Is Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair playable on Steam Deck?
Steam Deck verdict
Runs great
Yes — Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair runs great on the Steam Deck.
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair runs great on the Steam Deck. Valve has officially marked it Steam Deck Verified. The Linux/Proton community rates it Platinum on ProtonDB across 47 reports. As a adventure game with full controller support, it's a comfortable fit for handheld play.
Game info
- Genres
- Adventure, Indie
- Developer
- Playtonic Games
- Publisher
- Playtonic Friends
- Release
- October 8, 2019
- Price
- $29.99
- Metacritic
- 81
System requirements
Windows specs from Steam — the Deck runs these through Proton.
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 SP1 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i3-2125 or AMD A8-6600K
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 650 or Radeon HD 5770
- Storage: 6 GB available space
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5-2550 or AMD FX-8120
- Memory: 7 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 660 or Radeon R9 270
- Storage: 8 GB available space
Steam Deck compatibility
Does it run?
- Valve rating
- Verified
- …on SteamOS in general
- Playable
Community rating · 47 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
- ✓Simultaneous input gyro trackpad friendly
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair performance & FPS on Steam Deck
Based on 4 Steam Deck community reports. These are the framerates players actually settle on — many cap it to save battery — not the game's maximum. Runs well with the default settings.
Battery & recommended settings
Estimated battery life
- Recommended preset
- high
- Typical power draw
- ~11 W
💡 SteamDeckPlayable tip: System Proton version 7.0-3 Steamos version 3.3 Bios version F7A0105
Tips for playing Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair on Steam Deck
- •Default settings already run well — no major tweaks needed to play comfortably.
Frequently asked questions
›Is Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair playable on Steam Deck?
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair runs great on the Steam Deck. Valve has officially marked it Steam Deck Verified. The Linux/Proton community rates it Platinum on ProtonDB across 47 reports.
›Is Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair Steam Deck Verified?
Yes. Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is officially Steam Deck Verified by Valve.
›How many FPS does Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair get on Steam Deck?
Steam Deck players most often report playing Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair at 40–60 fps (based on 4 community reports). These are usually the framerate players settle on — many cap it to save battery — not the game's maximum.
›How long does the battery last playing Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair on Steam Deck?
Steam Deck players report roughly 4h 33m at 60 fps on Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair (from ShareDeck community reports). Capping the framerate and TDP lower stretches it further; higher brightness shortens it.
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Community configurations
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