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Yoku's Island Express

Original title: Yoku's Island Express - May 29, 2018
Yoku's Island Express
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Director:Jens Andersson
Studio:Team17
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The Game Awards
Game
The Game Awards − Best Debut Game
Nominee
2018
Award
Game
British Academy Games Award for Debut Game
Winner
2019

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Game Details
Developer
Villa Gorilla
Publisher
Team17
Studio
Team17
Genres
Adventure, Puzzle, Platform, Indie, Arcade, Pinball
Platforms
PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Release Date
May 29, 2018
Metacritic Score
83
Game Engine
Custom Engine

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.

About the Game
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Yoku has arrived on Mokumana and he’s ready for the easy life, soaking up the sun and delivering parcels on a tropical paradise!

However, an ancient Island deity is trapped in a restless sleep - and it’s all down to Yoku to traverse the island using a unique blend of pinball mechanics, platforming and open world exploration, in an amazing adventure to help those in need!

Flip and bump our pint-sized protagonist around the stunning hand-painted island on your quest to rebuild the post-office, and wake an old god from its deep slumber.

Key Features:

OPEN-WORLD PINBALL ADVENTURE: Coupled with its unique pinball platforming play style, Yoku’s Island Express offers non-linear gameplay that gives you the freedom to choose your own path across multiple questlines.

WELCOME TO MOKUMANA ISLAND: Seamlessly Explore multiple regions of the island, including tropical beaches, lush jungles, snowy mountains, mysterious caves, and steamy hot springs!

UNLOCK THE AMAZING NEW ABILITIES: Help the friendly locals and earn a range of fantastic new power-ups! Vacuum explosive slugs and wake up sleepy villagers with the Noisemaker!

CAPTIVATING STORY: Meet a cast of unforgettable characters across multiple storylines - whilst uncovering the islands deepest secrets. And maybe rebuild the post office too!

EPIC BOSS BATTLES: Get ready to take on giant bosses using Yoku's trusty ball to 'deliver' the final blow.

BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK: Feast your eyes on the breathtaking, hand-painted artwork created by games industry veteran artists.

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Crew & Contributors 4
Jesse Harlin
Jesse Harlin
Audio & Music • Composer
Jens Andersson
Jens Andersson
Direction • Game Director
Hollie Emery
Hollie Emery
Production • Producer
Linus Larsson
Linus Larsson
Writing & Narrative • Writer

Time to Beat

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Data aggregated from 4 sources: IGDB, RAWG, Steam, Wikidata
Last updated: 29.08.2026
Time to Beat
Main + Extras6h
Completionist9h

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Language Support
Language
AudioSubUI
English
French
Italian
Russian
Korean
German
Spanish (Spain)
Japanese
Chinese (Simplified)
English (UK)
Finnish
Spanish - Spain
Simplified Chinese
Content Rating
Animated Blood
Crude Humor
Fantasy Violence
Violence
CERO A
CLASS_IND 10
ESRB E10+
GRAC 12+
PEGI 7
CERO: A
ESRB: E10
OFLC (NZ): G
OFLC: G
PEGI: 7
USK: 6
Game Features
Single-player
Steam Achievements
Full controller support
Steam Trading Cards
Steam Cloud
Remote Play on TV
Family Sharing
System Requirements
Minimum
OS:Windows 7
RAM:2 GB RAM
Storage:3 GB available space
DirectX:Version 10
Available On
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Data aggregated from 4 sources: IGDB, RAWG, Steam, Wikidata
Last updated: 29.08.2026