Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Hit 6 Million Copies. Critics Gave It Three Stars.
Six million copies. Released February 2025. Sitting at 93% positive across 137,000 Steam reviews right now. That's not a lucky streak. That's a game that genuinely connected with a huge number of people.
Warhorse Studios and Deep Silver just announced the milestone, and they dropped KCD2 into the Steam Summer Sale at 60% off in the same breath. Smart timing. That number's climbing.
The Critic Gap Is Worth Talking About
Eurogamer reviewed Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 and handed it three out of five stars. Three. Meanwhile the player base is leaving five-star reviews at a 93% clip across 137,000 people who actually bought and played it.
I'm not here to say critics are wrong. They're optimizing for different things. But that gap tells you something. A game that slow, that demanding, that committed to its historical setting was never going to score universally. Critics on deadline have different relationships with a 60-hour medieval RPG than someone who chose to spend their weekend in it.
If you're trying to decide whether to buy it, 137,000 reviews at 93% positive is the more useful data point.
60% Off Removes the Last Excuse
It sold 6 million copies at full price. The discount is just the nudge for whoever was waiting. If you've been curious and you haven't pulled the trigger, the Steam Summer Sale at 60% off is the answer to your hesitation.
There's Already Another One in the Works
During a community stream, Warhorse communications director Tobias Stolz-Zwilling said the next Kingdom Come game is targeted for the next fiscal year. KCD2 came out in February 2025. That's a fast turnaround for a game of this scale.
Could mean they're deep into development already and the announcement timing just felt right with the sales milestone. One possibility is they're reusing enough of the existing engine and assets that the heavy lifting was already done before KCD2 even shipped. Or it's a smaller project. Hard to know from one comment in a community stream.
What's clear is that 6 million copies bought them a lot of runway. The franchise isn't going anywhere.
Bottom Line
KCD2 is in the Steam Summer Sale at 60% off. It hit 6 million sales. Players love it. Critics were lukewarm. Another game is coming. If you haven't played it, now's the time to find out who's right.
Source: Eurogamer