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Kaze and the Wild Masks
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.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “tight, varied platforming” (49 of 81 reviews) and “challenging but fair levels” (21); the most common complaint is “abrupt, punishing difficulty spikes” (8). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.
What reviewers agree on
49 of the 81 reviews raise this.
21 of the 81 reviews raise this.
19 of the 81 reviews raise this.
18 of the 81 reviews raise this.
13 of the 81 reviews raise this.
8 of the 81 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“This is an awesome platformer with a lot of charm! There is varied gameplay, collectables, and tons of replay value. Many levels have masks for Kaze to become a different playable animal with completely different…”
“Super fun platformer that feels like it was designed for speedrunning. The transformations do a good job at mixing things up and are a joy to play as. I never felt like I was fighting the controls. The difficulty curve…”
7 of the 81 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Pretty solid old-school platformer that just gets a bit too tedious in the 2nd half. = The Good = - The level and character pixel art is great and well animated. - Very old-school in the figure-it-out-as-you-go sort of…”
5 of the 81 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Easy recommendation from me. It feels like budget Rayman with a tiny bit of Cuphead thrown in. It’s worth the price and could be even better with some polish. Great visuals but movement feels sluggy. Great control makes…”
5 of the 81 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Pretty solid old-school platformer that just gets a bit too tedious in the 2nd half. = The Good = - The level and character pixel art is great and well animated. - Very old-school in the figure-it-out-as-you-go sort of…”
5 of the 81 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
Counted across 81 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 93.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-14
“Hey kids, do you love the Donkey Kong Country series? Shut up! Of course you do! Let me tell you about this little game called Kaze and the Wild Masks. It’s pretty obvious what this game is going for. The moment you start playing, you can feel the inspiration from classic…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“Quem ama Donkey Kong Country PRECISA jogar esse jogo! Muito bom!”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“I'm probably being too hard on Kaze but it really got on my nerves by the time I was done with it. I grew up with the DKC games, I loved them, especially DKC 2, and I should be the target audience for this one. It emulates (or should we be saying rips-off?) the main control…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-21.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Update notes v2.5.2
This one is a small patch update where we mainly focused on adding a new option to perform the stomp as some players were requesting that for their runs! Implemented option to bing Air Smash command t
Update notes v2.4.2
Adjusted air smash input when using a controller to be triggered only when no horizontal inputs are detected. Adjusted contrast in Thorns textures for better visibility. Adjusted small visual details
Update notes v2.3.3
Improved load management of music files, to prevent scenarios where music could not play. Fixed an issue where the Slippery carrot in Stage Sliding Salad could appear from nowhere in some situations.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | 1990's · Old School · 2D · Cartoony · Family Friendly · Casual · Precision Platformer · Difficult · Pixel Graphics · Retro · Indie · 2D Platformer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Thai, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Korean, Norweg… |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 25 |
| Official site | https://www.soedesco.com/kaze/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or newer Processor: Intel Core i3 M380 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD 5000 DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 600 MB available space