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Kentucky Route Zero

2013 80 / 100 Adventure Indie Point-and-click
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 ski Show full summary

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 and Tamas Kemenczy). The game's soundtrack features an original electronic score by Ben Babbitt along with a suite of old hymns & bluegrass standards recorded by The Bedquilt Ramblers.

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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 and Tamas Kemenczy). The game's soundtrack features an original electronic score by Ben Babbitt along with a suite of old hymns & bluegrass standards recorded by The Bedquilt Ramblers.

ExperienceChoices GenreAdventure GenreIndie GenrePoint-and-click ThemeDrama ThemeThriller
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Studio & publishing

Developer
Cardboard Computer
Publisher
Cardboard Computer, Netflix
Franchise
Standalone
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So spielt es sich

Spielprofil

Modi
Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric, Side view
Themes
Drama, Thriller
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

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

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