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Yooka-Laylee cover art

Yooka-Laylee

Playtonic Games · Playtonic Friends · 2017-04-11

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jun 14, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 11, 2017 (Xbox One), Apr 11, 2017 (Mac), Apr 11, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Apr 11, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), 2016 (Wii U)

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 $19.99 Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2017, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (75% of 5397 reviews).

3
playing now
75%
positive of 5.4k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (22 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (108 ratings)
5
Nexus mods (686 downloads)
4.07★
PlayStation Store rating (3,184 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

Yooka-Laylee is a 2017 platform game developed by British developer Playtonic Games and published by Team17. Developed by a group of former key personnel from Rare, Yooka-Laylee is a spiritual successor to the Banjo-Kazooie series. The game follows chameleon Yooka and bat Laylee on their quest to retrieve a magical book from an evil corporation.

Trailer

Yooka-Laylee trailer thumbnail

Yooka-Laylee - Official Gameplay Trailer

≈268,920 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 48 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 55% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 135k–324k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,401 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.34 at GameBillet (2023-01-19) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 39 of 42 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
333320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1512026-09-15 13:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 12 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 8 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 9 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 15 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 7 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 9 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 10 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
8091Dec 2016Aug 2026Dec 2016 — avg 2 · peak 12Mar 2017 — avg 3 · peak 20Jun 2017 — avg 94 · peak 244Sep 2017 — avg 37 · peak 86Dec 2017 — avg 59 · peak 182Mar 2018 — avg 32 · peak 146Jun 2018 — avg 182 · peak 695Sep 2018 — avg 40 · peak 96Dec 2018 — avg 50 · peak 106Mar 2019 — avg 33 · peak 89Jun 2019 — avg 35 · peak 79Sep 2019 — avg 22 · peak 53Dec 2019 — avg 26 · peak 57Mar 2020 — avg 22 · peak 56Jun 2020 — avg 37 · peak 91Sep 2020 — avg 22 · peak 47Dec 2020 — avg 27 · peak 66Mar 2021 — avg 27 · peak 64Jun 2021 — avg 27 · peak 62Sep 2021 — avg 25 · peak 56Dec 2021 — avg 18 · peak 39Mar 2022 — avg 16 · peak 39Jun 2022 — avg 18 · peak 46Sep 2022 — avg 15 · peak 40Dec 2022 — avg 23 · peak 50Mar 2023 — avg 18 · peak 44Jun 2023 — avg 12 · peak 33Sep 2023 — avg 14 · peak 33Dec 2023 — avg 16 · peak 41Mar 2024 — avg 18 · peak 42Jun 2024 — avg 18 · peak 47Sep 2024 — avg 11 · peak 33Dec 2024 — avg 13 · peak 36Mar 2025 — avg 13 · peak 37Jun 2025 — avg 15 · peak 34Sep 2025 — avg 14 · peak 37Dec 2025 — avg 8 · peak 20Mar 2026 — avg 7 · peak 16Jun 2026 — avg 9 · peak 24Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 18
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$41.00$3.352016-12-132026-10-082016-12-13 — best price $39.992017-08-06 — best price $39.992017-11-11 — best price $33.592018-02-01 — best price $22.332018-04-27 — best price $11.992018-08-02 — best price $39.992018-10-24 — best price $39.992019-01-10 — best price $11.992019-04-05 — best price $9.352019-07-23 — best price $10.792019-10-14 — best price $39.992019-12-16 — best price $9.992020-02-14 — best price $9.992020-04-22 — best price $39.992020-07-12 — best price $7.992020-09-14 — best price $39.992020-11-20 — best price $39.992021-01-22 — best price $7.192021-03-27 — best price $33.972021-05-26 — best price $39.992021-08-02 — best price $6.722021-10-13 — best price $33.592021-12-18 — best price $39.992022-02-25 — best price $7.992022-05-01 — best price $6.992022-07-25 — best price $5.992022-09-29 — best price $33.592022-12-23 — best price $3.352023-05-15 — best price $39.982023-11-01 — best price $35.552024-03-01 — best price $35.892024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-11-19 — best price $7.992025-03-17 — best price $39.992025-08-22 — best price $19.992026-03-20 — best price $39.592026-10-08 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4151242026-05-30 — 179 pageviews2026-06-03 — 216 pageviews2026-06-07 — 415 pageviews2026-06-11 — 237 pageviews2026-06-15 — 192 pageviews2026-06-19 — 184 pageviews2026-06-23 — 174 pageviews2026-06-27 — 210 pageviews2026-07-01 — 173 pageviews2026-07-05 — 188 pageviews2026-07-09 — 327 pageviews2026-07-13 — 175 pageviews2026-07-17 — 195 pageviews2026-07-21 — 191 pageviews2026-07-25 — 169 pageviews2026-07-29 — 161 pageviews2026-08-02 — 153 pageviews2026-08-06 — 182 pageviews2026-08-10 — 170 pageviews2026-08-14 — 141 pageviews2026-08-18 — 164 pageviews2026-08-22 — 150 pageviews2026-08-26 — 143 pageviews2026-08-30 — 159 pageviews2026-09-03 — 175 pageviews2026-09-07 — 152 pageviews2026-09-11 — 138 pageviews2026-09-15 — 165 pageviews2026-09-19 — 149 pageviews2026-09-23 — 257 pageviews2026-09-27 — 174 pageviews2026-10-01 — 213 pageviews2026-10-05 — 160 pageviews2026-10-08 — 163 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
71.5%
earned "TURNING A PAGIE"
18.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards2 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2017-04-11 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)17,3798%35
PS4 (PlayStation)16,78226%36
Steam (Steam)15,89012%35
Switch (Nintendo)5130%0
Windows (Xbox)9728%35
PS4 (PlayStation)4347%36
Switch (Nintendo)170%0
Switch (Nintendo)30%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

CuteFunnyIndieRetroActionColorfulAdventurePlatformerExplorationKickstarter

Census log

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

Recent updates

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