Steam specs (min / recommended)

Minimum: Système d'exploitation et processeur 64 bits nécessaires Système d'exploitation : OS Win10/11 Processeur : i5-4460 Mémoire vive : 16 GB de mémoire Graphiques : GTX 750 Ti DirectX : Version 11 Espace disque : 20 GB d'espace disque disponible Carte son : Windows Compatible Card Notes supplémentaires : A Controller is STRONGLY recommended to play this game.

Recommended: Système d'exploitation et processeur 64 bits nécessaires Système d'exploitation : OS Win10/11 Processeur : i7-6700K or newer Mémoire vive : 16 GB de mémoire Graphiques : GTX970 or newer DirectX : Version 11 Espace disque : 20 GB d'espace disque disponible Notes supplémentaires : A Controller is STRONGLY recommended to play this game.

Yooka-Replaylee

Niche cult favorite

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Released October 9, 2025

Action Adventure Casual Indie

sample: 412 reviews posted after launch (125 AI-classified)

91/100

Player Score — % of positive reviews since launch · Steam history: 93 % · 1,077 reviews (« Very Positive »)

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A vibrant collectathon that revives nostalgia for a classic duo. Over half the players have already spent 10 hours or more exploring its worlds—and 47 have pushed past 25 hours. Yet the engine stumbles, leaving some rooms and cutscenes jittering despite the cheerful pace.

In-game

« Une heure de bonheur, surtout pour un joueur qui était là en 2017. Un pur bonheur. Il a assimilé les connaissances des plus grands à leur manière et c'est tout simplement génial! Un grand bravo les gars! <3 <3 »

👍 anonymous review · 6 h played

« for fans of banjo kazooie! Fun, vast, beautiful, funny, colorful! Better than the original yooka laylee »

👍 anonymous review · 39 h played

« Superbe. Les défauts de la version originale sont corrigés. »

👍 anonymous review · 14 h played

« L'original était correct, mais possédait des défauts qui rendaient l'expérience de jeu lourde et redondante. Ce n'est plus le cas grâce à cette nouvelle version ! »

👍 anonymous review · 4 h played

« Vraiment cool, bon plateformer. J'avais déja joue a d'autre jeux de la même licence et c'est vraiment aussi bien. »

👍 anonymous review · 2 h played

« Magnifique couleur, belle amélioration, rigolo, très amusant pour la famille. Super jeu de plateforme 3D. »

👍 anonymous review · 17 h played

« Bug avec la carte qui bloque et la touche sur manette ps5 ne marche pas »

👎 anonymous review · 3 h played

« Disappointing. Polished but not enough. Remains uninspired and lacking charisma. It is about time for Playtonic to make a new IP so we stop pretending Yooka-Laylee is good somehow. Nice graphics tho. »

👎 anonymous review · 20 h played

« Kinda feels icky to play, it's very nice looking and the gameplay looks great but the writing tries so hard to copy Banjo Kazooie's format it ends up feeling awkward. »

👎 anonymous review · 0 h played

« this game is so fun but oh my god please optimize it more the steam deck settings run so badly »

👎 anonymous review · 1 h played

« A mediocre game riddled with bugs. Multiple crashes and soft locks, visual glitches, etc. Poor and boring level design coupled with strange design choices. Unless its under $10 don't bother. »

👎 anonymous review · 11 h played

« Très sympa, ça me fait penser à Banjo et Kazooie. Ca peut être un peu répétitif à la longue. »

👍 anonymous review · 21 h played

In players' words

👍 anonymous review · 6 h played

« Bug avec la carte qui bloque et la touche sur manette ps5 ne marche pas »

👎 anonymous review · 3 h played

« for fans of banjo kazooie! Fun, vast, beautiful, funny, colorful! Better than the original yooka laylee »

👍 anonymous review · 39 h played

👎 anonymous review · 20 h played

« Superbe. Les défauts de la version originale sont corrigés. »

👍 anonymous review · 14 h played

« Kinda feels icky to play, it's very nice looking and the gameplay looks great but the writing tries so hard to copy Banjo Kazooie's format it ends up feeling awkward. »

👎 anonymous review · 0 h played

« L'original était correct, mais possédait des défauts qui rendaient l'expérience de jeu lourde et redondante. Ce n'est plus le cas grâce à cette nouvelle version ! »

👍 anonymous review · 4 h played

« this game is so fun but oh my god please optimize it more the steam deck settings run so badly »

👎 anonymous review · 1 h played

« Vraiment cool, bon plateformer. J'avais déja joue a d'autre jeux de la même licence et c'est vraiment aussi bien. »

👍 anonymous review · 2 h played

« A mediocre game riddled with bugs. Multiple crashes and soft locks, visual glitches, etc. Poor and boring level design coupled with strange design choices. Unless its under $10 don't bother. »

👎 anonymous review · 11 h played

« Magnifique couleur, belle amélioration, rigolo, très amusant pour la famille. Super jeu de plateforme 3D. »

👍 anonymous review · 17 h played

« Très sympa, ça me fait penser à Banjo et Kazooie. Ca peut être un peu répétitif à la longue. »

👍 anonymous review · 21 h played

Anonymized excerpts from public Steam reviews — picked among those most voted "helpful" by the community.

What players say, by aspect

Positive Mixed Negative

Gameplay

84 % pos · n=114

Graphics / art

97 % pos · n=34

Content / longevity

75 % pos · n=32

Performance

23 % pos · n=22

Audio / music

100 % pos · n=12

Story / writing

88 % pos · n=8

Value for money

50 % pos · n=2

Detailed data (table)

Aspect	Mentions	Positive	Mixed	Negative
Gameplay	114	96	6	12
Graphics / art	34	33	0	1
Content / longevity	32	24	5	3
Performance	22	5	1	16
Audio / music	12	12	0	0
Story / writing	8	7	0	1
Value for money	2	1	0	1

Positive reviews by playtime

🎮 Players who like it have spent 15 h on median; those who dislike it: 7 h.

<2h

57 % (n=14)

2-10h

83 % (n=83)

10-25h

94 % (n=268)

>25h

98 % (n=47)

Fixed or still broken? Sentiment over time

📉 Down since launch (-10 pts) — reception has worsened

% of positive reviews per month (months with ≥ 15 sample reviews).

100% completion difficulty ("platinum")

17,5 % Moderate

of players have unlocked the rarest achievement — the upper bound of those who "100%'d" it. 45 achievements in total; the median achievement is unlocked by 47,5 % of players.

What creators say (YouTube)

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yookiana Replones

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called out

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time to go.

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Strengths

The sheer joy of movement and exploration shines through: 96 positive mentions out of 114 for gameplay
A visual feast that rarely stumbles: 33 positive mentions out of 34 for graphics
Every sound and track earns applause: 12 positive mentions out of 12 for audio
Players who dive deep thrive the most: 98 positive mentions out of 100 for sessions longer than 25 hours

Weaknesses

The engine keeps hiccuping: 16 negative mentions out of 22 for performance
Early frustration creeps in for quick visitors: 57 positive mentions out of 14 for playtime under 2 hours
A handful sense missing depth or padding: 3 negative mentions out of 32 for content

Who is it for?

Fans of classic platformers and vibrant worlds will lose themselves in Yooka-Replaylee’s charm. It rewards curiosity and long-term play.

Verdict

Yooka-Replaylee is a love letter to collectathon fans, polished in art and sound but still limping under technical strain. Those who settle in for the long haul find a bright, bouncy world; newcomers encounter a few bumps along the way.

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