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|image = KRZ.png
|developer = [[Cardboard Computer]]
|publisher = Cardboard Computer (PC), <br> [[Annapurna Interactive]] (Console)|designer = [[Jake Elliott]], <br> [[Tamas Kemenczy]]
|composer = [[Ben Babbitt]]
|engine = [[wikipedia:Unity (game engine)|Unity]]
|platform = Windows, macOS, Linux<br /><small>Future: Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4</small>|rating = <small><sup>NA </sup></small>[[wikipedia:Entertainment Software Rating Board|ESRB]]: <abbr title="Teen">T</abbr> <br> <small><sup>EU </sup></small>[[wikipedia:Pan European Game Information|PEGI]]: 12 <br> <small><sup>AU </sup></small>[[wikipedia:Australian Classification Board|ACB]]: <abbr title="Parental Guidance">PG</abbr>
|release = 2013–2020 ({{anchor|Release|info}})
}}
[[File:Apologies.png|thumb|right|Players choose between different dialogue options.]]
''Kentucky Route Zero'' is a point-and-click adventure game. Players are able to control Conway (and other characters) by clicking on the screen, either to guide him them to a location or interact with other characters and objects. The game focuses on storytelling and atmosphere and does not feature puzzles or challenges like those commonly found in common to other games in the genre. Players are able to choose characters' dialogue during in-game, text-based conversations. These choices do not impact the storyline or serve to direct a branching narrative; rather, they rather influence the poetic dialogue of characters later on, affect aspects of stories that are told to the player, or change which characters may be encountered.
== Release ==
After the tour, Doolittle tells them how to repair XANADU, shows them the adding machine which calculates interest, and tells Conway he is hired, offering him a "shift drink" to mark the occasion. Conway, in a daze, is unable to refuse and takes a sip of alcohol. As Shannon insists they must leave, Doolittle reminds them that Conway is now in debt for taking both the alcohol and his time, and will start the next day, as the scene blurs and fades to black.
Back in the Bureau, the group stands silhouetted in front of Conway's truck, mulling over what's to come next. A tugboat arrives, and ; as it pulls into view, a horn blares, revealing a gigantic, trumpeting wooly mammoth.
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== Reception ==
''Kentucky Route Zero'' has been well-received by critics. It won the award for Excellence in Visual Art at the [[wikipedia:Independent Games Festival|Independent Games Festival]] in 2013, with additional nominations for Excellence in Audio, Excellence in Narrative, and the Seumas McNally Grand Prize.<ref>[https://igf.com/2013 2013 Independent Games Festival Winners – IGF]</ref> In the same year, it was named game of the year by ''[[wikipedia:Rock, Paper, Shotgun|Rock, Paper, Shotgun]]'' and won awards for both Visual Design and Story & Word Design at [[wikipedia:IndieCade|IndieCade]].<ref>[https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/12/24/the same year-amazing-astonishing-rps-advent-calendar-day-24/ The Amazing & Astonishing RPS Advent Calendar: Day 24 – Rock Paper Shotgun]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20171028150337/http://www.indiecade. com/2013/award_winners/ IndieCade 2013 Award Winners – International Festival of Independent Games]</ref> In 20152014, ''Kentucky Route Zero'''s Act III was named [[wikipedia:Kill Screen|''Kill Screen'']]'s game of the year.<ref>[https://killscreen.com/previously/articles/high-scores-2014-5-1/ High Scores 2014: 5-1 – Kill Screen]</ref> In 2015, it won Best Narrative at the [[wikipedia:Game Developers Choice Awards|Game Developers Choice Awards]].<ref>[https://gamechoiceawards.com/archive/gdca_15th.html 15th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards]</ref> In November 2019, ''[[wikipedia:Polygon (website)|Polygon]]'' named ''Kentucky Route Zero'' as the fourth best game of the decade, and the following month described it as "the most important game of the decade."<ref>[https://www.polygon.com/features/2019/11/4/20947389/best-games-2019-2010-ps4-switch-xbox-pc-10-1 The 100 best games of the decade (2010-2019): 10-1 – Polygon]</ref><ref>[https://www.polygon.com/2019/11/12/20960055/kentucky-route-zero-the-most-important-game-of-the-decade Why Kentucky Route Zero is the most important game of the decade – Polygon]</ref>
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