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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

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric, Side view

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!

Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2019, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 1435 reviews).

3
playing now
81%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (35 ratings)
5
Nexus mods (137 downloads)
3.87★
PlayStation Store rating (2,582 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 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

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 54 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 28,764 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 36k–86k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,436 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99-80%
Steam$5.99-80%
GOG$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 61 of 86 observed days · $4.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10110120192026Week of 2019-10-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1302026-09-14 23:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 6 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 9 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 7 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
654Oct 2019Aug 2026Oct 2019 — avg 65 · peak 178Jan 2020 — avg 13 · peak 38Apr 2020 — avg 12 · peak 48Jul 2020 — avg 14 · peak 33Oct 2020 — avg 26 · peak 64Jan 2021 — avg 18 · peak 42Apr 2021 — avg 9 · peak 22Jul 2021 — avg 9 · peak 23Oct 2021 — avg 8 · peak 24Jan 2022 — avg 12 · peak 34Apr 2022 — avg 7 · peak 19Jul 2022 — avg 8 · peak 20Oct 2022 — avg 8 · peak 19Jan 2023 — avg 9 · peak 24Apr 2023 — avg 7 · peak 21Jul 2023 — avg 9 · peak 26Oct 2023 — avg 5 · peak 16Jan 2024 — avg 10 · peak 26Apr 2024 — avg 7 · peak 18Jul 2024 — avg 10 · peak 25Oct 2024 — avg 6 · peak 17Jan 2025 — avg 8 · peak 20Apr 2025 — avg 6 · peak 15Jul 2025 — avg 7 · peak 20Oct 2025 — avg 11 · peak 32Jan 2026 — avg 7 · peak 17Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 15Jul 2026 — avg 6 · peak 16Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 15
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$2.792019-08-312026-10-142019-08-31 — 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 $29.992026-09-13 — best price $5.992026-10-13 — best price $5.992026-10-14 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

178292026-05-28 — 57 pageviews2026-06-01 — 46 pageviews2026-06-05 — 91 pageviews2026-06-09 — 74 pageviews2026-06-13 — 48 pageviews2026-06-17 — 69 pageviews2026-06-21 — 65 pageviews2026-06-25 — 48 pageviews2026-06-29 — 53 pageviews2026-07-03 — 54 pageviews2026-07-07 — 51 pageviews2026-07-11 — 53 pageviews2026-07-15 — 52 pageviews2026-07-19 — 72 pageviews2026-07-23 — 68 pageviews2026-07-27 — 63 pageviews2026-07-31 — 53 pageviews2026-08-04 — 70 pageviews2026-08-08 — 42 pageviews2026-08-12 — 37 pageviews2026-08-16 — 60 pageviews2026-08-20 — 65 pageviews2026-08-24 — 38 pageviews2026-08-28 — 36 pageviews2026-09-01 — 48 pageviews2026-09-05 — 29 pageviews2026-09-09 — 57 pageviews2026-09-13 — 54 pageviews2026-09-17 — 47 pageviews2026-09-21 — 55 pageviews2026-09-25 — 58 pageviews2026-09-29 — 44 pageviews2026-10-03 — 65 pageviews2026-10-07 — 37 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

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2019-10-08 (Steam store data)

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.

Recent updates

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