ActionAdventureCasual
Kao the Kangaroo
Give it 5 hours
Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 83% of owners
Steam reviews 77% positive of 1,200
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (36%); after 7h it's 1 in 6 (18%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- 83% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 1,208 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 8.7h for positive, 5.4h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (82.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (26)
- Warm up Complete a tutorial with Walt 100%
- Out of Bubblegum Find and defeat the Terror 56%
- Fatality Defeat 5 enemies at once with finisher 40%
- Another day in the office Defeat the Jayabaya 35%
- Reborn Defeat the Oldest One 28%
- Find'em All Collect all Kaopedia entries about Foes 26%
- ...And lived happily ever after Finish the game 26%
- Reunited Beat the Eternal Warrior 26%
- Mystery of the Volcano Wear an outfit from Kao 3 19%
- Master Key Collect All Eternal Runes 17%
- Flawless Victory Defeat one of the Bosses without receiving any damage 17%
- Health Insurance Have 20 lives in total 17%
- KAO! Collect KAO letters on all Levels 11%
- Healty Unlock all extra heart slots 11%
- Between Worlds Find and complete all of the Eternal Wells 9.8%
- Island Runner Complete Waterfall Islands (Easy Mode) 6.2%
- The Floor is Lava Complete Volcano Peaks (Easy Mode) 5.5%
- Night Vision Complete Forsaken Monastery (Easy Mode) 5.3%
- A New Perspective Complete Twisted Hideout (Easy Mode) 5.2%
- Royal Nap Defeat the Crab King 4.9%
- Island Sprinter Complete Waterfall Islands (Hard Mode) 4.6%
- Familiar Face Find the Frozen Pirate from Kao 2 4.3%
- Volcano Rush Complete Volcano Peaks (Hard Mode) 4.3%
- Knock-to-Vision Complete Forsaken Monastery (Hard Mode) 4.2%
- Perspective Shift Complete Twisted Hideout (Hard Mode) 4.2%
- Diamond Fever Collect every diamond in the Bend the Roo'les 4.1%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.