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Kentucky Route Zero - Act III: 5 Game of the Year awards

No: Kentucky Route Zero - Act III collected 5 Game of the Year awards in 2014 and finished No. 12; the season went to Dragon Age: Inquisition with 139. The Game Awards named Dragon Age: Inquisition its Game of the Year.

Kentucky Route Zero is a 2013–2020 point-and-click adventure interactive fiction game developed by Cardboard Computer and published by Annapurna Interactive. The game follows the narrative of a truck driver named Conway and the strange people he meets as he tries to cross the mysterious Route Zero in Kentucky to make a final delivery for the antiques company he works for.

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Kentucky Route Zero - Act III finished #12 in the 2014 race, with 5 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 5Total awards
  • 5Media outlets
  • 0Readers' choice
  • 1Countries

Also in the 2014 season: Dragon Age: Inquisition (139), Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (52), Mario Kart 8 (31), Destiny (14), Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (8), Divinity: Original Sin (5), Sunset Overdrive (5), Forza Horizon 2 (5) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Kentucky Route Zero - Act III win?

Kentucky Route Zero - Act III won 5 Game of the Year awards in the 2014 season — 1.1% of every award tracked that season. 5 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Kentucky Route Zero - Act III win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 12 in 2014, behind Dragon Age: Inquisition, which collected 139 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

  • Single-playerYes
  • Co-opNo
  • Split screenNo
  • MultiplayerNo
  • Online multiplayerNo
  • Released7 January 2013
  • DeveloperCardboard Computer
  • PublisherCardboard Computer, Annapurna Interactive, Netflix
  • point-and-click adventure
  • Southern Gothic
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Linux
  • macOS
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Xbox One
  • PlayStation 4
  • Android (operating system)
  • IOS
  • Xbox Series X and Series S
  • PlayStation 5

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States5

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
Austin ChronicleUnited States2014
Boston HeraldUnited States2014
Kill ScreenUnited States2014
Paste MagazineUnited States2014
UnwinnableUnited States2014

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Updated 2 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.