Kentucky Route Zero

Netflix, Inc.

About this game

Available exclusively for Netflix members.

Unpayable debts. Abandoned futures. Mysterious travelers. Journey down a secret underground highway to find community in this mystical adventure game.

At twilight in Kentucky, as bird songs give way to the choir of frogs and insects, familiar roads become strange. 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 seem a little strange at first but soon become 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; and the invisible power company lurking everywhere and the threadbare communities that struggle against its grip.

Features:

• A complete story. Originally published episodically over a span of years, all five acts and the interludes can now be experienced together.
• A striking visual style that draws from theater, film, experimental electronic art and the history of video games.
• A haunting electronic score and a suite of hymns and bluegrass standards recorded by The Bedquilt Ramblers.

From Cardboard Computer and Annapurna Interactive.

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Ratings and reviews

this is an amazing game, but the lack of a manual or autosave means I am currently repeating a 20 minute scene I've already almost finished twice, just because the window was minimized for a moment on my phone. additionally, once the game has been minimized and then maximized on the screen, it loses all audio. some scenes are so slow moving, and the audio is a necessary part of the game. please fix this because I want to love this game. the story is incredible, the characters feel so real.

I do see a lot of critical reviews, which I think is more because this game is for a certain type of person. It's not really a game so much as a huge interactive story. If you enjoy reading and you're a fast reader, you'll have a huge advantage. Visually, it's minimalistic but also very rich and beautiful. Do play this with good headphones or a speaker. The sound is a huge part of the journey, including ambience and some genuinely touching songs. You will benefit from the screen brightness high

Sad to see the low rating, but I understand why people dislike this game.. KRZ is definitely not for everyone! Much more of an interactive story/stage play than a traditional "game," KRZ leads the player through a melancholic landscape filled with beautiful artwork and moving dialog. Though the setting is otherwordly, the conflicts within the story mirror the horrors of living in modern (at least American) society. This game is slow. The map is difficult to navigate. But it's worth your time.