Summary
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2is the first big release of what is looking like a pretty stacked February, and if all of them are as appealing, then we may be looking at an all-timer. Despite director Daniel Vavrafocusing on a handful of mixed reviews, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 opened toa very impressive score on both MetacriticandOpen Critic, as itappears to be a critical success.
However, we all know that even if a game reviews well, it doesn’t automatically mean it’s going to do well commercially. Thankfully,a backlash against the game’s same-sex romancesdid little to affect the game’s pre-order numbers, and we’re now seeing that Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has managed to draw in a sizable crowd.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Launches With A Peak Of Almost 160,000 Steam Players
At the time of writing, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 hasa very impressive all-time Steam peak of 159,351 players, which is well over 60,000 more than the first game that launched back in 2018. We can probably expect that number ot rise too, as more people grab the game over the next few days and weekend to try it out.
That number is also the8th highest 24-hour peak player count on the whole of Steam, topping the likes ofPath of Exile 2,Stardew Valley, andRed Dead Redemption 2. Only the behemoth that isGrand Theft Auto 5was the only non-free-to-play game above Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, and none of this is even taking into account the game’s sales on consoles.
We shouldn’t see those numbers drop very far in the coming weeks either, given how much there is to actually do in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2. In fact, if you’re a bit of a completionist and want to snag the platinum trophy on PlayStation,you’d best be prepared to sink a whopping 200 hours into the game. Meanwhile, I’ll be panicking trying to fit the rest of all the great-looking games coming this month into my schedule somehow.
