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Yono and the Celestial Elephants cover art

Yono and the Celestial Elephants

Neckbolt · Plug In Digital · 2017-10-12

SteamGOGAmazon

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 03, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 12, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Yono and the Celestial Elephant is a grand adventure, featuring carefully designed puzzles, treasure hunts, a sprinkling combat and a world full of people.

0
playing now
82%
positive of 361 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
25h
to beat · rushed 15h · completionist 40h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Elephants are a mighty protectors of the world, born from the stars once per millennium. This is the age of Elephant Yono. But Yono is still so very young and in a kingdom inhabited by feudal Humans, undead Bonewights and robotic Mekani, it's not easy to keep one's trunk out of trouble.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 46% of 11,450 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 9.0k–22k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 361 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.49-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$12.02-20%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.13 at GamersGate (2024-09-09) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 113 of 153 observed days · $0.36 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420172026Week of 2017-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-08-12 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.992017-10-122026-08-302017-10-12 — best price $13.492018-01-31 — best price $14.992018-06-20 — best price $14.992018-10-10 — best price $11.242019-02-12 — best price $14.992019-07-19 — best price $14.992019-12-30 — best price $14.992020-02-13 — best price $14.672020-07-07 — best price $14.992020-09-02 — best price $5.092020-10-28 — best price $14.992020-12-23 — best price $3.742021-02-18 — best price $3.742021-04-15 — best price $12.632021-06-08 — best price $12.632021-08-21 — best price $14.992021-12-01 — best price $14.992022-02-15 — best price $1.492022-07-11 — best price $2.242022-09-28 — best price $1.492023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-04-13 — best price $2.402023-06-30 — best price $2.992023-09-11 — best price $2.992023-12-01 — best price $12.942024-02-17 — best price $14.992024-05-27 — best price $14.992024-08-23 — best price $2.242024-11-25 — best price $10.252025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-07-08 — best price $1.502025-10-06 — best price $1.282025-12-26 — best price $11.802026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-06-15 — best price $10.252026-08-30 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, Swedish, French, German, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Switch (Nintendo)310%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

CuteIndieCasualPuzzleAdventureSingleplayerFamily Friendly

Census log

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

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