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Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair cover art

Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair

Playtonic Games · Playtonic Friends · 2019-10-08

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AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 07, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 08, 2019 (Xbox One), Oct 08, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 08, 2019 (PlayStation 4)

Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a brand-new 2.5D platformer from some of the key creative talent behind 'Donkey Kong Country'. As the colourful buddy duo you must tackle a series of stunning, 2.5D levels and explore a puzzling 3D Overworld rich with secrets and surprises!

3
playing now
80%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (35 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a platform game developed by Playtonic Games and published by Team17 in 2019. A spin-off to Yooka-Laylee (2017), the game was released digitally for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One on October 8, 2019, followed by a version for Amazon Luna on October 20, 2020.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 25% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 36k–86k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,434 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99-80%
GOG$5.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.99-80%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2021-12-30) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 38 of 62 observed days · $4.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

1402026-08-07 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 9 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 8 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 14 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 8 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 6 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 5 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$2.792019-08-312026-08-302019-08-31 — best price $29.992019-12-01 — best price $20.582020-01-12 — best price $22.492020-03-02 — best price $16.992020-05-14 — best price $17.992020-07-12 — best price $12.592020-09-06 — best price $26.882020-11-05 — best price $29.992021-01-01 — best price $25.192021-02-23 — best price $29.992021-04-22 — best price $9.992021-06-02 — best price $25.192021-08-06 — best price $10.782021-10-09 — best price $29.992021-12-09 — best price $10.192022-02-09 — best price $6.672022-04-14 — best price $29.992022-06-23 — best price $6.792022-08-23 — best price $6.742022-11-17 — best price $26.392023-01-13 — best price $27.142023-04-06 — best price $4.492023-06-19 — best price $3.992023-09-18 — best price $3.892023-12-11 — best price $3.892024-02-20 — best price $3.592024-04-29 — best price $22.492024-07-24 — best price $24.992024-09-16 — best price $3.892024-11-01 — best price $3.892025-01-05 — best price $25.192025-03-11 — best price $5.992025-05-10 — best price $5.992025-08-04 — best price $5.992025-10-01 — best price $4.992026-08-06 — best price $29.992026-08-30 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

225292026-05-28 — 57 pageviews2026-05-31 — 59 pageviews2026-06-03 — 59 pageviews2026-06-06 — 225 pageviews2026-06-09 — 74 pageviews2026-06-12 — 71 pageviews2026-06-15 — 55 pageviews2026-06-18 — 82 pageviews2026-06-21 — 65 pageviews2026-06-24 — 83 pageviews2026-06-27 — 70 pageviews2026-06-30 — 46 pageviews2026-07-03 — 54 pageviews2026-07-06 — 58 pageviews2026-07-09 — 178 pageviews2026-07-12 — 42 pageviews2026-07-15 — 52 pageviews2026-07-18 — 76 pageviews2026-07-21 — 64 pageviews2026-07-24 — 47 pageviews2026-07-27 — 63 pageviews2026-07-30 — 63 pageviews2026-08-02 — 68 pageviews2026-08-05 — 48 pageviews2026-08-08 — 42 pageviews2026-08-11 — 29 pageviews2026-08-14 — 43 pageviews2026-08-17 — 51 pageviews2026-08-20 — 65 pageviews2026-08-23 — 45 pageviews2026-08-25 — 55 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

47
achievements tracked
58.5%
earned "T.W.I.T. Coin...hmm, cryptic"
13.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing3 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Polish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)7,6425%47
PS4 (PlayStation)5,48931%47
Steam (Steam)4,82514%47
Windows (Xbox)86317%47
Switch (Nintendo)7200%0

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

Player tags

2.5DCuteFunnyIndieComedyPuzzleColorfulAdventureDifficultPlatformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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