Yerba Buena
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Yerba Buena is an adventure developed by Mad about Pandas, released 26 May 2026 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $12.49 at GamersGate.
What Yerba Buena is
Yerba Buena is an adventure game developed by Mad about Pandas and released in 2026. It was published by Focus Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Patrick Rau is a German video game designer, entrepreneur and honorary professor for Game Art and Design. He is the founder, managing director and creative director of the Berlin‑based studios kunst‑stoff GmbH and Mad About Pandas.
How it plays
Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 40 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Yerba Buena holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2026 averaged 78, so it scored 3 points below the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for AMD Ryzen 5 2600 / Intel Core i5-8400, 8 GB RAM and AMD Radeon RX 580 / Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 9GB. 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 $12.49 at GamersGate, 50% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Yerba Buena launched on 26 May 2026, within three weeks of 007 First Light, Forza Horizon 6, LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight and Directive 8020. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: 007 First Light, Forza Horizon 6, LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, Directive 8020.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Yerba Buena yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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