Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Off To An Enormous Start On Steam, Still Growing In First Weekend

[Update]: As expected, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's Steam numbers are surging during the game's first weekend. This was to be expected as people have more free time on weekends. According to SteamDB, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has now pushed beyond 225,000 peak concurrent users and is still climbing.

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After years of development, the RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance II from Warhorse Studios is out now, and it's putting up huge numbers on Steam. The game has exceeded 150,000 concurrent users on Steam, just hours after launch, and is the No. 1 top-selling game on Steam in the US right now. The game is also available on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.

The game's launch is drawing praise from other RPG studios, including The Witcher developer CD Projekt Red. The developer said, "Congratulations on the release of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II! May your blade always be sharp, cup never run dry, and the path stay safe!"

GameSpot's Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 review scored the game a 9/10, while other outlets scored it highly as well. On GameSpot sister site Metacritic, the game has an aggregate rating of 88 and 89 on OpenCritic.

Swen Vincke, the head of Baldur's Gate 3 studio Larian, congratulated Warhorse on the game's positive review scores.

If you're just getting started with Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, be sure to check out GameSpot's extensive guides hub that covers things like how to fast travel, the campaign length, romance options, and lots more.

Looking ahead, Warhorse will support Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 with a range of expansion content, including a hardcore mode, more quests, and other story content via a paid expansion pass.