Yoku's Island Express (2018)

Villa Gorilla

Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One

3.82 from 413 ratings

2395 members have it in their collection · 44 playing now · 1344 backlogged · 118 wish listed

How long? Main story 6h · with extras 10h · 100% 11h (from 32 logged playthroughs)

Yoku’s Island Express is an open world/metroidvania-style pinball adventure, Seamlessly blending platform navigation with pinball mechanics across a large open world. Yoku the dung beetle sets foot on the beach of Mokumana Island, ready to take on the duties as the new postman. But the ancient island God is trapped in a restless sleep and the islanders are plagued by … Read more
Yoku’s Island Express is an open world/metroidvania-style pinball adventure, Seamlessly blending platform navigation with pinball mechanics across a large open world. Yoku the dung beetle sets foot on the beach of Mokumana Island, ready to take on the duties as the new postman. But the ancient island God is trapped in a restless sleep and the islanders are plagued by quakes and storms brought forth by its nightmares. Yoku's Island Express is a unique and quirky adventure with handcrafted visuals, where you'll soar through the air, vacuum explosive snails, fight a Screetch, feed starving lemurs, discover the mystery of the Fruit Altar, wake an old god, and hopefully help tiny Yoku rebuild the island post-office. Read less
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Details

Developers
Villa Gorilla
Publishers
Team17
Genres
Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Pinball, Platform, Puzzle
Themes
Action, Fantasy, Open world
Steam
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Release dates

  • May 29, 2018 (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, Xbox One
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Featured in lists

Underrated Games by RehRomano · 20 games · 0
Best Games (2018) by RehRomano · 10 games · 0
Unique Games by Alu · 59 games · 0
GOTY 2018 by LarsFrukt · 33 games · 0

Rating distribution

5 stars
93
4 stars
190
3 stars
99
2 stars
24
1 star
7
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Community All Reviews Statuses

BMO

Status BMO Jul 14, 2019

Played a bit of the demo and it’s very charming and a lot more fun than I expected. Really seems like a game built in the UbiArt Engine, but that has to be a coincidence.

PixelSlayers

Status PixelSlayers Sep 16, 2018

An insane concept that shouldn't work: Metroidvania-style platforming combined with PINBALL. But holy hell it works. And it's as addicting as it is whimsically creative.