Mobile game · 2022

Kentucky Route Zero

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.

Estimated daily players

~960.0%

Range 48–200

Estimated total players

~28,0000.0%

Range 5.2K–320K

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Estimates, not counts — nobody publishes real player numbers for mobile games, so these are modelled from public signals. How we work them out

Dec 6, 2022Android iOSPEGI TESRB 18

Adventure Indie Point-and-click Drama Thriller

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What the estimate rests on

Google Play 42%
Steam 29%
App Store 22%
Reddit 7.7%

Player estimates

Nobody publishes how many people play Kentucky Route Zero, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on Google Play, App Store, Steam, Reddit, Twitch. Each count stands in a roughly known ratio to a population — one Play rating per ~45 players, one Steam review per ~35 owners — and the estimates below combine those readings, weighted by how much each source can be trusted to speak for the whole game. Read the range as the answer and the headline as its middle.

Estimated daily players

~96

0.0%

Range 48 – 200

Built from the live counts: Steam concurrents, Discord and Reddit members online, Twitch viewers.

Estimated total players

~28,000

0.0%

Range 5.2K – 320K

Everyone who has ever played, from the cumulative counts: store ratings and installs, Steam reviews, members and subscribers.

Estimated total players over time

2 readings · last 2 days

Estimated daily players over time

from live counts

Average estimated players per month

Mean estimated total players for Kentucky Route Zero per calendar month, newest first
Month	Estimated total players	Change
August 2026	~34,000	—

Community activity

Last checked Aug 9, 2026

Store signals

How many people have rated, reviewed or installed Kentucky Route Zero where it is sold.

Google Play ratings

1,009

Average rating: 2.1
Installs: 100K+

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

App Store ratings

0.0%

Average rating: 3.7

Steam players in game

+12.5%

Reviews: 4,439

Community signals

How many people gather around Kentucky Route Zero outside the stores — members, subscribers and live viewers.

Reddit members

4,559

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

Twitch viewers

Live channels: 0

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

Not tracked for Kentucky Route Zero: Discord, YouTube. A platform appears here once the game has a link to it — most mobile games have no Steam port or subreddit, so a gap is normal rather than a sign the game is small.

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Frequently asked questions

How many people play Kentucky Route Zero?

We estimate that about 28,000 people have played Kentucky Route Zero — plausibly between 5.2K and 320K. Around 96 of them play on a given day, in a range of 48 and 200. Both figures are modelled from public counts on Google Play, App Store, Steam, Reddit and Twitch rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.

Is Kentucky Route Zero still active?

Yes. Kentucky Route Zero is holding steady — it measured within a percent of where it was a week ago. We recheck every source daily, and the charts on this page show each platform's readings over time.

How are the Kentucky Route Zero player estimates worked out?

Nobody publishes player counts for mobile games, so we infer them. Each public count we can read is converted into a population using a documented ratio — roughly one Google Play rating per 45 people who played, one Steam review per 35 owners, one Discord member per 40 players — and the live counts (Steam concurrents, members online, Twitch viewers) are converted the same way into a daily figure. Those separate estimates are then averaged in proportion to how much each source can be trusted, which is why sources that disagree widen the published range instead of cancelling out. This page is built on 2 readings taken since August 8, 2026.