Release Date: October 9, 2025
A refreshed and expanded version of the 3D platformer from 2017. Yooka-Replaylee features much better graphics, a brand new world map, an improved progression tracking system, additional challenges and improvements to the character controls.
Yooka-Replaylee is a thoroughly refreshed and content enriched version of the 3D platformer titled Yooka-Laylee, released in 2017. The game was developed by the authors of the original, i.e. the independent studio Playtonic Games, founded by developers who previously co-created some of the greatest hits made by Rare studio, such as Banjo-Kazooie or Donkey Kong Country.
Yooka-Replaylee takes us on a journey to a colorful world whose fate hangs in the balance when the sinister Capital B decided to collect all the books in the world and turn them into money. When his greedy hands reached the land of Shipwreck Creek to seize the most powerful of them, the residents Yooka and Laylee decided to step into action and thwart his plans. It's up to us to make them succeed.
In Yooka-Replaylee we watch the action from a third-person perspective (TPP). The game gives us two heroes who differ in appearance, size and skills. The green chameleon Yooka can run, jump, use his long tongue to attack enemies and grab onto elements of the environment. The purple bat Laylee, who spends most of her time on the head of her larger companion, can make use of ultrasound and wings. The former allows her to attack enemies, while the latter enables her to lift her colleague and cover short distances in the air.
The game takes place on diverse, vast maps with an open structure, which we can freely traverse. While exploring them, we jump over obstacles, avoid traps and terrain obstacles, and fight opponents. On the way, we collect pages of a magical book, giving us access to new locations, as well as other items that affect the gameplay in various ways (for example, healing our heroes or unlocking their new abilities).
Yooka-Replaylee stands out from the original thanks to new elements and numerous improvements. The authors delved into the challenges, both creating new ones and refining those that were present in the first version of the titular duo's adventure. In addition, there is a new, official currency of Hivory Towers, which we can spend in Vendi machines to purchase special tonics that enhance the abilities of our characters or provide cosmetic items for them.
It doesn't end there, because the developers provided us with a completely new world map and a system for tracking progress in individual challenges, as well as refreshed controls (so that individual movements can be combined more smoothly) and a previously unavailable camera.
In Yooka-Replaylee we can play alone or in local co-op.
Yooka-Replaylee boasts refreshed graphics, including improved animations and increased resolution. During the game we are accompanied by orchestral arrangements of original pieces by Grant Kirkhope and David Wise.
Platforms:
PC Windows
PlayStation 5
Xbox Series X/S
Switch 2
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System Requirements for Yooka-Replaylee Video Game:
PC / Windows
Minimum System Requirements:
Intel Core i5-4460, 16 GB RAM, graphic card 2 GB GeForce GTX 750 Ti, 20 GB HDD, Windows 10/11 64-bit.
Recommended System Requirements:
Intel Core i7-6700K, 16 GB RAM, graphic card 4 GB GeForce GTX 970, 20 GB HDD, Windows 10/11 64-bit.
Game Ratings for Yooka-Replaylee Video Game.
Analog Stick Gaming: 7.5 / 10 by Jeff M Young
Yooka-Replaylee is a solid platformer, even if it does feel like some of its original vision has been dissected away in favor of improving the overall feel of the game. With the conveniences of a map, fast travel, and better controls, some of the original’s flaws can creep up, but honestly, they rarely got in the way. While it is certainly not looking to compete with the platformers of today, I still love that Playtonic spent the time to improve a game they were so deeply passionate about.
Push Square: 8 / 10 by John Hansen
In short, Yooka-Replaylee is a brilliant remake of the original game. It expands and improves upon so many areas that it leaves the original release in the dust. It took a long wait, but Yooka and Laylee finally have a 3D platformer worthy of the Banjo-Kazooie comparisons.
PlayStation Universe: 6 / 10 by Joe Richards
Blow for blow, Yooka-Replaylee is a quality 3D platformer. It does what it needs to do and does so in a way that's inoffensive and pretty bogstandard. My issues with the game come from its existence as a replacement for a game with genuinely interesting ideas. Replaylee does away with every interesting wrinkle in favour of an experience that, unfortunately, falls far too close to certain other games for me to want to prioritise this one. It's a bizarre exercise in overcorrection that misses what the original game was literally made for. Is it a better game than the original? Probably. But it's a lesser imitation of its far more modern inspirations.
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