Yoku's Island Express

Yoku's Island Express
Cover of Yoku's Island Express
Cover art, depicting the protagonist, Yoku
Developer(s)Villa Gorilla
Publisher(s)Team17
Designer(s)Linus Larsson
Programmer(s)Jens Andersson
Artist(s)Mattias Snygg
Composer(s)Jesse Harlin
Platform(s)
ReleaseWindows, Switch, PS4, Xbox One
29 May 2018
Amazon Luna
20 October 2020
Genre(s)Platform, pinball, adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Yoku's Island Express is a platform pinball adventure video game developed by Swedish studio Villa Gorilla and published by Team17. The studio's debut project, the game was released in May 2018 for Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. A version was released for Amazon Luna in October 2020.

In Yoku's Island Express, players control Yoku, a dung beetle, who becomes a postmaster as he arrives at a fictional island of Mokumana.[1] The player is tasked with saving the island from a looming calamity, as the island's deity figure is attacked.[2]

  1. ^ Donlan, Christian (29 May 2018). "Yoku's Island Express review - a pinball/platforming hybrid that works brilliantly well". Eurogamer. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  2. ^ Mundy, Jon (29 May 2018). "Review: Yoku's Island Express (Switch eShop)". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 6 June 2018.