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title: "Sesame Street: Once upon a Monster"
date: 2020-08-24T15:43:00-07:00
author: James Spafford
canonical_url: "https://www.doublefine.com/games/sesame-street-once-upon-a-monster"
section: Games
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# Sesame Street: Once upon a Monster

## Key facts

- **Developer:** Double Fine Productions
- **Release date:** October 11, 2011
- **Genre:** Adventure
- **Platforms:** Xbox 360
- **Age ratings:** ESRB Everyone; PEGI 3
- **Awards:** 1 won, 2 other nominations

## About Sesame Street: Once upon a Monster

Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster is an uplifting and funny, family adventure game playable on Kinect for Xbox 360.

Players join favorite Sesame Street characters Elmo, Cookie Monster, Oscar, Grover and all new characters as they discover a long lost children’s book titled Once Upon a Monster. As they read, they join the action to become part of a living storybook adventure, helping new monster friends with their problems by exploring the book chapter by chapter, page by page.

 It features active co-op gameplay that is specially designed for sibling and/or parent-child co-play; and teaches social, emotional, and other important life lessons through its colorful and whimsical gameplay.

## Trailer

- [Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster - Official Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUMydOCokpk) (YouTube)
- [Watch on Double Fine TV](https://www.doublefine.com/dftv/sesame-street-once-upon-a-monster-official-trailer)

## Awards

### Won

- **Gamescom 2011:** Best Family Game

### Nominated

- **NAVGTR 2011:** [Original Children’s Game](https://navgtr.org/2011-awards/)
- **NAVGTR 2011:** [Writing in a Comedy](https://navgtr.org/2011-awards/)

## More about Sesame Street: Once upon a Monster

- [Making of](https://www.doublefine.com/games/sesame-street-once-upon-a-monster/making)
- [Extras](https://www.doublefine.com/games/sesame-street-once-upon-a-monster/extras)