Released Feb 22, 2013 $24.99 Very Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition

By Cardboard Computer

Adventure Atmospheric Point & Click Indie Surreal Story RichEpisodicGreat SoundtrackNarrativeMysteryBeautifulExploration

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Reviews 3,268 Very Positive

Players yesterday 4 at the busiest moment

Owners 200K–500K estimated

Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition is a game tagged Adventure, Atmospheric and Point & Click by Cardboard Computer, released Feb 22, 2013. It has 3,268 Steam reviews (Very Positive). It has an estimated 200K–500K owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Shadows on the Vatican - Act I: Greed, Beckett and Empathy: Path of Whispers.

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.

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Steam data

Everything Steam lists for Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition · record updated 15 hours ago

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Overview

App ID231200

Release dateFeb 22, 2013

Last change number39323160

Last record update15 hours ago

App type: Game
Developer: Cardboard Computer
Publisher: Cardboard Computer
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Technologies: Unity detected
Metacritic: 81
Website: kentuckyroutezero.com

Language	Interface	Subtitles
English	Yes	Yes
French	Yes	Yes
Italian	Yes	Yes
German	Yes	Yes
Spanish - Spain	Yes	Yes
Russian	Yes	Yes
Spanish - Latin America	Yes	Yes
Japanese	Yes	Yes

All 17 languages

Language	Interface	Subtitles
Arabic	Yes	Yes
Korean	Yes	Yes
Polish	Yes	Yes
Portuguese - Brazil	Yes	Yes
Simplified Chinese	Yes	Yes
Swedish	Yes	Yes
Thai	Yes	Yes
Traditional Chinese	Yes	Yes
Turkish	Yes	Yes

Windows macOS Linux 64-bit

Steam Deck: Verified
Controller: Full support

Single-playerSteam AchievementsCaptions availableSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily SharingFull controller support

Prices

Price · US$24.99

On sale0 of 41regions right now

Lowest seen · US$24.99Oct 26, 2026

Checked20 hours agoin 41 regions

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Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
20345432	public	Oct 11, 2025
12053059	testing-public	Aug 28, 2023

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Games	Price (US)
19296	Kentucky Route Zero - Season Pass	1	$24.99
59156 Bundle	Blippo+ & Kentucky Route Zero Bundle	2	$35.98

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
228990	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
231203	—	Windows	2.12 GB	1.47 GB	7793322392917594520
231204	—	macOS	2.29 GB	1.50 GB	3397139025734352966
231205	—	Linux	2.75 GB	1.48 GB	8677251854186205997

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	20345432	Oct 11, 2025	Open
testing-public	12053059	Aug 28, 2023	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/KentuckyRouteZero

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
KentuckyRouteZero.exe		Windows	Launch
KentuckyRouteZero.app		macOS	Launch
KentuckyRouteZero.x86		Linux · 32-bit	Launch
KentuckyRouteZero.x86_64		Linux · 64-bit	Launch
KentuckyRouteZero.exe	-force-opengl	Windows	Play with OpenGL (black screen fix)

Space per player9.5 MB

Filesup to 100

Save locations3

Root	Path	Pattern	Systems
WinAppDataLocalLow	CardboardComputer/KentuckyRouteZero	save.krz	All
WinAppDataLocalLow	CardboardComputer/KentuckyRouteZero	save-1.krz	All
WinAppDataLocalLow	CardboardComputer/KentuckyRouteZero	save-2.krz	All