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Yoku's Island Express cover art

Yoku's Island Express

Villa Gorilla · Team17 Digital Ltd · 2018-05-29

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 29, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 29, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), May 29, 2018 (Xbox One), May 29, 2018 (PlayStation 4)

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 2018 Adventure and Indie game priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 5331 reviews).

16
playing now
96%
positive of 5.3k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
84/100
IGDB user rating (108 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (2 downloads)
4.60★
PlayStation Store rating (1,533 ratings)
5.5h
to beat · completionist 8.6h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

16 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Yoku's Island Express is a platform pinball adventure game developed by Swedish studio Villa Gorilla and published by Team17. The studio's debut project, the game was released in May 2018 for Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. A version was released for Amazon Luna in October 2020.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 16 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 235 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~29/week).
  • · Review velocity up 93% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 28,838 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 133k–320k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,331 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$3.45-83%
Gamesplanet$3.63-82%
IndieGala$3.99-80%
Steam$3.99-80%
GamersGate$4.00-80%
GOG$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at GOG (2025-12-03) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 167 of 217 observed days · $1.64 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14714720182026Week of 2018-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3242026-09-15 13:00 — 12 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 7 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 11 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 14 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 18 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 13 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 8 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 17 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 15 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 15 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 22 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 14 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 11 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 32 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 18 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 17 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 16 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
600Apr 2017Aug 2026Apr 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Oct 2017 — avg 1 · peak 3Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Jun 2018 — avg 26 · peak 68Sep 2018 — avg 7 · peak 28Dec 2018 — avg 16 · peak 46Mar 2019 — avg 8 · peak 39Jun 2019 — avg 8 · peak 24Sep 2019 — avg 22 · peak 62Dec 2019 — avg 18 · peak 41Mar 2020 — avg 14 · peak 48Jun 2020 — avg 24 · peak 71Sep 2020 — avg 9 · peak 23Dec 2020 — avg 13 · peak 33Mar 2021 — avg 10 · peak 23Jun 2021 — avg 19 · peak 51Sep 2021 — avg 28 · peak 87Dec 2021 — avg 15 · peak 36Mar 2022 — avg 21 · peak 78Jun 2022 — avg 17 · peak 36Sep 2022 — avg 15 · peak 45Dec 2022 — avg 18 · peak 38Mar 2023 — avg 14 · peak 34Jun 2023 — avg 10 · peak 30Sep 2023 — avg 11 · peak 29Dec 2023 — avg 12 · peak 29Mar 2024 — avg 12 · peak 28Jun 2024 — avg 14 · peak 35Sep 2024 — avg 10 · peak 26Dec 2024 — avg 9 · peak 24Mar 2025 — avg 9 · peak 27Jun 2025 — avg 10 · peak 23Sep 2025 — avg 6 · peak 20Dec 2025 — avg 24 · peak 55Mar 2026 — avg 11 · peak 27Jun 2026 — avg 10 · peak 23Aug 2026 — avg 26 · peak 74
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$20.89$0.002018-05-032026-10-152018-05-03 — best price $17.992018-10-03 — best price $20.892018-12-17 — best price $19.992019-03-31 — best price $19.992019-08-08 — best price $19.992019-11-08 — best price $19.992020-01-09 — best price $6.792020-04-01 — best price $15.742020-06-26 — best price $16.792020-09-13 — best price $19.992020-11-25 — best price $3.992021-02-04 — best price $17.882021-05-05 — best price $19.992021-07-14 — best price $3.992021-10-04 — best price $19.992021-12-23 — best price $3.792022-03-20 — best price $19.992022-06-14 — best price $16.972022-09-13 — best price $3.402022-12-23 — best price $3.352023-05-08 — best price $3.992023-08-10 — best price $19.992023-12-02 — best price $19.992024-02-26 — best price $2.992024-05-30 — best price $3.492024-08-30 — best price $16.792024-11-27 — best price $3.992025-03-03 — best price $3.492025-05-24 — best price $19.992025-08-29 — best price $19.992025-11-21 — best price $2.792026-02-17 — best price $4.002026-04-28 — best price $3.852026-07-14 — best price $19.402026-09-03 — best price $1.992026-10-13 — best price $3.992026-10-15 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

46142026-05-29 — 46 pageviews2026-06-02 — 26 pageviews2026-06-06 — 28 pageviews2026-06-10 — 34 pageviews2026-06-14 — 32 pageviews2026-06-18 — 22 pageviews2026-06-22 — 32 pageviews2026-06-26 — 23 pageviews2026-06-30 — 25 pageviews2026-07-04 — 27 pageviews2026-07-08 — 28 pageviews2026-07-12 — 22 pageviews2026-07-16 — 24 pageviews2026-07-20 — 18 pageviews2026-07-24 — 46 pageviews2026-07-28 — 19 pageviews2026-08-01 — 21 pageviews2026-08-05 — 28 pageviews2026-08-09 — 21 pageviews2026-08-13 — 33 pageviews2026-08-17 — 28 pageviews2026-08-21 — 24 pageviews2026-08-25 — 17 pageviews2026-08-29 — 28 pageviews2026-09-02 — 33 pageviews2026-09-06 — 31 pageviews2026-09-10 — 26 pageviews2026-09-14 — 19 pageviews2026-09-18 — 20 pageviews2026-09-22 — 19 pageviews2026-09-26 — 37 pageviews2026-09-30 — 35 pageviews2026-10-04 — 33 pageviews2026-10-07 — 29 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
77.5%
earned "Lets get this party started!"
27.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)12,88910%31
Steam (Steam)10,26317%31
PS4 (PlayStation)4,07145%32
Switch (Nintendo)3580%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DCuteIndiePhysicsPinballAdventureControllerHand-drawnOpen WorldPlatformer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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