In my view, Kentucky Route Zero is a mystery game. It isn't one of those mystery games where you collect all the info and solve the mystery, though. The mystery is the point, and while the stories of the people you encounter get told, they leave plenty off the table and free to interpret. What is there is written in a nonchalant tone that somehow still feels deliberate. It is a joy to read through the text, but the game does not stop there. The visuals are striking, and the way that the game presents itself changes frequently, often innovating on the very ways that you interact with it.