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Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-08-31 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
46 of the 68 reviews raise this.
“God I don't know where to start with this. I think I would preface the review by saying this is a VERY specific game. Chances are if you are not American, or have lived within the South of America you honestly just…”
“Will forever be one of the greatest narrative experiences ever made. Every single chapter was worth the wait. I can only hope Ben and Jake one day decide to make another game.”
17 of the 68 reviews raise this.
“Go for it only if you can sit through slow-cinema movies — it's not (!) a dopamine race. Visually great work, and it leaves you kinda empty. But it's really slow and there's a lot of reading.”
“I would recommend this game but it isn't for everyone. I really enjoyed the art style and the quirky characters and story.”
“if anyone tells you video games cant be art just tell them to play this game”
10 of the 68 reviews raise this.
“God I don't know where to start with this. I think I would preface the review by saying this is a VERY specific game. Chances are if you are not American, or have lived within the South of America you honestly just…”
“I feel like I can't recommend this game without knowing what you enjoy. It's a point and click adventure that lets the player write their own narrative, with a heavy dose of surrealism. It definitely won't be for…”
“Maybe I am mad. This much is true. But this is not a game. It's a novel. It's not just a novel. It's the 21st Centuries Great American Novel as an interactive narrative. Many people say the choices have no meaning, some…”
7 of the 68 reviews raise this.
“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…”
“Truly a great story with an amazing soundtrack”
18 of the 68 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Go for it only if you can sit through slow-cinema movies — it's not (!) a dopamine race. Visually great work, and it leaves you kinda empty. But it's really slow and there's a lot of reading.”
“Incredibly boring. Just tried for the second time to play this game, but life is too short to waste it on some artsy project disguised as a Point&Click. In all fairness, I only made it until the end of Act I, but that…”
“Respectfully, too boring”
3 of the 68 reviews raise this.
“Incredibly boring. Just tried for the second time to play this game, but life is too short to waste it on some artsy project disguised as a Point&Click. In all fairness, I only made it until the end of Act I, but that…”
Counted across 68 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 80.1% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Over a decade after playing Act 1, I finally finished Act 5 today. Playing KRZ today reminds me of why I felt so excited about games as a medium in the 2010s, where people were creating new and inventive ways to approach interactive entertainment. It also feels so out of step…”
— a player, Steam review · 25 hrs played“8/10 – Took a wrong turn and ended up on a haunted highway with debt, ghosts, and a TV repair wizard. Vibes? Immaculate. Logic? Optional. I came for a delivery, stayed for existential dread and robot jams. Somehow relaxing, somehow devastating. I’m not okay. I loved it. 🛣️👻📺…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“I gave Kentucky Route Zero more than a fair share of chances (giving up in mid-Act IV), however no effort in the world will change the fact that this game simply bears no substance. Quite literally, in the philosophical sense. The game's essence is lack thereof, the player is…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Patch Unity vulnerability
This patches a security issue in the game engine (Unity) on Windows. More information here: https://unity.com/security/sept-2025-01
Mysterious fixes for mysterious bugs
- Fix mysteriously relocating save data on macOS. - Fix mysteriously invisible text. - Fix mysteriously unlit overworld map locations. Mac users: if your save data is currently missing, please check t
You're not dreaming: Kentucky Route Zero now has an "anti-aliasing" option!
We've just published an update to KRZ including the following: - Advanced line rendering. Thin lines are now legible on arbitrarily high-resolution displays. It's future-proof! (We should be so lucky.
Fixes for Windows 7 and 8
This patch fixes an issue on Windows 7 and 8 that could cause a crash, black screen, or a missing cursor. Stay strong, paleo-computers! Your refusal to upgrade in the face of planned obsolescence is a
Patch for Chinese text issues on Windows
This patch works around text rendering problems in both Chinese languages, including some characters disappearing and some appearing garbled, which have come up on some Windows computers. We are still
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Adventure · Atmospheric · Indie · Point & Click · Surreal · Story Rich · Episodic · Great Soundtrack · Narrative · Mystery · Beautiful · Exploration (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Captions available · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese, Arabic, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 24 |
| Official site | http://kentuckyroutezero.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: 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