Series

Donkey Kong Country

29 games · 1994–2025

The whole series

Timeline 29

Games: 29; 1 remake or remaster
Span: 1994–2025; 32 years
Average score: 75; IGDB, released games
Highest rated: 85; Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Next up: TBA; Shadow Spotter

Releases by year

ReleasedStill to come

1990s
9 games · best: Donkey Kong Country 83
1994
Series debut
November 18, 1994
Donkey Kong Country
Rare · Platform
83IGDB
Donkey Kong Country is a side scrolling platformer by British developers Rare in 1994. It featured revolutionary pre-rendered 3D graphics that give the game a very unique look compared to most other games on consoles at the time. The two playable characters featured in the game are the titular character, Donkey Kong and his nephew, Diddy Kong. Together the two swing, climb, jump, swim, cartwheel, ride animals, and…
- Wii U
- Wii
- SNES
- New Nintendo 3DS
- Super Famicom
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1995
1995
June 26, 1995
Donkey Kong Land
Rare · Platform · Adventure
70IGDB
Donkey Kong Land is a Jump & Run classic, developed by Rareware and released by Nintendo for the Game Boy in June 1995. Cranky Kong, jealous of all the success Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong have had from Donkey Kong Country on the…
- 3DS
- Game Boy
November 21, 1995
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Rare · Platform
80IGDB
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest is the sequel to Donkey Kong Country. It was developed by Rare and is one of the best selling Super Nintendo games.
- Wii U
- Wii
- SNES
- New Nintendo 3DS
- +1
1996
1996
November 18, 1996
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
Rare · Platform
75IGDB
Monkey Mayhem Lives On! Kiddy Kong is a portly primate toddler with incredible power and agility! He teams up with Dixie Kong to stop the ever-present army of Kremlings. The game play and ACM graphics just keep getting better in…
- Wii U
- Wii
- SNES
- New Nintendo 3DS
- +1
1997
1997
November 21, 1997
Diddy Kong Racing
Rare · Racing
65IGDB
Diddy Kong Racing is set on Timber's Island and revolves around Diddy Kong and his friends' attempt to defeat the intergalactic antagonist, a wizarding pig named Wizpig, through winning a series of races. The player can take…
- Nintendo 64
1999
1999
November 22, 1999
Donkey Kong 64
Rare · Platform · Adventure
74IGDB
K. Rool has kidnapped the Kongs! Can Donkey Kong rescue his friends, reclaim the Golden Bananas and save his homeland from certain doom? Take out some Kremlings with Chunky's Pineapple Launcher or Lanky's Trombone. Float through…
- Wii U
- Nintendo 64
1999
Donkey Konk
POP Multimedia
Delisted
Donkey Konk was an online Donkey Kong 64-themed Shockwave game published for Camp Hyrule, also released on the official Donkey Kong 64 website.
- Browser
1999
Donkey Kong 64 Lore Quiz
Rare · Quiz/Trivia
Delisted
Donkey Kong 64 Lore Quiz was an Adobe Shockwave quiz game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo in order to promote the release of Donkey Kong 64 on the Nintendo 64.
- Browser
1999
Kremling Krunch Game
POP Multimedia
Delisted
- Browser
2000s
13 games · best: Donkey Kong Jungle Beat 73
2000
2000
2000
Kremling Krushin
Nintendo
Delisted
Kremling Krushin was an online Flash game released to promote the Game Boy Color release of Donkey Kong Country. It could be played on the game's official website, which is currently no longer in use by Nintendo.
- Browser
2000
Who Wants to Win a Banana Hoard?
Nintendo · Quiz/Trivia
Delisted
- Browser
2 years without a new game
2003
2003
June 6, 2003
Donkey Kong Country
Rare · Platform · Adventure
79IGDBExpanded edition
An expanded port of the original Donkey Kong Country for the SNES. Includes extra collectables, remixed/remastered music and sound design, and additional game modes and minigames.
- GBA
December 12, 2003
Donkey Konga
Namco · Music
66IGDB
Donkey Konga is a GameCube rhythm video game starring the ape Donkey Kong, developed by Namco and published by Nintendo. Instead of the standard GameCube controllers, the game is intended to be played with a special controller…
- GameCube
2003
Donkey Kong Country: Barrel Maze
Skyworks Technologies
Delisted
Donkey Kong Country: Barrel Maze, or Donkey Kong Barrel Maze, is a browser game developed by Skyworks Interactive (formerly Skyworks Technologies) and published on their website, Candystand.com, under Nintendo's endorsement. It…
- Browser
2004
2004
June 25, 2004
Donkey Kong Country 2
Rare · Platform
76IGDBExpanded edition
Donkey Kong Country 2 is a remake of the SNES game Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. It is the second game in the series of remakes of the original Country trilogy for the Game Boy Advance.
- GBA
December 16, 2004
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
Nintendo EAD Tokyo Software Development Group No.1 · Platform
73IGDB
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat is a Nintendo GameCube video game featuring the ape Donkey Kong and played with the DK Bongos. It was released in Japan on December 16, 2004, in Europe on February 4, 2005, in North America on March 14…
- GameCube
Jungle Jumble
2004
Jungle Jumble
LunchMakers
Delisted
- Browser
2004
Banana Barrage
LunchMakers · Arcade
Delisted
- Browser
2005
2005
February 4, 2005
DK: King of Swing
Paon · Platform · Puzzle
68IGDB
The normally quiet jungle is abuzz with excitement, because it's time for the ceremony to choose the king of the jungle! Or at least it would be if King K. Rool hadn't stolen the special medallion meant for the winner. Donkey…
- Wii U
- GBA
November 1, 2005
Donkey Kong Country 3
Rare · Platform
75IGDBExpanded edition
Donkey Kong Country 3 is the Game Boy Advance version of the SNES game "Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!". Although being developed as a port, the game has a different soundtrack composed by the veteran of the…
- GBA
2005
Barrel-Blastapalooza
Nintendo
Delisted
Barrel-Blastapalooza was an online Flash advergame hosted on the now defunct Donkey Kong Country official website, as well as in the Nintendo Arcade section of nintendo.com. It promoted the Game Boy Advance release of Donkey Kong…
- Browser
2007
2007
June 28, 2007
Donkey Kong Barrel Blast
Paon · Racing
48IGDB
Donkey Kong Barrel Blast is a racing game where the player can handle the selected character using the Wii Remote and Nunchuk, replacing the DK Bongos that initially were to be used. To speed the player must shake the Wii Remote…
- Wii
2 years without a new game
2010s
2 games · best: Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze 85
2010
2010
November 21, 2010
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Retro Studios · Platform
84IGDB
Under the influence of a group of evil Tikis, the animals of Donkey Kong Island have raided Donkey Kong's banana hoard and stolen his stash of bananas - and being an ape of large appetites he understandably wants them back. Good…
- Wii U
- Wii
Remade in 2025
3 years without a new game
2014
Highest rated
February 13, 2014
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Retro Studios · Platform
85IGDB
All the challenging ground-pounding, barrel-blasting, side-scrolling mine cart action from the Donkey Kong Country series is back along with a bushel of new game-play elements and features. And now, there are four playable characters! Dixie Kong is back to join the adventure as a playable character alongside Diddy Kong, and for the first time in Donkey Kong Country, bearded old hero Cranky Kong joins the adventure…
- Wii U
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10 years without a new game
2020s
1 game · 1 remake · best: Donkey Kong Country Returns HD 80
2025
Latest release
January 16, 2025
Donkey Kong Country Returns HD
Forever Entertainment S.A. · Platform
80IGDBRemaster
Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong are back for some ground-pounding action in this HD version of Donkey Kong Country Returns, originally released on the Wii system. Play solo, or with a buddy in local two-player co-op, in an adventure brimming with hijinks where you can stomp obstacles, send mine carts careening, fly high on rocket barrels and even hitch a ride on Rambi the Rhino. Experience 80 a-peel-ing levels, including…
- Switch 2
- Switch
Remaster of Donkey Kong Country Returns (2010)
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Coming up
1 game
TBA
Next up
Not dated yet
Shadow Spotter
Nintendo · Puzzle
Shadow Spotter is a game on the Nintendo Kids Club website.
- Browser
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Never released
3 games · best: Donkey Kong Racing 87
Cancelled
Cancelled
Never released
Donkey Kong Racing
Rare · Racing
87IGDBCancelled
Donkey Kong Racing is another canceled game, this one focusing on Donkey Kong instead of Diddy Kong. It would feature new Animal Friends such as a gigantic Rambi and a purple Enguarde. It was seen at E3 2001. After the buyout of…
- GameCube
Never released
DK Bongo Blast
Nintendo · Racing
Cancelled
A Donkey Kong racing game that would have used the DK Bongos. Was reworked for the Wii as Donkey Kong Barrel Blast, replacing the bongo controls with motion controls.
- GameCube
Never released
Donkey Kong Country
Rare · Platform
Cancelled
The developers at Rare intended to develop a Donkey Kong Country game for the Virtual Boy, but it was cancelled. The development went only as far as simple platforming stage which was made using Donkey Kong Land's graphics and…
- Virtual Boy

Donkey Kong Country

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1990s

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2020s

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