Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 enjoyed a spectacular launch, surpassing 1 million copies sold within 24 hours and garnering overwhelmingly positive reviews. Read on to discover more about its day-one triumph and a fun easter egg players uncovered.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's Phenomenal Launch
A Resounding Success Across Platforms
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 (KCD2) has experienced a phenomenal launch, achieving significant sales and overwhelmingly positive critical reception across all platforms. Warhorse Studios proudly announced on Twitter (X) that the game sold over 1 million copies on February 4th, 2025—a remarkable feat surpassing its predecessor, which took nine days to reach the same milestone.
According to SteamDB, KCD2 boasted 176,285 concurrent players within six hours of release (at the time of writing), significantly exceeding KCD1's all-time peak of 96,069 players. Furthermore, KCD2 secured a prominent 12th position among all PlayStation games in the U.S. on the PS Store homepage (at the time of writing).
The game also received a prestigious "Mighty" rating from OpenCritic, boasting a score of 89 and a remarkable 97% critic recommendation rate.
Addressing Criticism: The Creative Director Responds
Despite the overwhelmingly positive response from fans and critics, KCD2 has faced some criticism and negative reviews. KCD2 Creative Director Daniel Vávra addressed these on Twitter (X), acknowledging the lower scores from certain outlets.
Several gaming review sites assigned KCD2 significantly lower scores than its average rating, often describing gameplay as a "slog" or requiring more effort than expected. This impacted the game's overall OpenCritic score. Vávra responded to these reviews on Twitter (X), playfully highlighting what he considered inconsistencies in their "journalistic standards."
Ongoing Online Discourse Surrounding KCD2
Vávra also responded to online attacks targeting KCD2's inclusion of same-sex romance options. He called out several Metacritic user reviews labeling KCD2 as a "historically inaccurate DEI game" on Twitter (X), urging fans to review the game and report any bot-generated negative comments on review sites.
He reiterated that the LGBTQ+ content is entirely optional, emphasizing player agency within the game's open-world medieval setting. Players have extensive freedom to shape their experience in this role-playing game.
