Yoku's Island Express

Yoku's Island Express

Developers
	Villa Gorilla
Publishers
	Team17
Release dates
Windows	May 29, 2018
Reception
Metacritic	84
OpenCritic	83
IGDB	85
Taxonomy
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Scrolling, Side view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Metroidvania, Pinball, Platform
Themes	Fantasy

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GamersGate
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Microsoft Store		Xbox Game Pass for PC
Origin		Included with EA Play.
Steam

A demo is available from Steam.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Edit config.csv
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open config.csv with a text editor. Change ui_show_boot_logos;1 to ui_show_boot_logos;0.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Villa Gorilla\Yoku's Island Express\config.csv
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Team17DigitalLimited.YokusIslandExpressWin10_j5x4vj4y67jhc\LocalCache\Roaming\Villa Gorilla\Yoku's Island Express\config.csv
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/334940/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Villa Gorilla\Yoku's Island Express\
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Team17DigitalLimited.YokusIslandExpressWin10_j5x4vj4y67jhc\LocalCache\Roaming\Villa Gorilla\Yoku's Island Express\
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\334940\remote\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/334940/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

In-game general settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Anamorphic 16:9.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		See the related WSGF post.
4K Ultra HD		Use "Desktop" resolution setting.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Exclusive fullscreen also available.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Always enabled by default. See Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Disable Vsync
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open config.csv with a text editor. Change video_vsync;1 to video_vsync;0.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		No mouse support.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		Can be adjusted and turned off.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound Effects, Music
Surround sound		7.0
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation, Download
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Russian
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Wwise

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-2100 3.0 GHz AMD A8-5500 3.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GT 630 AMD Radeon HD 7770 Intel HD Graphics 530 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 10 compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.