Yoku's Island Express — patch notes and updates
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| Introducing Silver Pines | 2026-02-03 | Hey everyone! Long time no speak! 👋We wanted to take a moment to shine a spotlight on Silver Pines, an upcoming survival horror metroidvania being developed by Mattias Snygg and Linus Larsson, two of the co-founders of Villa Gorilla and lead developers who worked on Yoku's Island Express!Silver Pines is obviously a big departure from the colourful and cute world of Yoku's Island Express, but we thought you might like to see what some of the team are up to now at their new studio, Wych Elm!Watch the first trailer for Silver Pines:Private investigator Red Walker finds himself in Silver Pines, a place half-abandoned, half-forgotten, in the midd |
| Yoku's Island Express is bringing a new game mode! Randomize! | 2021-09-02 | Hey everyone! Yoku's Island Express has just launched a new game mode: Randomize! This mode will allow players to explore the world of Yoku’s Island Express, but this time the order of all the unlocks are randomized. Please note that NPC dialog is unchanged and might refer to items you’ve not received. Finishing the main game first is strongly recommended! To stay up to date on Yoku, follow our socials! Follow Yokus Island Express on Twitter Like Yokus Island Express on Facebook Follow Team17 on Twitter Like Team17 on Facebook |
| Team17 Steam Publisher Sale - 80% Off! | 2020-05-28 | Flip and bump our pint-sized protagonist around the stunning hand-painted Mokumana Island for less! Yoku’s Island Express is 80% off right here on Steam as part of the Team17 Steam Publisher Sale! https://store.steampowered.com/app/334940/Yokus_Island_Express/ Check out what else is on offer in the Team17 Publisher Sale! |
| Two new Team17 games to be announced next week! | 2019-05-31 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32941731/a40f6b6dbf27e728a0553c14eaafad6b425d00cd.png With E3 approaching and Hell Let Loose releasing on the 6th of June, it’s fair to say that Team17 has a very busy week ahead! In fact, next week we’ll be unveiling not just one but TWO BRAND NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENTS! You’re not going to want to miss these announcements, and we really can’t wait to share the trailers with you. To ensure that you’re the first to hear about these new games right here on Steam, make sure to follow the Team17 Publisher Page. In the meantime, you can find a couple of cryptic clues in the image abov |
| Yoku receives FOUR Develop:Star Awards nominations! | 2019-05-17 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/27885141/4c2052af207c3ad2d58ebd51c7c78444f7454fb6.jpg Hi everyone Yoku and its development team have just received a massive FOUR award nominations at this year's Develop:Star Awards! Yoku's Island Express has been nominated for: Best Visual Art Best Game Design Best Original IP Developer Villa Gorilla received a nomination too, for: Best Micro Studio We're incredibly excited and proud of Villa Gorilla for having created such a special game and an experience we won't soon forget. Please help us in crossing fingers and toes for Yoku and Villa Gorilla when the award show takes p |
| Yoku’s Island Express wins a BAFTA Games Award! | 2019-04-05 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/27885141/19fac6607c1f1a2228509febb6dbde11ead39cee.jpg Wow! Yoku’s Island Express – the pinball metroidvania about a dung beetle postman – has gone and won itself a BAFTA for Best Debut Game! On Thursday 4th April 2019, the prestigious BAFTA Games Awards were held in London, England and Team17 was in attendance to congratulate our talented peers and celebrate nominations for both Yoku’s Island Express and Overcooked! 2. Just to be nominated for a BAFTA award is a huge honour, but to win one is simply incredible. We’re sure it’s a moment that the Yoku creators at Villa Gorilla w |
| Yoku's Island Express nominated for two BAFTA Awards! | 2019-03-20 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/27885141/dcecea5f1c471dfd4769bbf6fb249b431d5a22c6.gif Hi all The love continues for everyone's favourite dung beetle postal worker, as Yoku's Island Express has been nominated for TWO awards at this year's BAFTA Games Awards! Nominated for both the Best Family Game and Best Debut Game categories, the team at Villa Gorilla couldn't be happier or prouder of what they've achieved! You can read more about all the BAFTA Games Awards here including information on how to watch the awards ceremony live on April 4th. We're crossing all fingers and toes for Yoku to receive some more awa |
| Yoku has his tux on! | 2018-11-23 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/27885141/ab69c965b93c58fb50dae918e3e5cca0360f7cb6.png Yoku is so excited for The Game Awards, he's even bought himself a nice new top hat and tails! (Just don't ask where his trousers are) Check out this fun video of Yoku preparing for the awards and don't forget to vote here. You can even vote once every 24 hours to increase the chances of winning. https://youtu.be/fK0RaUZwi8g |
| Watch the Yoku's Island Express sing-along video! | 2018-11-19 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/27885141/5aa51971d247ff744599ae33172b786beb4ce464.jpg Hey pinballers! If you love the music of Yoku's Island Express then you might like this... A new YouTube video by Yoku composer Jesse Harlin, in which a few familiar Yoku fans from around the net, gathered to sing the main theme song, "Yoku Taidua". Give it a watch here... https://youtu.be/nXoFrujc1dc Please don't forget that Yoku's Island Express is nominated for Best Debut Indie Game at The Game Awards! If you'd like to show your support, it's possible to vote once per day to boost the power of your vote and help spread t |
| Vote for Yoku at The Game Awards! | 2018-11-14 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/27885141/e78552ed1ebcc1db64ba6f8674eb2b0859e48f69.png Hey everyone Today we're extremely excited to share that Yoku's Island Express has been nominated for Best Debut Indie Game at this year's The Game Awards! With this nomination, Yoku's Island Express and the development team at Villa Gorilla need your help. If you love Yoku as much as we do and think it deserves to win this highly competitive category, head on over to The Game Awards' website and cast your vote! >> VOTE HERE |
| Great user reviews! | 2018-10-12 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/27885141/908926c40eb3c09045f3dd051c9e196707676d6f.jpg Hey pinballers! Ever since Yoku's Island Express launched in May we've had a wealth of critical acclaim from journlists and YouTubers but we just wanted to take a moment to thank you the players for being so vocal and positive about Yoku too. Blending pinball with Metroidvania is a pretty unusual idea and we were never really sure if it would gain an audience or not. But it really has. You're talking to us every day on Twitter to say how much you all love the game and there are some great reviews here on Steam. To be at a 9 |
| Windows 7 fixes + demo reminder | 2018-09-26 | Hey everyone! We hope you're enjoying the critically acclaimed pinballvania goodness of Yoku's Island Express! If you haven't yet, don't forget there's a free demo you can try right here on Steam to see what all the fuss is about. We also have a small update today for Windows 7 users that fixes a couple of bugs that affected playback of the intro cutscene and in-game music. Enjoy playing Yoku's Island Express and be sure to let us know what you think of the game! |
| Team17 - 100th Game Celebration | 2018-08-21 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32941731/ce201387f7d4e82ee6ad0624c277acea9e6a229a.png With the release of PLANET ALPHA on 4th September 2018, Team17 will have released 100 games! This landmark includes games developed and/or published here at Team17, ranging from our early Amiga days with the likes of Alien Breed, Body Blows and Project X, through the explosion in popularity of the Worms series, our work-for-hire period on franchises like Lemmings and Leisure Suit Larry right through to the modern age and our indie games label featuring The Escapists, Overcooked and Yooka-Laylee! https://youtu.be/CfGBMGPl_5s |
| Team17 Steam Publisher Sale! | 2018-08-15 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32941731/2f82b5ccb8f14a68367e95df92ebf3179214e993.png It’s been a busy week here at Team17 Towers! Overcooked! 2 launched last Tuesday, Sword Legacy: Omen was released this Monday, Forged Battalion has just come out of Early Access and now… We’ve decided to put almost everything we have on Steam on sale! There’s even an extra game in there that we didn’t publish. How ace is that? In total, you’ll find 75 items on sale from August 14th – 17th 2018 with discounts of up to 90% across the likes of Worms, Overcooked, The Escapists, Alien Breed, Yooka-Laylee and early access title M |
| Overcooked! 2 – Get FIVE extra chefs free, when you pre-order! | 2018-07-31 | Overcooked returns with a brand-new helping of chaotic cooking action! Journey back to the Onion Kingdom and assemble your team of chefs in classic couch co-op or online play for up to four players. Hold onto your aprons… It’s time to save the world again! Overcooked! 2 comes to Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on August 7th 2018, and you can pre-order now to get the ‘Too Many Cooks’ pack, which contains FIVE bonus chefs – for free! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zM7ZfonD-Q So, if a fancy unicorn or a cheeky monkey are your spirit animal chefs, you’ll get them free with your pre-order (along with a calico cat, alien and wa |
| Update 2 now live! | 2018-07-25 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/27885141/f43b58656fbe81e3912e514cdfd27aac0afa47c5.gif Hi everyone! Since the launch of Yoku’s Island Express, our fantastic community has been very helpful by informing us of any glitches they’ve found or areas where user friendly improvements could be made. So we’re happy to say that we’ve been working hard behind the scenes and have now released an update with a considerable number of improvements. Please see below for a full list of changes and be sure to let us know of any further feedback you have here on Steam or on our official social media accounts! Quality of life imp |
| Your feedback needed – New Chinese script | 2018-07-10 | Hi everyone, Since the launch of Yoku’s Island Express, we’ve received a small amount of feedback to suggest that some players are unhappy with parts of the Chinese localisation of the game’s script. We’re very sorry about this and are investigating the matter internally at Team17. As a first step to improve the quality we’ve made some changes to the Chinese script and uploaded a new version of the game to separate test branch. Access the Beta Open Steam, right-click Yoku's Island Express and select Properties Select Beta Enter the code "yokusnotjustanybug" Select via the drop-down menu It would help us very much if you can play the test tran |
| Free demo now available! | 2018-07-05 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/27885141/141e29350307bc5432bff976b179c520d3284b4a.png Yoku’s Island Express is one of the most critically acclaimed indie games of the year, with a Metacritic average of 84, including praise from the likes of GameSpot, PC Gamer and IGN! At the time of writing, our Steam user reviews currently sit at 94% positive too! Plenty of people have fallen in love with Yoku’s Island Express, but we understand that some of you might still be on the fence about it. After all, we’ve heard from a few people that they can’t imagine how a blend of pinball and Metroidvania works. Well now you d |
| Every Team17 game discounted in the Steam Summer Sale! | 2018-06-21 | It’s that time of year again… The Steam Summer Sale! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32941731/6ae3046143ae2379fc674e840f4ab568a680f530.png This time, every single Team17 game has been discounted by up to 90%! That includes fan favourites like Overcooked, The Escapists 2 and Worms W.M.D! It includes Early Access mega hit My Time At Portia! And it even includes our most recent releases, RAGING JUSTICE and Yoku’s Island Express! For the full list of games and their discounts, make sure to head to our brand new Steam Creator Page where you can also find some handy lists to help you decide which Team17 game is fo |
| Out today! - Reviews + livestream | 2018-05-29 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/27885141/141e29350307bc5432bff976b179c520d3284b4a.png Get those flipper fingers ready because Yoku’s Island Express is out today! Lovingly designed by the team at Villa Gorilla, Yoku’s Island Express is beautifully drawn open-world platform game with a twist… The entire world plays like one giant pinball table! Take control of Yoku, a dung beetle on his first day on the job as the postman of Mokumana Island and flip your way around to deliver the post, solve the islanders’ problems and collect a whole lot of lovely fruit! How exactly does a pinball-platform game work? Check ou |