Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Review: Medieval Bohemia That Never Holds Your Hand

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is a first-person action RPG from Warhorse Studios. You play as Henry of Skalitz in 15th-century Bohemia during a civil war. The game came out on February 4, 2025 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, and by June 2026 it had sold 6 million copies. In this review we tell you what the game does well, where it stumbles and whether it’s for you.

What Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is about

The second game is a sequel to the first, and you play as Henry of Skalitz again. It has two large maps: the region around Trosky castle, where you start, and the city of Kuttenberg. We won’t spoil more of the story.

The world runs on its own rules. You have to eat and sleep, food spoils and people react to how you look: a bloodied, dirty Henry gets a worse deal with merchants and in conversations than a washed one. Crimes come back to bite you, merchants raise prices and guards get stricter. How to survive the first hours is covered in our beginner’s guide.

Combat and skills

Combat is directional, and the outcome depends on your technique, not a hidden dice roll. The enemy holds their weapon in one direction, you attack from the opposite one, block, chain combos, and the most valuable technique is the master strike, a counter at the moment your opponent’s blow lands. Tomcat at the Nomads’ Camp teaches it to you. Besides swords you get axes, maces, bows and, new in this game, crossbows and early firearms. How to pull off the master strike is in our separate guide.

Skills improve as you use them. On top of that there’s alchemy, where you brew potions step by step following a recipe, and blacksmithing at the anvil. The recipes are in our alchemy guide.

Saving

You save with the Saviour Schnapps potion, by sleeping in your own bed, automatically at key quest moments or with Save and Quit. You get the schnapps recipe right at the start. Some players love the system because every decision carries weight; others get around it on PC with the Unlimited Saving II mod.

What critics praise and what bothers players

On Metacritic the PC version holds 89 from 79 reviews, the PS5 and Xbox Series X versions 88 each. IGN praises excellent skill-focused melee combat and an action-packed saga fit for a Hollywood blockbuster, ranking it among the most memorable RPGs in years. It also admits that bugs and poorly communicated objectives occasionally made it replay sections. PC Gamer gave it 90 and points out it’s a game for particular tastes: charge into a fight without thinking and you’ll get cut apart, even late in the game.

Players are even more enthusiastic. On Steam the game has 93.9% positive out of 198,944 reviews, a Very Positive rating, and Metacritic users give it 8.7 out of 10.

How long it lasts

The main story takes roughly 40 to 50 hours, and a full playthrough over 100 hours. Three story expansions followed: Brushes with Death (May 2025), Legacy of the Forge (September 2025), where you restore the forge of Henry’s father in Kuttenberg, and Mysteria Ecclesiae (November 2025) set in Sedlec Monastery. Order and content are covered in our DLC guide.

Free additions and mods

After launch Warhorse added a barber, horse racing and Hardcore Mode for free. In Hardcore you can’t see your position on the map, can’t fast travel and pick at least three permanent negative perks at the start. Since March 2025 the game has official mod support through Steam Workshop. What to expect in Hardcore is in our Hardcore Mode article.

Price and platforms

On Steam the base game costs €59.99 and the Royal Edition with all expansions €79.99. Since March 2026 it’s been on Game Pass, and on PS5 it’s in the PS Plus Extra catalog. The Royal Edition is also coming to Switch 2 in 2027. Editions and prices are compared in our editions and price article.

On PC, plan for 100 GB on a mandatory SSD; the minimum is a GTX 1060 6 GB and 16 GB of RAM, recommended an RTX 4070 and 32 GB of RAM. On Steam Deck the game is rated Playable. Details are in our system requirements article.

Who Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is for (and who it isn’t)

It’s for you if you want an RPG where your character really learns and you learn with them, and you enjoy a world that plays by its own rules. A story drawn from Czech history has no equivalent in the genre, and with Game Pass or PS Plus Extra you can try it at no extra cost.

Skip it if you want fast action where you mow down enemies by the dozen from minute one. Henry can’t do much at first and the game makes you feel it. And if you can’t stand limited saving, note that on consoles you can’t get around it with a mod.

Verdict: Is Kingdom Come: Deliverance II worth it?

Yes, if you want an honest RPG with an excellent story and don’t mind a slow start. We’re giving it 9/10.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II rests on a strong story, combat that rewards technique and a world that reacts to your actions. Players and critics rate it very highly. Points come off for the harsh start, systems that forgive newcomers nothing and steep PC requirements.

Playing Kingdom Come: Deliverance II? All our guides are on the Kingdom Come: Deliverance II hub. Start with the beginner’s guide, and before your first real fight read how the master strike works. You can also ask around on the GamersTogether Discord.

FAQ

This review is based on player ratings on Steam and critic scores on Metacritic, on reviews from IGN and PC Gamer, and on official information from Warhorse Studios and Deep Silver. Information verified on October 21, 2026. All our guides to the game are on the Kingdom Come: Deliverance II hub.