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Games like Yoku's Island Express
Villa Gorilla · 2018 · 96 % positive of 4,824
24 games that play like Yoku's Island Express and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Islets, Pinball Spire and Isles of Sea and Sky.
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At a glance
What games like Yoku's Island Express have in common
- The tags they share most often with Yoku's Island Express: Platformer (19 of 24), Metroidvania (12) and Family Friendly (9).
- They came out between 2013 and 2026, 17 of them after Yoku's Island Express (2018).
- Best rated by Steam players: Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo (97 % positive of 2,243).
- Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair and Toki Tori 2+ both play and look like Yoku's Island Express.
By gameplay
Plays like Yoku's Island Express
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

Islets
96 % positive of 1,674
Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Family Friendly

Pinball Spire
85 % positive of 321
Shared: Pinball · Metroidvania · Platformer

Isles of Sea and Sky
93 % positive of 1,003
Shared: Metroidvania · Open World · Exploration

Minute of Islands
77 % positive of 853
Shared: Platformer · Family Friendly · Puzzle-Platformer

Yooka-Laylee
74 % positive of 5,257
Shared: Platformer · Family Friendly · Open World

Promenade
97 % positive of 611
Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Family Friendly

Poi
90 % positive of 728
Shared: Platformer · Family Friendly · Exploration

Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
82 % positive of 1,269
Shared: Platformer · Family Friendly · Exploration

Super Mombo Quest
97 % positive of 726
Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Adventure

Owlboy
83 % positive of 5,874
Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Puzzle-Platformer

Wuppo: Definitive Edition
94 % positive of 5,739
Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Family Friendly

qomp
96 % positive of 483
Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Puzzle-Platformer
More matches
- Time on Frog Island68 % positive of 332Shared: Platformer · Puzzle-Platformer · Exploration
- PONCHO64 % positive of 193Shared: Platformer · Puzzle-Platformer · Exploration
- Toki Tori 2+84 % positive of 1,046Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Family Friendly
- Vibrant Venture97 % positive of 652Shared: Platformer · Puzzle-Platformer · Adventure
- Akatori74 % positive of 367
- Gecko Gods96 % positive of 776
- Nikoderiko: The Magical World — Director’s Cut86 % positive of 230Shared: Platformer · Family Friendly · Adventure
- Little Nemo and the Guardians of Slumberland94 % positive of 131
- Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo97 % positive of 2,243
- Akatori: Сhapter One93 % positive of 947Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Open World
- FEZ92 % positive of 15,562Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Puzzle-Platformer
- Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus82 % positive of 1,245Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Hand-drawn
By look
Looks like Yoku's Island Express
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

Shu
75 % positive of 213

Toki Tori 2+
84 % positive of 1,046

Nubarron: The adventure of an unlucky gnome
61 % positive of 780

Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
82 % positive of 1,269

Ethan: Meteor Hunter
63 % positive of 211

Worms Clan Wars
78 % positive of 3,139

Fly'N
86 % positive of 494

Vessel
87 % positive of 796

Chariot
81 % positive of 441

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Rise of the Owlverlord
82 % positive of 424

PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate
86 % positive of 212

Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians
75 % positive of 1,183
More matches
- Rad Rodgers - Radical Edition65 % positive of 189
- LostWinds81 % positive of 708
- Hob88 % positive of 5,243
- Teslagrad 276 % positive of 444
- Dark Water : Slime Invader94 % positive of 174
- LostWinds 2: Winter of the Melodias82 % positive of 319
- Pid83 % positive of 2,425
- Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams77 % positive of 1,895
- Degrees of Separation81 % positive of 1,125
- Out of Line90 % positive of 221
- Spirits67 % positive of 258
- Flockers™76 % positive of 216
How these matches work
Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.