Is Banjo-Kazooie on Steam?

No. Banjo-Kazooie is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.

What platforms is Banjo-Kazooie on?

Banjo-Kazooie is available on Nintendo 64.

When did Banjo-Kazooie release?

Banjo-Kazooie was first released on June 29, 1998.

Banjo-Kazooie

Jun 29, 1998PlatformQuiz/TriviaAdventureNintendo 64

Banjo-Kazooie — frequently asked questions

Is Banjo-Kazooie on Steam?: No. Banjo-Kazooie is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.
What platforms is Banjo-Kazooie on?: Banjo-Kazooie is available on Nintendo 64.
When did Banjo-Kazooie release?: Banjo-Kazooie was first released on June 29, 1998.

About Banjo-Kazooie

Trouble brews when Gruntilda the witch captures the unbearably beautiful cub, Tooty. But before the grisly hag can steal the bear's good looks, big brother Banjo and his fine-feathered friend, Kazooie, join forces to stop her. Combining their 24 moves and special powers, Banjo and Kazooie will fend off armies of beasts. Bear and bird must hunt down the 100 puzzle pieces and 900 musical notes that will ultimately lead them to Gruntilda. However. miles of swamp, desert, and snow and one bear of an adventure stand in their way.

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Platforms: Nintendo 64
Developer: Rare
Publisher: Nintendo
Game modes: Single player
Themes: Action, Fantasy, Comedy
Series: Banjo & Kazooie

Details via IGDB.

Reception

IGDB rating

82/100

from 371 ratings

Collector value & authenticity

Nintendo 64 · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-22

Loose

$36

Complete

$124

Sealed

$1,249

Other releases and variants

Release	Loose	Complete	Sealed
Not for Resale	$225	—	—
Player's Choice	$35	$180	—
PAL release	$23	$45	$799
PAL release: Player's Choice	$24	$28	$139
Japanese release (Banjo Kazooie)	$11	$31	$300

What it needs to play

OptionalRumble Pak — supported (game manual).

How often it sells

Loose: about 2 times a day
Complete: about once a day
Sealed: about 5 times a year

Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-22.

Price over time

Loose
Complete

A loose copy sold for about $12.45 in Jan 2007, $30 five years ago, and $31 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2007	$12.45	—
Jan 2008	$9.00	—
Jan 2009	$14.00	—
Jan 2010	$9.99	—
Jan 2011	$9.99	—
Jan 2012	$8.87	—
Jan 2013	$17.14	—
Jan 2014	$16.44	$35
Jan 2015	$18.80	$37
Jan 2016	$18.24	$41
Jan 2017	$18.00	$48
Jan 2018	$18.61	$41
Jan 2019	$20	$52
Jan 2020	$27	$76
Jan 2021	$28	$90
Jan 2022	$30	$129
Jan 2023	$33	$110
Jan 2024	$23	$100
Jan 2025	$31	$93
Jan 2026	$32	$117
Oct 2026	$31	$130

Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.

Release record

Territory	Date	Cartridge serial	Known board
North America	29 June 1998	NUS-NBKE-USA	NUS-01A-02
Europe / PAL	17 July 1998	NUS-NBKP-AUS / NUS-NBKP-EUR	NUS-01A-02
Japan	6 December 1998	NUS-NBKJ-JPN	NUS-01A-02

Source: Serials and board numbers: MAME's Nintendo 64 software list (read from dumped cartridges); serials cross-checked against the No-Intro serial records in the libretro database and, for North American carts, gameverifying's N64 board list, and published only where two of them agree

Region: NA+EU+JP
Released: 1998
Authenticity: Med

Modern re-releases, such as Nintendo Switch Online, are not tracked hereMedium counterfeit risk

Nintendo 64 prices, all games & how to spot a fake

A big, generous collect-a-thon platformer and one of the Nintendo 64 games most worth owning on cartridge.

Banjo-Kazooie is a 1998 platformer from Rare, published by Nintendo, in which a bear and a bird travel through nine nonlinear worlds gathering items to rescue Banjo's kidnapped sister from the witch Gruntilda. It came out in North America in June 1998, in the PAL regions the following month and in Japan that December.

Rare started the project as a role-playing game for the Super Nintendo, then moved it to the N64 and rebuilt it as a platformer with a team of fifteen led by Gregg Mayles. The finished game sold more than three million copies.

What the press said at the time

Next Generation Issue 43

July 1998

4 out of 5 stars

“Rare must be commended for taking the genre to a new level and delivering an impressive platformer that engulfs players in a Disney-esque cartoon world and makes simple exploration a joy. Two years ago Super Mario 64 set a new standard. Rare's Banjo-Kazooie just raised it.”
— Next Generation, July 1998

“Banjo-Kazooie outshines Mario only in terms of looks. It's still a brilliant, brilliant game, though — certainly the best of '98 until Ze/da comes to town.”
— N64 Magazine, August 1998

“While the gameplay engine feels "lifted" from Super Mario 64 (and the game may be dismissed by some as a mere clone), the technique and teamwork between the two characters quickly grow on you.”
— GamePro, September 1997

“The music is as sickeningly sweet and catchy as in many of Nintendo’s more memorable titles. … Like Mario 64, Banjo’s gameplay is the best that can be had.”
— GameFan, June 1998

Next Generation rated games from one star ("Bad: crucially flawed in design or application") to five ("Revolutionary"); three stars meant "Good: a solid and competitive example of an established game style."

Before you buy

This is a Med-tier cart for fakes: ask for a photo of the circuit board, which is the reliable test, because a cart that boots proves nothing. The US release sits above the library median on price. A Player's Choice copy sells for about the same loose as the original, while Not for Resale demo carts are far dearer and there is no published way to spot a fake one, so buy those graded or with a board photo. PAL copies cost much less than US ones and Japanese copies less still. The Rumble Pak is optional. Complete copies cost several times the loose price, and sealed copies cost many times more.