Kao the Kangaroo
Skip · Action · 2022
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 32, under the fair line, at $29.99.
- Length
- 5.8h
- Value
- $5.17/hr
- Reviews
- 77% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, GeForce GTX 760 2 gb, 9 GB of storage. Windows only.
Inspired by the golden age of 3D Platformers, Kao The Kangaroo returns in a whole new adventure! Embark on an epic journey, master magical gloves, explore lush environments and take Kao through his most grand tale yet!
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
The lowest price on record is $5.99, set in September 2025. 42 discounts in the 4 years on record. They run about 75 percent off, roughly 5 weeks apart.
Value puts it in the top 42 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 71 percent. Among the games that feel like it, PAC-MAN WORLD Re-PAC ($29.99, scores 53) beats it on value, while it beats Asterix & Obelix XXL: Romastered ($19.99, scores 28).
Steam's global achievement data puts 22 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. This site sampled 516 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 6 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written May 2022 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 61 percent of the 159 reviews written there were positive, against 77 percent overall, and those are 18 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 5.8 hours; clearing it takes 12, which is 2.0 times the campaign.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 5.8 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
The drop-off
83% start to 22% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
Players
2 players online when we last checked, on Sep 30, 10:50 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Cute throw back to 90's 3D platformers, but with much better graphics. Enjoyed playing this with my nieces and nephews.
It stays true to the OG and its one of my favourite PS2 games, gameplay is old school cool, the voice acting is a let down apart from that good gameplay, not so bad boss fights, looks great and runs very good also. It is also not super long so a chill 2-3 day gameplay, would recommend when on sale, overall 7.5/10
Just not fun. The visual style is remarkable, has some character of its own. The character design is great, but as many have pointed out, neither the voice acting, nor the dialog/plot is enticing at all. I love a good platformer collectathon. That part is kinda achieved. Some mechanics as hanging from ropes and hanging from the planks are just not as responsive as they should be, ending in sometimes clipping through...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Kao the Kangaroo scores 32/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1370140/kao-the-kangarooReviews 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 27, price as of Oct 1.
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