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Kao the Kangaroo: Mystery of the Volcano (2005 re-release)

Tate Multimedia · 2023-04-27

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Dec 02, 2005 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Kao the Kangaroo: Mystery of the Volcano is a third installment of the epic Kao the Kangaroo 3D platformer series where the player takes control of a brave Kao, who embarks on a journey to save his homeland from an erupting volcano. Help him succeed!

71%
positive of 261 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 33 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 34% of 20,709 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.2k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 261 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.29 at IndieGala Store (2026-07-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 45 of 77 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

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323220232026Week of 2023-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 6 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$1.99$0.412023-04-272026-09-242023-04-27 — best price $1.992023-06-15 — best price $1.992023-07-23 — best price $1.712023-09-21 — best price $0.792023-11-08 — best price $0.992024-01-04 — best price $1.712024-02-01 — best price $0.902024-02-25 — best price $0.992024-04-09 — best price $0.992024-05-03 — best price $0.992024-07-03 — best price $0.802024-08-13 — best price $0.992024-10-28 — best price $0.992024-11-27 — best price $0.992025-02-04 — best price $0.902025-02-28 — best price $1.992025-03-24 — best price $1.992025-04-15 — best price $0.792025-06-10 — best price $0.892025-07-07 — best price $0.772025-07-29 — best price $0.992025-08-24 — best price $1.992025-10-15 — best price $1.992025-12-05 — best price $1.552026-01-05 — best price $1.992026-02-02 — best price $0.602026-04-09 — best price $0.602026-05-16 — best price $0.492026-06-11 — best price $1.992026-07-13 — best price $0.412026-08-12 — best price $1.992026-09-16 — best price $1.992026-09-24 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, French, Polish

Player tags

3DCuteFunnyActionArcadeBoxingCasualLinearRunnerColorful

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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