Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition
Kentucky Route Zero is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway in the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it. Gameplay is inspired by point-and-click adventure games (like the classic Monkey Island or King's Quest series, or more recently Telltale's Walking Dead series), but focused on characterization, atmosphere and storytelling rather than clever puzzles or challenges of skill.
The game is developed by Cardboard Computer (Jake Elliott, Tamas Kemenczy, and Ben Babbitt), and features an original electronic score by Ben Babbitt along with a suite of old hymns & bluegrass standards recorded by The Bedquilt Ramblers.
60Wit Score
Details
DeveloperCardboard Computer
PublisherAnnapurna Interactive
ReleasedJanuary 28, 2020
StatusReleased
Genres
Themes
Platforms
Modes
Wit-Index Intelligence
Community Score
Mixed Reception60/100
About This Game
An aging delivery driver named Conway embarks on what should be his final job: transporting an antique to a remote Kentucky address that refuses to materialize on any map. Accompanied only by his dog, he navigates the backroads near Interstate 65 until desperation leads him to a ramshackle gas station, where an enigmatic attendant reveals the unsettling truth—the destination lies accessible only through Route Zero, a legendary highway existing outside the ordinary world. What follows is a surreal descent into the forgotten margins of the American South, where the line between reality and dream grows increasingly blurred as Conway traces the mysterious road toward his unknown destiny.