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Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition on Steam

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KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway running through the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it.

Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition is a adventure, atmospheric and indie game developed and published by Cardboard Computer.
Released on February 22nd 2013 is available on Windows, MacOS, Linux, Steam Deck and Steam Machine.

It has received 4,158 reviews of which 3,346 were positive and 812 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.8 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 22.99€ on Steam.


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Windows
  • OS:Windows
  • Processor:1 GHz
  • Memory:512 MB RAM
  • Graphics:Directx 9.0c compatible video card
  • DirectX®:9.0c
  • Hard Drive:2.5GB HD space
  • Sound:Sound card
MacOS
  • OS:OSX
  • Processor:1 GHz CPU
  • Memory:512 MB RAM
  • Graphics:OpenGL 3.0+ compatible video card
  • Hard Drive:2.5GB HD space
  • Sound:Sound card
Linux
  • Processor:1 GHz CPU
  • Memory:512 MB RAM
  • Graphics:OpenGL 3.0+ compatible video card
  • Hard Drive:2.5GB HD space
  • Sound:Sound card

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8 hours played
Sept. 2026
The Great American Novel but is a video game. Hardly a "game", hardly even a "story" this may best be described as a digital art exhibition that rumbles on from stop to stop like the roadtrip that frames it. The atmosphere is nicely dreary and melancholic, the characters are *somehow* likeable and it felt like I got to know them in some dense and intimate moments. Recommendation for artsy types who like Cormac McCarthy and Jim Jarmusch and Kurt Vonnegut.
9 hours played
Aug. 2026
A dissolution of the boundary between life and death until the boundary stops to matter and grief and melancholy come alone. The ghosts are everywhere, either in the form of people, places, or memories, lingering without belonging anywhere. I started to feel as though nothing has ever been alive here after playing the first 10 minutes. Its cinematic composition is remarkably strong. Pauses, framing, and transitions create an emotional space that only an art game can hold. I see the game's artistic vision far beyond video games. I recalled Rulfo's Pedro Paramo, Woolf's The Waves, Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, the cinema of Tarkovsky, and the plays of Beckett, all shaping how a game can create its specific streams of fragmented consciousness. My favorite parts are the four interludes between acts. They linger on invisibility rather than an intermission. Still, one can argue an intermission also deepens the game's emotional register, a dispersal across an entire landscape of people, places, and histories.
16 hours played
May 2026
An absolute masterpiece. Not only one of my favorite games ever, but maybe one of the pieces of art in general that has touched me the most. Kentucky Route Zero is a game that still feels incredibly bold more than 10 years after the first chapter came out, and I think it will forever be regarded this way. I think the best way to describe this game is the creators' famous quote, which describes Kentucky Route Zero as an experience more akin to theatre than to a game. This is a game about exploration, but not in the traditional sense. In this game, the exploration mostly happens in the text; you are trying to understand the underlying impossible logic of this world, who these people are, what the zero is, or what this place is. You have very little agency as a player, but instead, you will experience and be submerged in the daring vision of the developers and this fantastical world. So if this sounds appealing, and you don't mind doing a lot of reading, buy it right now. Like any good magical-realism tale, the game requires you to accept the fantastical elements at face value, but more importantly, even with these elements that defy traditional logic, the world of Kentucky Route Zero still has a cohesive set of rules for how this surreal story and world operate, what people's motives are, and what your goal is. And to me, that was the fun, understanding this endlessly inventive story while experiencing what I consider to be maybe the best writing I've seen in a game, ever. Kentucky Route Zero is special.
14 hours played
May 2026
It's funny how a chance perspective can alter your perception of something you seem to be bored by at first. I'm glad that I caught that chance. Zero's surrealism could throw you off, but once you feel through its dreamy slow-paced journey you might consider using it as a before-bed-time digital substance.
26 hours played
March 2026
it's like starting to read a classic latinoamericana novel from the middle and spending the whole evening doing so, the day leads you to a dream that contains a deeply internal revelation.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition is currently priced at 22.99€ on Steam.

No, Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 22.99€ on Steam.

Yes, Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition received 3,346 positive votes out of a total of 4,158 achieving a rating of 7.80.
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Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition was developed and published by Cardboard Computer.

Yes, Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Yes, Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Yes, Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Yes, Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition is playable and fully supported on Steam Deck.

Yes, Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition is playable and fully supported on Steam Machine.

No, Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition does not support VR.

Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition is a single-player game.

No, Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition does not currently offer any DLC.

No, Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Yes, Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition supports Remote Play on TV. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

Yes, Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition.

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Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition PEGI 12
Rating
7.8
3,346
812
Game modes
Features
Online players
4
Developer
Cardboard Computer
Publisher
Cardboard Computer
Release 22 Feb 2013
Platforms
Remote Play