Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

A direct sequel to Kingdom Come: Deliverance (2018, 8 million copies): the same Henry of Skalitz, a blacksmith who became a spy-companion to Hans Capon of Pirkstein. The story is set in Bohemia in 1403, at the height of the Hussite Wars, with two open regions: the mining capital Kuttenberg (Kutna Hora, the silver capital of the kingdom) and Bohemian Paradise with Trosky Castle on the rocks. The map is twice the size of the first game, and the regions switch through the story. KCD2 is self-contained: it has a new tutorial and an introductory recap of KCD1, so you can start without knowing the first game.

The main change from KCD1 is a reworked onboarding: Warhorse rewrote the starting tutorial (KCD1 was notorious for a harsh entry, where newcomers died in the very first fight). Fast travel is enabled by default, with random encounters active: merchants, bandits, travelers. The combat system is kept: timed blocks and strikes in 5 directions, clinch mechanics (a grapple between two knights with a QTE exit), and stamina spent on every strike. Skills grow through action: you shoot a bow, and archery grows; you persuade an NPC, and speech grows; there is no level-based progression tree.

Hardcore Mode is a free update (patch 1.2.4, April 2025): it disables fast travel, the compass and quest markers (you navigate by the landscape and by asking NPCs), and the health and stamina HUD; when starting the mode you must choose at least 3 negative perks. An honest split: if KCD1 felt harsh, KCD2 is easier at the start thanks to the new tutorial and fast travel; Hardcore Mode brings the information hunger back in full force. This series is not for an audience of "Skyrim on easy".

Localization: Russian interface and subtitles from Warhorse / Plaion, with no official Russian voice-over (as with KCD1, where Buka also limited itself to subtitles). There is a fan-made neural-network dub from SynthVoiceRu, about 261,000 lines, free on Nexus Mods; this is not a feature of the game but a third-party mod, and Warhorse does not support it. The game was released without Denuvo and without DRM. Warhorse confirmed this publicly before release: a rare plus for a 2025 AAA game.

Metacritic 89/100 on PC, Steam "Very Positive" 92% from 62,000+ reviews, OpenCritic 95% recommend; peak concurrent players of 256,206, placing it in the top 10 single-player games of all time on Steam. The Expansion Pass "Shields of Seasons Passing" is complete: all three story add-ons came out in 2025: Brushes with Death, Legacy of the Forge and Mysteria Ecclesiae; the Royal Edition with the full set has been available since November 2025. Warhorse confirmed the next Kingdom Come in the window of April 2027 to March 2028.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is a historical RPG (open-world role-playing game) from the Czech studio Warhorse Studios: Bohemia in 1403, the height of the Hussite Wars, two regions - Kuttenberg and Bohemian Paradise with Trosky Castle. No Denuvo and no DRM, Russian subtitles. Metacritic 89, 5 million copies by February 2026.