Can I Run Kentucky Route Zero?
Kentucky Route Zero is an adventure indie game from Cardboard Computer, released in 2013. Cardboard Computer both developed and published it. It offers a single player campaign. Its Metacritic score stands at 81. Alongside Windows it also ships for macOS and Linux. It is old enough that no current GPU generation existed when it shipped, so modern hardware tends to be far past what it can use. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. Its Steam review count passes 3 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. Steam lists support for 17 languages. Completionists have 24 achievements to work through. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | 1 GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | Directx 9.0c compatible video card |
| RAM | 1 GB |
| Storage | 3 GB |
| OS | Windows |
| DirectX | 9 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | 1 GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | Directx 9.0c compatible video card |
| RAM | 1 GB |
| Storage | 3 GB |
| OS | Windows |
| DirectX | 9 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a mystery to unpick. Play is structured around spaces built for exploration. There are 15 official screenshots to judge the look from. The view is through a point and click interface. Open environments are the harder case for a PC, and Kentucky Route Zero has to keep far more of its world resident and streaming than a level based game needs.
Why Kentucky Route Zero is demanding
It targets DirectX 9, an older feature level that almost anything still running will satisfy. Kentucky Route Zero needs only 1 GB of RAM. The install is small at roughly 3 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Kentucky Route Zero?
Kentucky Route Zero targets a mainstream modern PC: Directx 9.0c compatible video card and 1 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to Directx 9.0c compatible video card for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: CPU
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Can my PC run Kentucky Route Zero?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Kentucky Route Zero?
The minimum requirements are CPU: 1 GHz; GPU: Directx 9.0c compatible video card; 1 GB RAM; OS: Windows.
How much storage does Kentucky Route Zero need?
Kentucky Route Zero needs about 3 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Kentucky Route Zero?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Kentucky Route Zero is the CPU.