Is Yoku's Island Express playable on Steam Deck?
Steam Deck verdict
Runs great
Yes — Yoku's Island Express runs great on the Steam Deck.
Yoku's Island Express runs great on the Steam Deck. Valve has officially marked it Steam Deck Verified. The Linux/Proton community rates it Platinum on ProtonDB across 69 reports. As a adventure game with full controller support, it's a comfortable fit for handheld play.
Game info
- Genres
- Adventure, Indie
- Developer
- Villa Gorilla
- Publisher
- Team17 Digital Ltd
- Release
- May 29, 2018
- Price
- $3.99
- Metacritic
- 84
System requirements
Windows specs from Steam — the Deck runs these through Proton.
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: Intel i3-2100 @ 3GHz / AMD A8-5500 @ 3.2GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GT 630 1GB / AMD Radeon 7770 1GB / Intel HD 530
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 3 GB available space
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Is Yoku's Island Express compatible with Steam Deck?
Does it run?
- Valve rating
- Verified
- …on SteamOS in general
- Playable
Community rating · 69 reports (ProtonDB)
Does it run well?
Runs well with the default settings.
- ✓Full controller support out of the box
- ✓Controller glyphs match the Deck
- ✓Interface text is legible
- ✓Good performance with default settings
- ✓External controllers not supported for the main player
Yoku's Island Express performance & FPS on Steam Deck
We don't have enough Steam Deck framerate reports for Yoku's Island Express yet. Runs well with the default settings.
Tips for playing Yoku's Island Express on Steam Deck
- •Default settings already run well — no major tweaks needed to play comfortably.
Frequently asked questions
›Is Yoku's Island Express playable on Steam Deck?
Yoku's Island Express <strong>runs great</strong> on the Steam Deck. Valve has officially marked it <strong>Steam Deck Verified</strong>. The Linux/Proton community rates it <strong>Platinum</strong> on ProtonDB across 69 reports.
›Is Yoku's Island Express Steam Deck Verified?
Yes. Yoku's Island Express is officially Steam Deck Verified by Valve.
›How many FPS does Yoku's Island Express get on Steam Deck?
We don't publish a single FPS figure — framerate depends on your settings, the scene and your TDP limit. Valve reports good performance with the default settings.
›How long does the battery last playing Yoku's Island Express on Steam Deck?
Battery life isn't fixed — it depends on your brightness, TDP cap and framerate target, typically landing anywhere from 2 to 6 hours on the Steam Deck. We don't have a measured figure for Yoku's Island Express specifically.
›Can you play Yoku's Island Express on Steam Deck?
Yes. Yoku's Island Express runs on the Steam Deck straight from Steam — no manual Proton setup or config files needed.
›Can the Steam Deck run Yoku's Island Express?
Yes — Valve reports that Yoku's Island Express performs well on the Steam Deck with its default settings.
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Community configurations
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