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Kaze and the Wild Masks cover art

Kaze and the Wild Masks

PixelHive · SOEDESCO · 2021-03-26

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ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Mar 26, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Mar 26, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 26, 2021 (Google Stadia), Mar 26, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 26, 2021 (Xbox One)

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.

8
playing now
94%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (23 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (31 downloads)
4.55★
PlayStation Store rating (657 ratings)
7h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 178 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~22/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 27,668 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 41k–93k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,065 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GreenManGaming$1.50-85%
Fanatical$1.94-87%
Gamesplanet$1.96-87%
Steam$1.99-80%
Humble Store$2.24-85%
GamersGate$2.25-85%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at IndieGala Store (2025-09-16) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 157 of 160 observed days · $0.01 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15915920212026Week of 2021-03-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1402026-09-15 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 6 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 14 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 10 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 6 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 9 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
202Apr 2021Aug 2026Apr 2021 — avg 20 · peak 68Jun 2021 — avg 5 · peak 18Aug 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11Oct 2021 — avg 2 · peak 10Dec 2021 — avg 4 · peak 17Feb 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Apr 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2022 — avg 4 · peak 18Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2022 — avg 9 · peak 33Feb 2023 — avg 12 · peak 55Apr 2023 — avg 9 · peak 37Jun 2023 — avg 3 · peak 15Aug 2023 — avg 6 · peak 23Oct 2023 — avg 6 · peak 26Dec 2023 — avg 6 · peak 19Feb 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Apr 2024 — avg 5 · peak 23Jun 2024 — avg 7 · peak 25Aug 2024 — avg 7 · peak 23Oct 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Dec 2024 — avg 5 · peak 19Feb 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Apr 2025 — avg 3 · peak 12Jul 2025 — avg 9 · peak 31Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Nov 2025 — avg 5 · peak 16Jan 2026 — avg 5 · peak 17Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 16May 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2026 — avg 6 · peak 16Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.492021-03-262026-10-142021-03-26 — best price $17.992021-12-22 — best price $15.992022-11-22 — best price $7.992023-03-27 — best price $4.992023-11-21 — best price $4.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-08-01 — best price $19.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-09-12 — best price $2.252025-10-09 — best price $1.492025-11-10 — best price $2.992025-11-28 — best price $14.992025-12-19 — best price $2.252026-01-13 — best price $2.252026-02-02 — best price $1.702026-02-26 — best price $14.992026-03-23 — best price $11.492026-04-13 — best price $1.872026-05-07 — best price $2.242026-05-28 — best price $14.992026-07-06 — best price $2.242026-07-30 — best price $19.992026-08-10 — best price $1.962026-08-18 — best price $2.252026-08-26 — best price $2.242026-09-10 — best price $2.252026-09-18 — best price $1.502026-09-26 — best price $1.962026-10-05 — best price $1.962026-10-13 — best price $1.502026-10-14 — best price $1.50
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
69.5%
earned "Who are they?"
21.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

29 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Thai, Arabic…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-07-30 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)2,82238%26
Steam (Steam)2,47215%25
Xbox One (Xbox)1,93312%25
Switch (Nintendo)2650%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DIndieRetro1990'sCasualCartoonyDifficultFast-PacedOld SchoolPlatformer

Census log

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

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