Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
Yooka and Laylee are back for a brand new adventure! Get ready for the ultimate challenge - the Impossible Lair! Capital B has created a Hivemind device and used it to enslave the toughest bees in the Royal…
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is an adventure developed by Playtonic, released 7 October 2019 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $5.99 at GOG.
What Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is an adventure game developed by Playtonic and released in 2019. It was published by Team17. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a platform game developed by Playtonic Games and published by Team17 in 2019. A spin-off to Yooka-Laylee (2017), the game was released digitally for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One on October 8, 2019, followed by a version for Amazon Luna on October 20, 2020.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 47 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair holds a critic score of 86 out of 100. That places it above 86% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 17 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3-2125 or AMD A8-6600K, 6 GB RAM and GeForce GTX 650 or Radeon HD 5770. An 6GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 6GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $5.99 at GOG, 80% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair launched on 7 October 2019, within three weeks of The Outer Worlds, Disco Elysium, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019) and The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: The Outer Worlds, Disco Elysium, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019), The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 3 videos →
Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Quick answers
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair — frequently asked questions
When did Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair come out?
How much does Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair cost?
What are the minimum PC requirements for Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair?
How many GB is Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair?
If you like this
