Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 (2003 re-release)
BANGER · Action · 2019
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
A BANGER at $1.99.
- Length
- 4.8h
- Value
- $0.41/hr
- Reviews
- 93% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 123 MB of memory, 32MB graphic card compatible with DirectX 8.1, 952 MB of storage. Windows only.
Let’s bring back all the good memories of the incredible, brave and lovely Kao the Kangaroo. Immerse yourself in a classic 3D action-adventure platformer where Kao runs, jumps, and fights lots of enemies.
What drives the score
How to read this
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The value story
The lowest price on record is $0.79, set in July 2026. 16 discounts in the 7 years on record. They run about 50 percent off, roughly 6 weeks apart.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 1 percent on value. It is cheaper than 86 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 98 percent. Among the games closest to it, Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy ($39.99, scores 68) and Yooka-Laylee ($19.99, scores 40) both come in lower.
On this data it would still be a BANGER at $5.74. It costs $1.99.
This site sampled 412 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 4 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 91 percent of the 699 reviews written there were positive, against 93 percent overall, and those are 27 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
38% start to 13% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
2 players online when we last checked, on Sep 30, 23:47 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
i remember playing this game on the ps2 as a kid was so happy to see this on steam i love this game
This game was missing a lot of what I liked about the first Kao the Kangaroo, and in the first game I enjoyed how everything in it reminded me of watching Game Maker's Toolkit videos and just noticing little things like, "Oh, this level requires the player to ledgegrab, which hasn't come up much before. In order to make sure players know how to ledgegrab, the very start of the level puts players at the bottom of a...
A nice chill platfomer of the ps2 genaration where collection is the aim the only problem is if you miss one item you will have to do the level again.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
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Cite this score
Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 (2003 re-release) scores 89/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1048540/kao-the-kangaroo-round-2-2003-re-releaseReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 18, price as of Sep 22.
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