Yoku's Island Express
Give it 5 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (20%); after 7h it's 1 in 50 (2%).
- 35% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Honey, I'm home!” (Find the Post-office): only 66% of starters get there.
- 78% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 5,409 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 9.6h for positive, 4.1h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (77.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Honey, I'm home! Find the Post-office Most players quit here 66% −34
- Under pressure Save Spina 45% −21
- Life finds a way Take the surviving egg to Dipperloaf 40% −5
- How it all began Complete the temple trials 40%
- Cleaning out the cobwebs Defeat the Spider 38% −1
- Coup de grace Defeat Screetch 38% −1
- Kickback and relax Complete the story 35% −2
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (31)
story milestone ending side
- Lets get this party started! Blow the noisemaker 100%
- Makin’ friends Free Kickback 84%
- All night long! Toot the noisemaker 100 times 72%
- Honey, I'm home! Find the Post-office 66%
- Tastes like chicken Suck up a slug with the Slug Vacuum 64%
- Weeeee! Ride the Beeline 47%
- Under pressure Save Spina 45%
- Gone fishin' Collect the Divefish 42%
- Makin' more friends Befriend a Sootling 41%
- Life finds a way Take the surviving egg to Dipperloaf 40%
- How it all began Complete the temple trials 40%
- Cleaning out the cobwebs Defeat the Spider 38%
- Coup de grace Defeat Screetch 38%
- Fancy beetle Customise Yoku’s ball 38%
- Busy bee Unlock all the Beelines 36%
- Kickback and relax Complete the story 35%
- Belly of the beast Discover Fosfor’s Lair 31%
- Party time! Deliver the cake to the inventors house 31%
- That’s deep Discover the heart cluster at the bottom of the sea 29%
- How wonderful Complete Willo's quest 27%
- That's enough Toot the noisemaker 1000 times 26%
- The mail always gets through Become the Postmaster 21%
- Spreading spores Complete Rinri's quest 20%
- Jailor Complete Thorn quest 19%
- A ball for every occasion Try every ball style 17%
- Treasure hunter Unlock all treasure chests 16%
- Moneybags Get the biggest wallet 16%
- The End Hatch the God Egg 16%
- WickerKing Collect all Wickerlings 16%
- That's a big backpack! Collect every ability upgrade 16%
- Perfectionist Activate all Scarabs 8.9%