- Input Remapping Update - 8 September 2026
Controller, mouse and keyboard remapping. Mouse control on menus. Fixed blurry collection sequences when using MSAA. Fixed occasional soft-lock when opening the map screen.
- Playtest #1 Time Trials - Ending Soon! - 22 July 2026
Hey guys! Last chance to join our first alpha playtest for Super Yooka-Laylee Kart!Don't wait on it! Sign up for our first playtest of Super Yooka-Laylee Kart before it ends on the 24th July!Here's what you have to look forward to in the playtest - 🏎️ 7 playable characters 📊 4 racer archetypes 🏁 2 tracks to master 👻 Race against your personal best ghostTo get you started, here's some handy tips & tricks to help you get the best times: Haven't joined the playtest yet?Not to worry, there's still time; head on over to SYLK's playtest page to get access! Make sure to click request access if you want join in on the fun!I've signed up, how do I access the playtest?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.We’ll also be looking closely at your feedback on game feel, handling and the over…
- Playtest #1 Time Trials - Available Now! - 17 July 2026
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 your personal best ghostTo get you started, here's some handy tips & tricks to help you get the best times: Haven't joined the playtest yet?Not to worry, there's still time, head on over to SYLK's playtest page to get access!https://store.steampowered.com/app/3348210/Super_YookaLaylee_Kart/We’ll also be looking closely at your feedback on game feel, handling and the overall Time Trial experience, so make sure to let us know what you think in our feedback form. The playtest will run for one week, en…
- DLSS Fixes - 16 July 2026
Fixes memory leak when using DLSS. Fixes DLSS settings not setting up correctly after reloading the game.
- Out On the Road! - 13 June 2026
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 that we'd like to share with y'all,Yooka and Friends Drive to L.A!We announced Super Yooka-Laylee Kart last Friday, but that was only just the beginning! Yooka and friends spent the weekend with the press as part of the play days event for some karting chaos, and suffice to say, people really enjoyed what they played of Super Yooka-Laylee Kart (special thanks to our Playtonic friend, Mark Boam, for manning the booth the entire time). Here's a couple of photos from our booth, and yes, that's two pl…
- It's Finally Time... Meet Super Yooka-Laylee Kart 💚💜 - 6 June 2026
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 KartThe next adventure for Yooka and Laylee might not be quite what you expected.This time, they're swapping platforms for tracks in a brand-new racing adventure built around mastery, rivalry, and revenge-fuelled comebacks.Built around mastery, rivalry, and revenge-fuelled comebacks, Super Yooka-Laylee Kart brings Yooka, Laylee, and a cast of fan-favourite friends and foes together for a brand-new racing adventure across worlds old and new. Whether you're racing through a dedicated Story Campaign packed with tournaments, ri…
- Our Latest Update!!! - 2 June 2026
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 across a range of devices.On top of that, we’ve rolled out a ton of bug fixes, graphics and performance improvements!Thank you for your incredible support, it means the world to us. We can’t wait for you to jump back in, explore all the improvements, and rediscover everything that makes Yooka-Replaylee special.
- Yooka-Laylee Owner's Discount - Leaving 17th June! - 20 May 2026
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 go, and thank you as always for your support.How do I get the discount?On the Yooka-Replaylee game page, add the ‘Yooka-Laylee Owner Discount’ bundle to your cart, and if you already own Yooka-Laylee, you’ll secure the discount on Yooka-Replaylee.
- Happy New Year from Playtonic! - 1 January 2026
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! - https://store.steampowered.com/search?term=playtonic
- Happy Christmas from Playtonic! - 22 December 2025
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 piece of artwork to celebrate the holiday season. Make sure to give him a follow on his socials too, he'd certainly appreciate it.X | Bluesky | InstagramSee you all in 2026!
- Nominate us for "Best Game on the Steam Deck" - 24 November 2025
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! Between the initial launch of the Steam demo and the launch of the full game, we took onboard the invaluable feedback from you guys and worked hard to make Yooka-Replaylee the perfect game for the Steam Deck. Now, officially verified by Steam, praised by Steam Deck HQ, and with a Platinum rating on ProtonDB, we'd like to think we succeeded!If you agree and would like to support us, we'd like to ask you to consider nominating us for the Steam Award in the "Best Game on Steam Deck" category.
- Revenge of the Savage Planet now has a reptile packin' heat! - 20 November 2025
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 discovering various hidden secrets.Not convinced yet? If that wasn't enough, new free DLC has landed in the game, known as the Bingo Brawl. Race to achieve objectives and earn massive Bingo bonuses while experiencing the comedy and joy of Revenge of the Savage Planet's gameplay, available in local splitscreen or online co-op.Special shout out to our friends at Raccoon Logic Studios for making Yooka's debut in Revenge of the Savage Planet possible. Who knew raccoons and chameleons could get along so well?C…
- Grab Your Pagies, It's Update Time! - 14 November 2025
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 hogging the Pagies spotlight! You can now swim underwater without fear of being damaged for no reason (looking at you Moodymaze Marsh). Performance Power-UpsThere’s a tonne of new display options, because every buddy duo deserves upscaling, especially Yooka. We’ve improved HDR compatibility across a wide range of setups; everyone is now much more refined and detailed. Quality-of-Life ImprovementsImproved feedback for moves and actions, so you know when you’ve nailed that Sonar Shot. A whole host of updates s…
- Yooka joins Revenge of the Savage Planet - November 19th! - 13 November 2025
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 -
- Yooka-Replaylee OUT NOW - 9 October 2025
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-Replaylee is the closes thing to full-on remake without building the entire game from scratch. "Remasker," our studio director Gavin Price has called it.How do I claim the owner's discount?Owners of the original Yooka-Laylee can claim their -30% owner's discount by purchasing Yooka-Replaylee through the below bundle. Simply add the bundle to your basket and the discount will be applied to your copy of Yooka-Replaylee.Owner's Discount BundleCheck out the brand-new launch trailer with a special voice…
- Yooka-Replaylee (Nintendo Switch 2) Review - 8 October 2025
I was fairly surprised to see Yooka-Replaylee because I honestly didn’t think it was something anyone wanted. Despite what some storefronts might suggest , Yooka-Laylee wasn’t particularly well-received when it launched back in 2017—sitting at an average of 68 on Metacritic. What’s even weirder is that Playtonic seemed to have found its footing with the characters in the actually beloved Yooka Laylee and the Impossible Lair , so why they would dip back into this poisoned well is beyond me. I genuinely wanted to believe in Yooka-Replaylee because I really wanted to believe in Yooka Laylee . The style of old-school Rare collectathon games is a bit of a lost art, and I really wanted to see a studio of former Rare developers bring it back to the mainstream. But after playing both the original Yooka Laylee and this updated re-release, I think we just need to conclude—it’s simply not a very g…
- Yooka-Laylee or Yooka-Replaylee - which is better? Comparing with caddicarus - 4 October 2025
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 play and talk Yooka-Replaylee with us for over two hours. We've condensed the chat into this 1.5h video on YouTube for you to enjoy on this brisk Saturday on October. So, grab a bevvy and a snack and join us for a comparison video between Yooka-Laylee and Yooka-Replaylee.And this is not all we invited Caddy to do. But more on that next week!Topics covered in the video include:New opening (psst, play the demo!)PlatformicityTighter controls + feelNew cameraNew cosmetics, Tonics and upgradesSmoother p…
- Steam Deck Verified! - 2 October 2025
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!
- The Steam demo is BACK! - 19 September 2025
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'll continue improving compatibility across a range of devices in the lead-up to the full game's launch on October 9th. If you're experiencing issues, it'll be extra helpful to us if you can share your PC specs with us.Don't forget to wishlist as it helps us in our battle against the capitalistic Steam algorithm.And check-out the release date announcement trailer in case you missed it!See you in three weeks for THE LAUNCH!Yooka-Replaylee Demo
- Win a Yooka-Laylee Painting by Kev Bayliss - 5 September 2025
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 enter the competition, all you have to do is complete one or more of the actions over here. Each action constitutes an entry and the winners will be chosen at random by the system.PRIZES:(GRAND PRIZE) 1 signed acrylic A2-sized painting(RUNNER-UP PRIZES) 5 signed printsCOMPETITION LINKKev will be working and completing the painting on his streams over at Twitch starting this Sunday at 5pm BST / 12pm EST / 9am PST! Join us and chat with Kev!The competition will run until 11:59pm BST on 31st October!
