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Meet Yoku, the pint-sized postman protagonist of Yoku's Island Express! Use a unique blend of pinball mechanics, platforming and open world exploration to unlock the secrets of Mokumana Island, help the locals, awaken ancient deities and much more in this amazing new tropical adventure!

Yoku's Island Express is a pinball, metroidvania and adventure game developed by Villa Gorilla and published by Team17 Digital Ltd.
Released on May 29th 2018 is available only on Windows in 9 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

It has received 4,824 reviews of which 4,640 were positive and 184 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 3.99€ on Steam with a 80% discount, but you can find it for 0.52€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Yoku's Island Express into these genres:

Pinball Metroidvania Adventure Platformer Singleplayer Family Friendly Indie Puzzle-Platformer Great Soundtrack Cute Physics 2D Open World Hand-drawn Controller Casual Exploration

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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
  • Processor: Intel i3-2100 @ 3GHz / AMD A8-5500 @ 3.2GHz
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GT 630 1GB / AMD Radeon 7770 1GB / Intel HD 530
  • DirectX: Version 10
  • Storage: 3 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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April 2025
This is a pretty good bug-themed pinball adventure/metroidvania. It's extremely polished and generally very fun to play. Lots of secrets to find, items to collect, and areas to explore. The pinball physics aren't perfect, but the game is designed very well around them. My main complaint is that as you explore the world, backtracking can become increasingly tedious. There is a limited fast-travel system, but I would have liked to see a more fast-paced "pinball-y" way to quickly move around the map on a larger scale. This slow backtracking distracts from a gameplay experience that is otherwise pretty dense and fast-paced. Overall, Yoku's Island Express is a great looking and feeling game with a lot to see and do. A very interesting take on the metroidvania genre.
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Nov. 2024
This game is some real comfort food especially if you love the hybrid open exploration and pinball fused together. 100% worth to be in your library.
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Nov. 2024
This game is adorable and I'm terrible at navigating through it, but I'm still having a great time playing. That being said, I won't be 100%-ing it. It requires a level of precision and timing that I just don't have the patience for, particularly with the explosive slugs. After I finished the main story, I wandered a bit, but the things I had to find and collect didn't really have any helpful cues to getting them and repeatedly trying to get the right angle to hop up and get a key is not my idea of a fun time.
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Sept. 2024
game is really good for kids and for adults im ashamed i bought it on promo but looks like these guys aren't gonna make more games :C ~10h for 100% game doesn't waste time sometimes frustrating, but never too much great ost great level design honestly cant find anything to complain about
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June 2024
A great metroidvania that blends pinball mechanics with 2D side-scrolling, offering a breath of fresh air. You play as Yoku, a small beetle tied to a ball and assigned to deliver mail to the farthest points of the stunning Mokumana Island. The level design is pretty decent. Throughout the game, you encounter quirky characters who assign you missions, urging exploration and gradually unfolding the storyline. There is no real challenge besides discovering new points of the map using flippers and bumpers scattered across it. I can't remember of a major negative point in Yoku's Island Express. The only thing that bothered me is the annoying sound of the horn that is often used in the game.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Yoku's Island Express is currently priced at 3.99€ on Steam.

Yoku's Island Express is currently available at a 80% discount. You can purchase it for 3.99€ on Steam.

Yoku's Island Express received 4,640 positive votes out of a total of 4,824 achieving an impressive rating of 9.26.
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Yoku's Island Express was developed by Villa Gorilla and published by Team17 Digital Ltd.

Yoku's Island Express is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Yoku's Island Express is not playable on MacOS.

Yoku's Island Express is not playable on Linux.

Yoku's Island Express is a single-player game.

Yoku's Island Express does not currently offer any DLC.

Yoku's Island Express does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Yoku's Island Express supports Remote Play on TV. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

Yoku's Island Express is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Yoku's Island Express PEGI 7
-80% 19.99€ 3.99€ -98% 19.99€ 0.52€
9.3
4,640
184
Game modes
Features
Online players
13
Developer
Villa Gorilla
Publisher
Team17 Digital Ltd
Release 29 May 2018
Platforms
Remote Play
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