Yooka-Laylee on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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!

Yooka-Laylee is a 3d platformer, collectathon and adventure game developed by Playtonic Games and published by Playtonic Friends.
Released on April 11th 2017 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 9 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Korean.

It has received 5,225 reviews of which 3,913 were positive and 1,312 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.3 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 2.05€ on Instant Gaming.

The Steam community has classified Yooka-Laylee into these genres:

3D Platformer Collectathon Adventure Kickstarter Indie Platformer Colorful Action Family Friendly Exploration Great Soundtrack Singleplayer Cute Funny Retro Open World Casual Comedy Cartoony Multiplayer

Media & Screenshots

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

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.

MacOS

OS: OSX 10.11 or higher
Processor: Intel i5-3470 3.2Ghz
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce 675MX / AMD Radeon R9 M380
Storage: 9 GB available space
Additional Notes: A Controller is STRONGLY recommended to play this game.

Linux

OS: Ubuntu 14.04 or later or SteamOS
Processor: Intel i5-2500 3.3GHz
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVidia GTS450 / AMD Radeon 6850HD
Storage: 9 GB available space
Additional Notes: A Controller is STRONGLY recommended to play this game.

User reviews & Ratings

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March 2025

It's not bad. Honestly! I will say this: especially pre-world expansion, worlds can feel aimless due to how Quills are placed, not unlike Banjo-Tooie - which does make world traversal a bit awkward at times. I also think roughly half of the worlds can be a bit on the generic side. But with that said... I still think there's some charm here! First of all, even fi I'd have preferred having more levels in general, I do like how they handled the concept of world expansion, how they chose to straight up add areas (like the awesome Icymetric Palace) instead of simply made things bigger! Furthermore, a good chunk of those missions make for some fun challenges - and to me, the casino world is an absolute stand out in terms of originality and creativity! For as much as the game is VERY derivative from Kazooie, I do like how they handled the movesets, the bosses, the Jinjo equivalents, the hubworld and more - again, both in terms of level and visual design! So yeah, all and all, Yooka-Laylee, even if it's a bit awkward at times due to some janky controls and the above design quirks, is quite fun to play! It looks pretty alright visually and musically, though neither really stood out to me, barring a few standout tracks which were (probably) penned by David Wise. So... yeah honestly? Yooka-Laylee does have many rough quirks - and understandably doesn't stand out all that much from its Banjo-Kazooie counterparts - to really make it better than either Kazooie or Tooie (when it's not being a sprawling mess). But on its own merits, I found it to still be a charming, occasionally funny, and fun platformer that isn't too strict with its collectables requirements! It's really got too much hate, and it's a shame! Even if I don't think it'll blow anyone away...

Feb. 2025

Super charming and fun. I really enjoyed it. I spent like 3 hours on attempts at beating the last boss, but it's really not that bad, after you get dialed in. Sucks to get all the way to the final phase, and then die though, but that's the retro platformer way. I love that this game does justice to the Collectathon genre, without trying to reinvent it for a "modern" age, or something. More often than not, I want a game that's just gonna do something really well, rather than attempt to shake up why the genre is loved to begin with. I don't always want roguelite elements, or procedural generation, or randomization of what's to be expected. Sometimes I just want a game full of levels to explore, and a solid character to explore them with. That's what this game delivers.

Jan. 2025

I think the game is definitely worth considering in its own right 80% is about right on score, but enjoyment is definitely higher. It captures some of the magic from Banjo Kazooie: music, character designs, jokes, puzzles, maneuvers, etc....as the original developers of that game worked on this game too. If you enjoyed that series you will probably enjoy this series. I'm really glad they brought this to PC, instead of heading over to the console only route. Game runs well and looks good overall. The 'Cashino' is hands down the best book world in the game! The remake is coming in the near future and based on all the Dev commentary it is shaping up to be a pretty good expanded and revised game. I appreciated their candor and responsibility when talking about some of the issues this game has...so I was kind of aware of some of that before buying. Cons: camera angles/lack of control, lack of custom keybindings, swimming and flying mechanics are bad, not having skills will block game progression quite a bit as a limited number of worlds total does not give player anywhere else to go to try their luck if they end up stuck on a challenge. Not enough environmental variety (these are still very large worlds to their credit...but if you don't like swamps you might have to deal with it for a bit lol. Quizzes block game progression (no quiz = no access to the next world), quills lose their purpose once you have all skills (with a small quota exception at the end), Scale of game is sizable but is not fully filled with challenges, collectibles, etc. sometimes you really feel like the devs wanted to put something at a location but decided not to...perhaps in favor of time or focus elsewhere...example: there is an entire water area that you will move through in the ice book world that has next to nothing going on save for some alien jelly fish and a few access points to special areas...exploration feels a bit fruitless in those situations...but you know I still feel like doing it anyway lol. Altogether I understand why the Developers want a second crack at the game, and I wanted to support that development. I am confident they will have an excellent remake this time around. Mind you, I still enjoyed the game for what it was, cheers! Whether you wait for the remake or not is up to you.

Oct. 2024

Wtf is with the hate against this game? From actual Banjo-Kazooie fans too, yikes. Game is great! Has the same feel and magic as the original Banjo games, not as many worlds but you can EXPAND each of the worlds, so they became like as big as 2 worlds back in the old games. So it cancels that issue out lol. Characters are funny, graphics are actually pretty nice, and music is from the same composer. Honestly, what's not to love? Game doesn't have THAT bad reviews, but it deserves even more positive ones, so here's mine.

June 2024

100% this game twice now... Still holds up well. If you're thinking about trying this game, I'd recommend waiting for the remake.

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