Kaze and the Wild Masks
Worth it · Action · 2021
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $9.99, a BANGER if it drops to $5.44.
- Length
- 5.2h
- Value
- $1.92/hr
- Reviews
- 94% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Intel HD 5000, 604 MB of storage. Windows only.
Go on a journey as Kaze in this 90’s classics inspired platformer. When the Crystal Islands get cursed, Kaze needs to save her friend Hogo while facing enraged living vegetables. Find the Wild Masks to unleash the powers of the legendary guardians and master land, sky and sea.
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
June 2026 is where it bottomed out, at $1.49. 34 discounts in the 6 years on record. They run about 75 percent off, roughly 6 weeks apart. The math puts its BANGER price at $5.44. The record reaches that level 25 times.
Value puts it in the top 1 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 71 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 98 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Progressbar95 ($4.99, scores 94) beats it on value, while it beats Super Bernie World (free, scores 52).
The press gave it 82; the people who bought it give it 94 percent. A 12-point gap in the buyer's favour.
Of the 417 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 7 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2021 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 84 percent of the 269 reviews written there were positive, against 94 percent overall, and those are 14 percent of everything written about it.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 5.2 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
The drop-off
69% start to 7% 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
1 players online when we last checked, on Sep 27, 06:49 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
A fenomenal homage to Donkey Kong Country and made by my Brazilian countrymen. Did 100% in-game and I'll probably try to platinum it when inevitably I play it again. Definitely recommend the original mode, as overcoming the challenge is much more rewarding. (But why in the world the command to drop from certain platforms was assigned to the attack button? I took so long to make that feel natural XD)
Excellent game. Beautiful 2D graphics and animations, really nice soundtrack and an very old-school platforming gameplay that reminds a lot of Donkey Kong from the SNES. The level of challenge is great, same as the good old times. The game is absolutely worth it for the price; there is a lot of quality and care in the level designs. It is a simple game where you basically just jump and sometimes perform some other...
Its nice, relaxing and frustrating all at the same time... The game principle is alot like donkey kong country. you run, evade (don't forget that part), jump on heads, shoot, fly and collect. I like that you can choose if you want to do the time mode and the reward if the do a level without getting hit. good game!
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Kaze and the Wild Masks scores 74/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/829280/kaze-and-the-wild-masksReviews 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 26, price as of Oct 1.
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