p&c adventure games and later on Ron Gilbert's games that followed after he left.

Dan 1h ago

Wow, the little kid in me just lit up. Way to make my day!!!

Fragola 1h ago

Hope it will be better than TP1, as that one was disappointing.

Enlo17 1h ago

No freaking way Ron!

You just made my day, what am I saying? My year! After quite some setbacks this year nothing was really cheering me up but this news?

Man this is great!

I have replayed Thimbleweed Park at least 20 times on my Switch and still I'm loving every new round!

Thank you for making this possible, hopefully a Switch release is possible as well but for now I hit that wishlist and follow button on Steam so hard it might be broken now.

Massively looking forward to this!

Stan S. stanman 1h ago

Its awesome news, another Ron Gilbert piece of art coming! Thank you very much

Barton Lynch 1h ago

As a long time fan of your work and blessed to have my 3 contribution books in the first game, this news come as a sudden rush of joy. I'm happy.

Max 13m ago

I'm more hyped for this than GTA 6.

Alex Hollis 8m ago

Well done sir! Jolly good.

Florian 5m ago

I am excited! Fantastic news!
Here's hoping for a big box release eventually.

THATSPLUMS 3m ago

This is awesome news! Thank you Ron! Keep up the great work, will be following closely! Soooooo excited, best news since RtMI was announced!!!

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