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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 5,257 reviews of which 3,937 were positive and 1,320 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 0.92€ on Gamivo.


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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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June 2025
This recommend hinges entirely upon the fact that I got this for around 3 dollars. The game is okay. Great for the price but okay if not on sale. There's almost none of the old sass or witty dialogue from the Banjo games even though they're trying so hard for it. Dialogue speed is atrociously slow. So much so I had to turn off the continuous voice because it was driving me insane. I 'accidentally' started boss encounters for Chapter 1, 4 and 5. The fact that 4's boss is contingent on you doing and completing the Kartos mini game is kind of wild. I know it's a collecathon and you're expected to do that but weird choice. Enemies might as well not be there. For the majority of the game I just ran past them. On the off chance a Pagie required that I needed to defeat them then it took seconds to dispatch them and get the Pagie. Chapter 4 boss and Final Boss also don't follow the Rule of 3's and are tedious and dragged out. The music is also just not it. I described it to a friend that it's as if they hired people off Fiverr to get it done. It's 'competent' but just forgettable and one note. The fact Kirkhope is labeled as a Composer is weird as it really doesn't show. Overall it's an okay game if you want to do a collecathon. There's not that many out there and very few will be made. Look for it on sale and you'll only pay below 5 bucks for something that took me almost 13 hours to 100%. Decent time to cost ratio for an okay time. Or wait for Yooka-RepLaylee.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Sept. 2024
I love this game so much. It's a wonderful spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie with great music, nice graphics, and fun gameplay. The rextro mini games could use a little rebalancing though.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Yooka-Laylee is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.

Yooka-Laylee is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.99€ on Steam.

Yooka-Laylee received 3,937 positive votes out of a total of 5,257 achieving a rating of 7.30.
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Yooka-Laylee was developed by Playtonic Games and published by Playtonic Friends.

Yooka-Laylee is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Yooka-Laylee is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Yooka-Laylee is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Yooka-Laylee offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

Yooka-Laylee offers both Co-op and PvP modes.

There are 2 DLCs available for Yooka-Laylee. Explore additional content available for Yooka-Laylee on Steam.

Yooka-Laylee does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Yooka-Laylee supports Remote Play on TV and Remote Play Together. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

Yooka-Laylee 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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Yooka-Laylee
7.3
3,937
1,320
Game modes
Multiplayer
Features
Online players
13
Developer
Playtonic Games
Publisher
Playtonic Friends
Release 11 Apr 2017
Platforms
Remote Play
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