Is Yooka-Laylee playable on Steam Deck?
Steam Deck verdict
Runs great
Yes — Yooka-Laylee runs great on the Steam Deck.
Yooka-Laylee runs great on the Steam Deck. Valve has officially marked it Steam Deck Verified. The Linux/Proton community rates it Platinum on ProtonDB across 19 reports. As a action game with full controller support, it's a comfortable fit for handheld play.
Game info
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Indie
- Developer
- Playtonic Games
- Publisher
- Playtonic Friends
- Release
- April 11, 2017
- Price
- $19.99
- Metacritic
- 73
System requirements
Windows specs from Steam — the Deck runs these through Proton.
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 (64bit)
- Processor: Intel i5-2500 3.3GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVidia GTS450 / AMD Radeon 6850HD
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 9 GB available space
- Sound Card: Windows Compatible Card
- Additional Notes: A Controller is STRONGLY recommended to play this game.
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Steam Deck compatibility
Does it run?
- Valve rating
- Verified
- …on SteamOS in general
- Playable
Community rating · 19 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 primary player
Yooka-Laylee performance & FPS on Steam Deck
We don't have enough Steam Deck framerate reports for Yooka-Laylee yet. Runs well with the default settings.
Battery & recommended settings
Estimated battery life
- Recommended preset
- ultra
- Typical power draw
- ~13 W
💡 SteamDeckPlayable tip: System Proton version native Steamos version 3.6
Tips for playing Yooka-Laylee on Steam Deck
- •Default settings already run well — no major tweaks needed to play comfortably.
Frequently asked questions
›Is Yooka-Laylee playable on Steam Deck?
Yooka-Laylee runs great on the Steam Deck. Valve has officially marked it Steam Deck Verified. The Linux/Proton community rates it Platinum on ProtonDB across 19 reports.
›Is Yooka-Laylee Steam Deck Verified?
Yes. Yooka-Laylee is officially Steam Deck Verified by Valve.
›How many FPS does Yooka-Laylee 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 Yooka-Laylee on Steam Deck?
Steam Deck players report roughly 4h 0m at 60 fps on Yooka-Laylee (from ShareDeck community reports). Capping the framerate and TDP lower stretches it further; higher brightness shortens it.
›Can you play Yooka-Laylee multiplayer on Steam Deck?
Yes — Yooka-Laylee has no Deck-blocking anti-cheat reported, so its online and multiplayer modes should work like on any PC.
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Community configurations
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