Yoku's Island Express
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Yoku's Island Express Trailers
Yoku's Island Express - Story Trailer (PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
Yoku's Island Express - Behind the Scenes!
Yoku's Island Express - Side-Quests Trailer (PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
Critic Reviews for Yoku's Island Express
A blend of mismatched genres that somehow works, Yoku's Island Express is a beguiling game of modest brilliance.
Yoku's Island Express is a novel Metroidvania-pinball hybrid that stands out as something wholly unique. It blends those clashing genres with a beautiful island style, and its satisfying flippers and bumpers make uncovering its wide island a ton of fun. Retreading completed areas while hunting for secrets can occasionally get stale, but Yoku's Island Express has a refreshingly positive attitude that kept me smiling the whole way through.
A glorious marriage of pinball and platforming and a wild-spirited adventure to cherish.
A strangely successful mix of genres that plays both a mean pinball and a highly competent game of Metroidvania, and all wrapped up in some utterly charming presentation.
To think, Sonic Spinball was onto something all of those years ago. Yoku's Island Express is delightful and fun from start to finish
The unique blend of Metroid and pinball makes Yoku's Island Express as entertaining as it is charming.
Yoku's Island Express is a delight, plain and simple.It's gorgeous, plays beautifully, and I hope it's the start of a new franchise, because I want to play a lot more of this.
Yoku's Island Express is a beauteous, aurally delightful treat that riffs off the Metroidvania template and pinball tables in a smart and playful manner. It's somewhat tempered by the dual frustrations of the pinball mechanic's need for constant precision and a lacklustre fast-travel system that leaves you having to cover the same ground over and over, ultimately taking what could have been an amazing game, and making it a good one.
Industry Coverage
Yoku's Island Express demo hops onto Steam
