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Also known as Yooka Laylee, Yooka Laylee game, Project Ukulele

Yooka-Laylee is a 2017 platform game developed by Playtonic Games and published by Team17. Developed by a group of former key personnel from Rare, Yooka-Laylee is a spiritual successor to the Banjo-Kazooie series. The game follows chameleon Yooka and bat Laylee on their quest to retrieve a magical book from an evil corporation.

Game data

Metacritic 73
Released
2017-03-31
User rating
3.05 / 5
Genres
Indie, Platformer, Adventure, Action
Platforms
PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, macOS, Linux
ESRB
Everyone 10+

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Game details · IGDB

70Critic score · 22 ratings
67User score · 105 ratings

Explore huge, beautiful worlds, meet (and beat) an unforgettable cast of characters and horde a vault-load of shiny collectibles as buddy-duo Yooka (the green one) and Laylee (the wisecracking bat with the big nose) embark on an epic adventure to thwart corporate creep Capital B and his devious scheme to absorb all the world’s books… and convert them into pure profit!

Released
2017
Genres
Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms
PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes
Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Engine
Unity, Wwise
Developer
Playtonic
Publisher
Team17

Key facts

Video game.title
Yooka-Laylee
Video game.image
Yooka-Laylee cover art.jpg
Video game.developer
Playtonic Games
Video game.publisher
Team17
Video game.director
Chris Sutherland
Video game.producer
Andy Wilson
Video game.designer
Gavin PriceGary Richards
Video game.writer
Andy Robinson
Video game.engine
Unity
Video game.genre
Platform, action-adventure
Video game.modes
Single-player, multiplayer

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  • External links

Yooka-Laylee is a 2017 platform game developed by Playtonic Games and published by Team17. Developed by a group of former key personnel from Rare, Yooka-Laylee is a spiritual successor to the Banjo-Kazooie series. The game follows chameleon Yooka and bat Laylee on their quest to retrieve a magical book from an evil corporation.

After years of planning to develop a new game, Playtonic Games initiated a Kickstarter campaign that attracted significant media coverage and raised a record-breaking sum of over £2 million. It was released for Linux, macOS, PlayStation 4, Windows and Xbox One in April 2017, Nintendo Switch in December 2017 and Amazon Luna in October 2020.

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