Release OrderRecommended
0 / 5 playedEvery game in release order. Recommended for first time players since jokes and moves carry forward.
N64 classics
- 1 Banjo-Kazooie Spiral Mountain and Gruntilda's Lair. Play the Xbox or Switch version.
- 2 Banjo-Tooie Isle O Hags sequel with linked worlds and backtracking.
Handhelds
- 3 Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge Interquel set after the first game. Isometric platformer on GBA.
- 4 Banjo-Pilot Plane racing spinoff. No story impact.
Xbox era
- 5 Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Vehicle building contest under the Lord of Games. Latest new game.
Story Order
0 / 5 playedThe same games in story order. Only Grunty's Revenge moves, since it is set two months after Banjo-Kazooie.
- 1 Banjo-Kazooie Tooty rescue and Gruntilda buried under a boulder.
- 2 Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge Mecha Grunty time travel plot. Leads into Tooie.
- 3 Banjo-Tooie Gruntilda revived as a skeleton on the Isle O Hags.
- 4 Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Eight years later in Showdown Town. Story finale so far.
- 5 Banjo-Pilot Non canon racing spinoff. Play any time.
About Banjo-Kazooie
This Banjo-Kazooie play order starts with release order, which is the simplest path through the bear and bird games. A second list uses story order, which moves the time travel interquel Grunty's Revenge between the first two console games.
Good to know
Nuts and Bolts from 2008 remains the latest new game, with later releases limited to ports like the Switch Online versions and a 2026 Evercade port. No sequel has been announced, so the series is listed as completed.
