Kentucky Route Zero
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
At twilight in Kentucky, as bird songs give way to the choir of frogs and insects, familiar roads become strange, and it's easy to get lost. Those who are already lost may find their way to a secret highway winding through underground caves. The people who live and work along this highway are themselves a little strange at first, but soon seem familiar: the aging driver making the last delivery for a doomed antique shop; the young woman who fixes obsolete TVs surrounded by ghosts; the child and his giant eagle companion; the robot musicians; the invisible power company lurking everywhere, and the threadbare communities who struggle against its grip.
KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO is a magical realist adventure game in five acts, featuring a haunting electronic score, and a suite of hymns and bluegrass standards recorded by The Bedquilt Ramblers. Rendered in a striking visual style that draws as much from theater, film, and experimental electronic art as it does from the history of videogames, this is a story of unpayable debts, abandoned futures, and the human drive to find community.
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Visit us at: kentuckyroutezero.com or cardboardcomputer.com
Status | In development |
Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
Rating | Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars (172 total ratings) |
Author | cardboardcomputer |
Genre | Adventure |
Tags | caves, haunty-tonk, kentucky, Magical Realism |
Average session | A few hours |
Languages | English |
Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse, Gamepad (any) |
Links | Steam, Homepage |
Mentions | itch.io digest July 2016, Kentucky Route Zero is Half-off and All-..., itch.io year in review 2017, Screenshot |
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $25 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Development log
- Postmodern UpdateAug 17, 2023