Medieval role-playing game: “Kingdom Come Deliverance 2” off to a dream start

Just one day after its release on February 4, “Kingdom Come Deliverance 2” sold over 1 million copies. The medieval role-playing game from Czech Warhorse Studios, which strives for authenticity, has had an extremely successful start, the developers announced in an X-Post.

The first part, Kingdom Come Deliverance, took just under two weeks at its market launch in 2018 to pass the one million mark – which was celebrated as a great success at the time. Part 2 is on course to significantly overtake the sales figures of its predecessor. Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 also compares favorably with other role-playing games. The Bioware production “Dragon Age: The Veilguard” was only played by a total of 1.5 million people in its release quarter. It is quite possible that “Kingdom Come Deliverance 2” has already exceeded this figure in the meantime.

Positive test reports

The extremely positive reviews that Warhorse Studios' medieval role-playing game received at launch are also likely to have contributed to the strong sales figures. A very good average of 88 points on the review aggregator Metacritic speaks for itself. Users are also satisfied: they give it 8.4 out of a possible 10 points on Metacritic, while 91 percent of almost 10,000 reviewers on Steam recommend the title.

Part 2 of “Kingdom Come Deliverance” remains largely true to the virtues of the first edition: Warhorse Studios has completely dispensed with fantasy elements. Instead, in addition to the obligatory battles, the game also deals with down-to-earth everyday life from the Middle Ages. “KCD 2” markets itself as a decelerated RPG for medieval fans that seamlessly continues the story of part 1. Technically, however, the second part is much more competent: Despite an open game world and large cities, part 2 runs smoother than its predecessor, which struggled with bugs and performance problems at launch.

(dahe)