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Yooka-Laylee

Yooka-Laylee

Yooka-Laylee is an all-new open-world platformer from genre veterans Playtonic! Explore huge, beautiful worlds, meet an unforgettable cast of characters and horde a vault-load of collectibles as buddy-duo Yooka and Laylee embark on an epic adventure to thwart corporate creep Capital B!

Released Apr 11, 2017 Developer Playtonic Games Publisher Playtonic Friends Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux 3D PlatformerCollectathonAdventureKickstarterIndie
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-10-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-15.

74.8%positive5,399 reviews
Recommended · 244 found this helpful

“I love this game. I miss cartoony 3D platformers like this. I don't get all the dislike for this. My only regret is that I didn't hold out for the Switch version to play it on the go. Curse you Steam Sale!!! But in all serious, if, like me you miss the fun, lighthearted 3D…”

— a player, Steam review · 38 hrs played
Recommended · 100 found this helpful

“Yooka-Laylee the crowd funded revival of Banzo Kazooie... Well I've finally played it, and this is yet again a borderline game. If I wanted to I could easily write this review and give it a positive spin. This is a 3d Platformer on the PC and that's a rare breed. But I just as…”

— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played
Not recommended · 132 found this helpful

“As a nostalgia bomb, Yooka-Laylee completely nails it. The game perfectly captures the look, sound and humor of the Banjo-Kazooie games I grew up with and adds a modern polish. So shame about that gameplay. As good as Y-L is at evoking the memories of some of the first games I…”

— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

6,508all-time peak
0 500 1k 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 No data collected for this period 809 avg · Apr 2017

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-25.

35achievements
18.8%median completion
6.2%rarest: CAPTAIN'S CACHE
71.5% of players 68.2% of players 58.9% of players 55.9% of players 47.9% of players 44.9% of players 44.7% of players 43.0% of players 37.5% of players 35.0% of players 32.4% of players 31.7% of players 30.4% of players 24.9% of players 21.0% of players 20.0% of players 19.9% of players 18.8% of players 18.0% of players 16.4% of players 15.7% of players 14.8% of players 13.1% of players 11.4% of players 10.9% of players 10.2% of players 9.3% of players 7.9% of players 7.8% of players 7.2% of players 7.1% of players 6.6% of players 6.5% of players 6.3% of players 6.2% of players 71.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
71.5%TURNING A PAGIE — Collect your first Pagie
68.2%THE ADVENTURE BEGINS — Unlock the first Grand Tome world
58.9%BOOK SPOOK — Collect your first Ghost Writer
Rarest badges of honor
6.2%CAPTAIN'S CACHE — Find all five of the pirate treasure items
6.3%FROM SOMEONE ELSE'S BOOK — Collect all 145 Pagies
6.5%POTION COMMOTION — Unlock 15 Tonics

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-10-25 20:53 UTC
$19.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US19.99 USD
EU19.99 EUR
UK15.99 GBP
Australia29.50 AUD
Canada25.99 CAD
Japan2,600 JPY
Brazil99.99 BRL
China99.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$15 Japan Canada Brazil US Australia UK EU≈$22

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-23). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-31 08-21 09-11 10-02 10-25

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jul 22, 2026
Playtest #1 Time Trials - Ending Soon!

Hey guys! Last chance to join our first alpha playtest for Super Yooka-Laylee Kart! Don't wait on it! Sign up for our first playtest of Super Yooka-Laylee Kart before it ends on the 24th July! Here's

Jul 17, 2026
Playtest #1 Time Trials - Available Now!

Exciting news folks! Our first playtest for Super Yooka-Laylee Kart has officially begun! If you signed up to join our playtest on SYLK's Steam page, make sure to check your email with a notification

Jun 13, 2026
Out On the Road!

Hey everyone! It's been quite the week hasn't it? We announced Super Yooka-Laylee Kart at Summer Games Fest as part of Day of the Dev's, and we've seen the incredible amount of love and support from o

Jun 06, 2026
It's Finally Time... Meet Super Yooka-Laylee Kart 💚💜

After months of secrets, we're finally able to share what we've been working on...Introducing Super Yooka-Laylee Kart! Today during Summer Game Fest as part of Day of the Devs, we officially revealed

Jun 02, 2026
Our Latest Update!!!

We’ve been hard at work behind the scenes since Yooka-Replaylee launched, and now we’re thrilled to drop a massive wave of updates your way! Yooka-Replaylee now runs at a buttery-smooth 60fps on Steam

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie
Player tags3D Platformer · Collectathon · Adventure · Kickstarter · Indie · Platformer · Colorful · Action · Family Friendly · Exploration · Great Soundtrack · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Korean
ControllerFull support
Achievements35
Official sitehttp://www.playtonicgames.com/games/yooka-laylee/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 (64bit) Processor: Intel i5-2500 3.3GHz Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVidia GTS450 / AMD Radeon 6850HD DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 9 GB available space Sound Card: Windows Compatible Card Additional Notes: A Controller is STRONGLY recommended to play this game.