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Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition cover art

Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition

Cardboard Computer · 2013-02-22

SteamGOGAmazon

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Side view

Releases: Jan 07, 2013 (Mac), Jan 07, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 13, 2022 (iOS), Dec 13, 2022 (Android), Jan 07, 2013 (Linux)

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 an Adventure and Indie game released in 2013, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (80% of 4460 reviews).

6
playing now
80%
positive of 4.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (94 ratings)
12h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Kentucky Route Zero is a 2013–2020 point-and-click adventure interactive fiction game developed by Cardboard Computer and published by Annapurna Interactive. The game follows the narrative of a truck driver named Conway and the strange people he meets as he tries to cross the mysterious Route Zero in Kentucky to make a final delivery for the antiques company he works for.

Trailer

Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition trailer thumbnail

Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition — The Final Act

≈432,499 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 151 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~19/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 178k–357k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,460 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2018-09-17) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 4 of 55 observed days · $17.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
818120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2022026-09-14 22:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 6 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 6 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 10 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 13 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 9 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 10 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 16 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 12 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 12 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 11 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
772Feb 2013Aug 2026Feb 2013 — avg 7 · peak 61Jul 2013 — avg 21 · peak 231Dec 2013 — avg 9 · peak 39May 2014 — avg 36 · peak 171Oct 2014 — avg 10 · peak 30Mar 2015 — avg 9 · peak 26Aug 2015 — avg 4 · peak 15Jan 2016 — avg 9 · peak 27Jun 2016 — avg 5 · peak 20Nov 2016 — avg 10 · peak 29Apr 2017 — avg 6 · peak 17Sep 2017 — avg 7 · peak 24Feb 2018 — avg 9 · peak 30Jul 2018 — avg 8 · peak 25Dec 2018 — avg 8 · peak 22May 2019 — avg 4 · peak 11Oct 2019 — avg 5 · peak 12Mar 2020 — avg 33 · peak 92Aug 2020 — avg 11 · peak 31Jan 2021 — avg 27 · peak 83Jun 2021 — avg 10 · peak 34Nov 2021 — avg 8 · peak 24Apr 2022 — avg 10 · peak 31Sep 2022 — avg 6 · peak 20Feb 2023 — avg 6 · peak 18Jul 2023 — avg 8 · peak 24Dec 2023 — avg 9 · peak 27May 2024 — avg 8 · peak 21Oct 2024 — avg 6 · peak 21Mar 2025 — avg 7 · peak 18Aug 2025 — avg 7 · peak 17Jan 2026 — avg 8 · peak 23Jun 2026 — avg 6 · peak 22Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 15
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$7.492015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $14.992015-05-25 — best price $24.992015-06-17 — best price $12.492015-08-31 — best price $17.492015-12-08 — best price $24.992016-02-01 — best price $24.992016-07-04 — best price $24.992016-10-28 — best price $12.492017-01-02 — best price $24.992017-06-21 — best price $24.992017-10-02 — best price $12.492018-01-01 — best price $24.992018-09-13 — best price $19.392018-11-21 — best price $12.492019-05-10 — best price $12.492019-11-01 — best price $24.992020-01-02 — best price $24.992020-07-09 — best price $24.992021-03-26 — best price $17.492021-07-08 — best price $24.992021-11-24 — best price $17.492022-04-04 — best price $14.992023-01-05 — best price $24.992023-08-22 — best price $7.492023-12-21 — best price $12.492024-04-18 — best price $24.992025-01-02 — best price $24.992025-10-06 — best price $24.992026-07-09 — best price $24.992026-09-05 — best price $24.992026-09-13 — best price $24.992026-09-21 — best price $24.992026-09-29 — best price $24.992026-10-07 — best price $24.992026-10-14 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2801142026-05-31 — 188 pageviews2026-06-04 — 160 pageviews2026-06-08 — 200 pageviews2026-06-12 — 131 pageviews2026-06-16 — 144 pageviews2026-06-20 — 129 pageviews2026-06-24 — 171 pageviews2026-06-28 — 199 pageviews2026-07-02 — 207 pageviews2026-07-06 — 146 pageviews2026-07-10 — 134 pageviews2026-07-14 — 146 pageviews2026-07-18 — 141 pageviews2026-07-22 — 138 pageviews2026-07-26 — 176 pageviews2026-07-30 — 139 pageviews2026-08-03 — 226 pageviews2026-08-07 — 140 pageviews2026-08-11 — 154 pageviews2026-08-15 — 188 pageviews2026-08-19 — 168 pageviews2026-08-23 — 162 pageviews2026-08-27 — 147 pageviews2026-08-31 — 163 pageviews2026-09-04 — 144 pageviews2026-09-08 — 170 pageviews2026-09-12 — 140 pageviews2026-09-16 — 174 pageviews2026-09-20 — 170 pageviews2026-09-24 — 220 pageviews2026-09-28 — 234 pageviews2026-10-02 — 171 pageviews2026-10-06 — 205 pageviews2026-10-10 — 280 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
31%
earned "I bet a dog will eat it"
5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCaptions availableSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

17 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese, Arabic, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil…

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

IndieMysterySurrealEpisodicAdventureBeautifulNarrativeStory RichAtmosphericExploration

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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