Community17 Jul 2026Playtest #1 Time Trials - Available Now!Exciting news folks! Our first playtest for Super Yooka-Laylee Kart has officially begun! If you signed up to join our playtest on SYLK's Steam page, make sure to check your email with a notification from Steam with your invite to play. For those signed up, here's what you have to look forward to in the demo - 🏎️ 7 playable characters 📊 4 racer archetypes 🏁 2 tracks to master 👻 Race against…
Hey everyone! It's been quite the week hasn't it? We announced Super Yooka-Laylee Kart at Summer Games Fest as part of Day of the Dev's, and we've seen the incredible amount of love and support from our community since then. A massive THANK YOU to everyone who has wishlisted and shown support for the game over the last week, you're truly incredible. We have a few updates since the announcement…
After months of secrets, we're finally able to share what we've been working on... Introducing Super Yooka-Laylee Kart! Today during Summer Game Fest as part of Day of the Devs , we officially revealed Super Yooka-Laylee Kart , our brand-new precision arcade racer built around mastery, rivalry, and revenge-fuelled comebacks . 🏁 Wishlist and Follow Now: Super Yooka-Laylee Kart The next adventur…
We’ve been hard at work behind the scenes since Yooka-Replaylee launched, and now we’re thrilled to drop a massive wave of updates your way! Yooka-Replaylee now runs at a buttery-smooth 60fps on Steam Deck! We’ve introduced even more display options, including FSR2 and DLSS, so you can further fine-tune your setup. We have also improved our shader prewarming providing you much smoother gameplay…
Hi folks! just a quick heads-up that we’ll be removing the Yooka-Replaylee owner’s discount from Steam on 17 June . If you own Yooka-Laylee digitally and haven’t jumped into Replaylee yet, there’s still a little time to grab your 30% off before it goes. The owner’s discount on other platforms will be removed a little later, and we’ll share more on that as soon as we can. Sorry to see this offer…
Let's welcome 2026 with excitement, laughter, and plenty of new adventures! More fun and awesome memories await! While you're here, why not check out all of the great games we've got on offer in the Steam Winter Sale. Act fast though, it'll be ending pretty soon! -
It's been a buzzy year! Time to put those feet up and relax! On behalf at everyone at Playtonic Games, we would like to give a major thanks to all of you who keep supporting us. None of this would be possible without you, and we look forward to all the surprises we have to share with you in the New Year! Special shoutout to our supremely talented artist, Kev Bayliss, who created this stunning p…
Hi folks! Almost two whole months of Yooka-Replaylee already and the physical retail releases are right around the corner now too! Today, we just have a quick favour to ask of our phenomenal community here on Steam. We believe Yooka-Replaylee is a great game to take with you anywhere and everywhere you go; the couch, the plane, the toilet. There's always time and place for some Replaylee! Betwe…
Attention brave (and redundant) planet explorers! Yooka makes his debut in Revenge of the Savage Planet! Every adventure is made better with a giant green lizard friend! What even is Revenge of the Savage Planet? Revenge of the Savage Planet is an upbeat, satirical action adventure game. Jump, shoot and collect your way across vibrant alien worlds, uncovering new gear and upgrades, while discov…
Hey, buddy-duo adventurers! We’ve rolled out a shiny new update to keep your quest for Pagies smoother than a freshly buttered Trowzer Snake. Here’s what’s new in the world of Yooka-Replaylee: Bug Squashing (Literally!) · We’ve sent many of those pesky bugs packing, they have a way of interfering with gameplay and are not very nice to look at. · Fixed some weird text issues. Blastooie was hoggi…
Laylee’s taking a break, but Yooka’s diving headfirst into chaos! Revenge of the Savage Planet just got a lot greener. Can one chameleon handle the madness without his wisecracking companion? Coming November 19th -
The most exciting "Howdy folks" of all these posts! Yooka-Replaylee is out on Steam, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series! A launch discount of -10% will be available for the next week! And don't forget that we're also Steam Deck Verified ! With double the content that's better than ever, brand-new areas, Rextro's Arcade, collectibles, challenges, characters, Tonics and more, Yooka…
Howdy folks! Can you believe it's only 5 days until the launch of Yooka-Replaylee?! We've been staring at the game for a long time now, so we thought to bring in a fresh pair of eyes to take a look at it for us. So, we rang up Caddicarus and invited him for a visit to the Playtonic offices. Then we superglued him down onto the brown leather sofa next to Studio Director Gavin Price and made him…
Howdy folks! With only a week to go until Yooka-Replaylee launches, today we've gotten the shiny green checkmark from Valve to tell us and you that the game is Steam Deck Verified! You can officially enjoy this 3D platforming epic at home or on the go! See you next week! And in the meantime, don't forget to wishlist and check out the demo if you already haven't! Both of those help us a lot!
Hi folks! We're excited to announce that the Steam Demo is now live again! We'd like to thank everyone who provided valuable feedback to us following Steam Next Fest in June. We've now taken that feedback and worked hard to improve the performance of the demo across a variety of machines. And that's not all! The demo now also runs on SteamDeck! Please do continue to provide your feedback as we'…
Hi folks! We've got something exciting for you today! To celebrate the release date announcement and upcoming launch of Yooka-Replaylee, our very own Kev Bayliss (Yooka-Laylee, Donkey Kong Country, Killer Instinct, Perfect Dark, Star Fox Adventures, etc.) will be painting and signing an acrylic A2-sized Yooka-Laylee painting. And this painting will be sent to ONE lucky community member! To ente…
Hi folks! You heard that right! The news is finally out there: Yooka-Replaylee is launching on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S AND Nintendo Switch 2 on October 9th ! More than just a fresh coat of paint, Yooka-Replaylee will deliver the reimagined story of the beloved buddy-duo's first adventure as told from the perspective of our two heroes. Every move, mechanic and moment in the game has been carefu…
Hi folks! In case you missed it, Yooka-Replaylee was part of IGN Live at gamescom where we announced... an announcement for next week ? Take a look at the brand-new teaser below! And tune in for The MIX Fall Game Showcase next week at 9am PST on August 29th via The MIX , IGN , or Gamespot for the news we know you've all been waiting for.
Hey folks! It's BEEn a while! We wanted to share a quick update on the development progress of Yooka-Replaylee and what exactly you can expect from the full launch. We know you are eagerly waiting for the release date announcement and on that front the most we can share right now is: soon . Current Development Progress The Playtonic team are busy bees (pun intended) at the moment, QA'ing the ga…
Hey folks! You read that right, the Yooka-Replaylee demo is finally here and just in time for the June Steam Next Fest. This 30-min demo focuses on the start of the game and features new gameplay not yet seen on any showfloor demo, as well as brand-new content that never existed in the original Yooka-Laylee! PLEASE NOTE that if you gave the demo a whirl over the weekend, an updated version has…
Hey folks! Yooka-Replaylee is shaping up to be a beautiful, joyful love letter to the 3D platforming genre. Don't just take my word for it, watch this video and... well, I narrated it, so take my word for it... So what IS Yooka-Replaylee? Remastered, remade, remixed, this is the definitive version of Yooka-Laylee! With shiny, new 4K graphics and visual effects, a brand-new control scheme, entir…
Hello folks! Behold! The shrine to golden capitalism itself, Capital Cashino, now with glorious, shinier graphics thanks to these loading screenshots that have been art'd up by the very talented Phoebe (No relation to royalty) Wishlist Yooka-Replayleeeeeeeeeeee
Hey folks! Capital B is in the final stages of his shiny (extremely gold) revamp of the Capital Cashino for Yooka-Replaylee! When recreating the Cashino, we had the idea that it would be cool to have an area dedicated to fan art, so we've created this gallery space to host and honour your glorious Capital B art! We're giving community fans and/or artists ( Fartists? ) the chance to draw beautif…
Hello folks! We have an announcement from Amazing Rextro's Software Entertainment! Rextro is back with a brand new look and brand new challenges in Yooka-Replaylee! Take on Rextro's new platforming puzzles across 8 upgraded arcade machines within the worlds of Yooka-Replaylee, with new Megabyte enemies to defeat or outsmart and shiny new levels to beat them in! Reach the end goal and collect me…
Hey folks! Shared some Shipwreck Creek loading screens last week that were done by our very talented artist, Phoebe, so here's some more for you! Aren't they beautiful?! More to come, stay tuned!
Hello folks! I've snuck into the dev files and pinched these lovely pics from Shipwreck Creek's loading screens! Could make for a lovely wallpaper if you're so inclined, otherwise, just bask in their prettiness with me! What loading screens to you wanna see the most next? I might bear that in mind when I share the next batch ;)
Hey folks! Yup! I've seen a few folks ask this and I am happy to report that Shovel Knight is back for Yooka-Replaylee! Looking super shiny and super shovel...y! As well as a shiny new makeover, Shovel Knight will have a newly revised challenge for the buddy-duo too! If you're somehow unaware of Shovel Knight's shovely prowess, check out the entire collection of his advenutes! And if you haven'…
Hello folks! As we approach the end of the year, I figured I'd collate a bunch of stuff into one place in case you're just joining us or may have missed things! In June, we announced Yooka-Replaylee was coming! Our remastered/remixed version of Yooka-Laylee! The goal was to go back over the first game, as there was lots of very valid critiques and feedback, both internally and externally, and t…
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