Kingdom Come: Deliverance II#Synopsis

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is an open-world action role-playing game in which the protagonist is controlled from a first-person perspective. The game world is twice as large as that of Kingdom Come: Deliverance; whereas the latter features a single connected world, the former encompasses two larger, freely explorable areas. Missions and objectives are able to be managed in different ways, with NPCs and communities reacting respectively.{{Cite magazine |last=Veltin |first=Tobias |date=18 April 2024 |title=Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 offiziell angekündigt - Die ersten Infos im Überblick |url=https://www.gamepro.de/artikel/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-ist-offiziell-die-ersten-infos,3411959.html |access-date=18 April 2024 |magazine=GamePro}}{{Cite web |last=Dammes |first=Matthias |date=18 April 2024 |title=Jetzt ist es Gewissheit: Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 angekündigt |url=https://www.pcgames.de/Kingdom-Come-Deliverance-2-Spiel-74644/Specials/Ankuendigung-Preview-Vorschau-Rollenspiel-Mittelalter-1445399/ |access-date=18 April 2024 |website=PCGames |language=de}} In turn, the reactions to the player character influence his daily life and character development.{{Cite web |date=6 October 2024 |title=Kingdom Come 2: Viel Freiheit bei der Gestaltung der Hauptfigur |url=https://www.pcgameshardware.de/Kingdom-Come-Deliverance-2-Spiel-74644/News/protagonist-individuell-anpassen-1457017/ |access-date=9 October 2024 |website=PC Games Hardware |language=de}} The three skills Oratory, Charisma and Intimidation, that were applicable in dialogues with NPCs in the first game have been supplemented by Appearance, Coercion and Dominate.{{Cite web |last=Dames |first=Arlene |date=10 January 2025 |title=Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 – Was mir nach den ersten Spielstunden nicht mehr aus dem Kopf geht |url=https://www.4p.de/specials/vorschau/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-was-mir-nach-den-ersten-spielstunden-nicht-mehr-aus-dem-kopf-geht/3287352 |access-date=11 January 2025 |website=4P.de |language=de-DE}} The game features crossbows and early forms of firearms. The former can also be fired while riding.

File:Kutná Hora, Italian Court - panoramio.jpg. The game features a 15th century recreation of the city (as Kuttenberg).]]

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II takes place in the year 1403 in the Kingdom of Bohemia, then part of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown and of the Holy Roman Empire, in what is now the Czech Republic. It features both the cultural landscape of Bohemian Paradise, and the city of Kutná Hora{{efn|Kutná Hora is called by its original German name "Kuttenberg" in the game.}} and its surroundings. The game reflects Kutná Hora's status in the late Middle Ages as the second largest city in Bohemia after Prague, and one of the richest economic centers in the country due to silver mining and coinage.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II directly follows on from the end of Kingdom Come: Deliverance, and takes place in the "turmoil of a civil war", where Wenceslaus IV fights against the invading Sigismund, King of Hungary and Croatia and his allies.{{Cite web |title=Pre-purchase Kingdom Come: Deliverance II on Steam |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1771300/Kingdom_Come_Deliverance_II/ |access-date=11 January 2025 |website=store.steampowered.com |language=en}} It concludes Henry's story.{{Cite web |last=Hohmann |first=Géraldine |date=30 April 2024 |title=Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 {{!}} Warhorse verrät alles, worüber wir nicht sprechen durften! |url=https://www.gamestar.de/artikel/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-exklusive-infos,3412523.html |access-date=2 May 2024 |website=GameStar}}

Many characters featured in the game are based on real-life people from the time period. The protagonist is the fictional Henry of Skalitz (Tom McKay), a man-at-arms in service of Sir Radzig Kobyla (Michael Pitthan). Henry leads a resistance in favor of the imprisoned King of Bohemia Wenceslaus IV, against the usurper King Sigismund of Luxembourg (George Lenz). In addition to his role as an envoy to Radzig, Henry seeks personal revenge against Sigismund and his emissaries for killing his mother and foster father. Henry is joined in his journey by the nobleman Sir Hans Capon of Pirkstein (Luke Dale). Sir Istvan Toth (Logan Hillier), the main antagonist of the first game, is also present in the sequel. Several other characters from Kingdom Come: Deliverance make appearances, including parish priest Father Godwin (Euan Macnaughton) and the lord Hanush of Leipa (Peter Hosking, Daniel Vávra).{{Cite web |last=Pallav |first=Rishi |date=4 Feb 2025 |title=All voice actors from Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/all-voice-actors-kingdom-come-deliverance-2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250212000333/https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/all-voice-actors-kingdom-come-deliverance-2 |archive-date=12 Feb 2025 |access-date=14 Feb 2025 |website=sportskeeda}}{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Hayes |date=4 Feb 2025 |title=All Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Voice Actors |url=https://www.escapistmagazine.com/are-there-gay-relationships-in-kingdom-come-deliverance-2-answered/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250214175833/https://www.escapistmagazine.com/are-there-gay-relationships-in-kingdom-come-deliverance-2-answered/ |archive-date=14 February 2025 |access-date=14 Feb 2025 |website=The Escapist}}

Other real-world people characterized in the game include Jobst of Moravia, Jan Žižka, Otto von Bergow, Markvart of Úlice, John II of Liechtenstein, Hynek I Suchý Čert, Oldřich Vavák of Hradec, Petr Píšek, and Martin Oderin.{{cite news |last1=Sulkova |first1=Kristyna |title=Kdo je kdo v českém dabingu Kingdom Come: Deliverance II|url=https://www.vortex.cz/kdo-je-kdo-v-ceskem-dabingu-kingdom-come-deliverance-ii/ |access-date=28 March 2025 |work=Vortex |date=28 April 2025 |language=cs}}

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Sir Hans Capon, Henry, and an entourage travel from Rattay to Trosky Castle to question Otto von Bergow on his allegiance to King Sigismund. As the group camps, they are attacked and robbed by bandits. Henry and Capon escape and later arrive at Trosky Castle; they are denied entry when they are unable to prove their identities. At a nearby tavern, Capon starts a brawl and blames Henry for the incident; the two fall out and Capon leaves.

Henry learns that Bergow will attend a wedding in the village of Semine. Henry infiltrates the wedding but Bergow never arrives, and the groom, Olda Semine, secretly leaves. Henry meets Capon and they reconcile. A brawl breaks out, and Henry and Capon are imprisoned in Trosky Castle, with Capon sentenced to die for poaching. Bergow arrives before he can be executed, and Capon is released. He delivers the message, but Bergow fails to explain his allegiances and assigns Henry and Capon to help repress localized banditry.

The two enlist soldiers from fortress Nebakov. A captive bandit at Trosky Castle can reveal that Olda Semine is in league with the bandits, who have covertly taken over Nebakov. If the player chooses for Henry to reveals Semine's betrayal to Bergow, he is tasked with confronting Semine; Henry can then side with Semine or let him die. In either case, Bergow musters a force to retake Nebakov, but they fail and Henry and Capon are taken prisoner. Lords Hanuš of Lipá and Radzig Kobyla, Henry's father, send Father Godwin to locate Henry and Capon. The bandit leader Jan Zizka, who is revealed to oppose Sigismund, frees them after Godwin helps suppress a rebellion by Bergow's spy, Istvan Toth.

Nebakov is assaulted by a force led by Bergow, Toth and Markvart von Aulitz. Henry, Godwin, and Zizka are imprisoned at Trosky Castle, while Capon is held for ransom. They are released by Katherine, a cook in league with Zizka. Henry discovers that Sigismund plots to kill his enemies, including John II of Liechtenstein. Henry encounters and kills Toth, recovering the sword Henry's foster-father, Martin, made for Kobyla. The group escapes through underground tunnels; Henry, Zizka, and Katherine flee to Kuttenberg, while Godwin returns to Kobyla and Hanush.

At Suchdol, Margrave Jobst warns Henry's group to refrain from banditry as he has negotiated a truce with Sigismund. Henry and Katherine find Liechtenstein in Kuttenberg's Jewish quarter, safeguarded by vigilante Samuel. Henry warns Liechtenstein about Sigismund and learns Capon is held at Bergow's Maleshov castle. Henry and Zizka recruit from an anti-Sigismund mercenary group led by "Dry Devil". They infiltrate Maleshov and rescue Capon and prisoner Vaquelin Brabant. Henry and Capon encounter Kobyla, Hanush, and Godwin travelling to a meeting of loyalist lords in Raborsch, and informed about Sigismund's presence at an upcoming Kuttenberg council meeting.

Henry infiltrates the meeting and witnesses Sigismund and Aulitz ordering a pogrom against Kuttenberg's Jews. He hurries to Raborsch, where the lords' meeting is attacked by a force led by Bergow; they are repelled but the lords are captured. At Kuttenberg, Henry helps Samuel escort the Jews from the city, learning he is the bastard son of Martin.

The group plan to capture Bergow as leverage to free the lords. Using mercenaries hired by Brabant and a stolen bombard, they storm Maleshov and capture Bergow. He believes that Sigismund's position in Bohemia is unsustainable, and suggests that robbing his silver reserves held at his Kuttenberg royal residence—which also holds the lords—would force him to leave. While some of the party masquerade as papal legate as a distraction, the rest traverse Kuttenberg's mines to access the silver and rescue the lords. They succeed, but Brabant and his mercenaries attempt to take the silver; in the ensuing scuffle, Brabant escapes.

Henry's group flees to Suchdol castle, and Sigismund and his army leave Bohemia. A force led by Aulitz, Bergow, and Brabant besiege Suchdol, and Aulitz is mortally wounded by Dry Devil. Henry leaves to bring help from Jobst, Hanush and Kobyla. He returns with reinforcements, and they repel the attackers. In the epilogue, Henry is visited by an apparition of his mother and Martin, and Kobyla offers him his sword.

The player's choices influence the game's ending. If Henry performs acts of virtue, Henry's parents express their pride and depart into the afterlife. If Henry is more ruthless, Henry's parents reproach him. Henry can also choose to become an adventurer or a soldier and accepts Kobyla's sword. Alternatively, Henry can decline the sword, and retire as a villager in Rattay or burgher in Kuttenberg, in which he settles down with one of three love interests. In a secret ending, if Henry has not pursued any love interest and stayed chaste, he retires to Rattay and reunites with his love interest, Theresa.

In post credit scenes, Dry Devil blinds Zizka in one eye while trying to shoot an apple from his head. In a flashback, Sigismund is informed about the theft of the silver, and angrily trashes his chamber before ordering the withdrawal to Hungary.

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Development on Kingdom Come: Deliverance II began in July 2019, following the release of Kingdom Come: Deliverance and its downloadable content.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R48DEEjyS5k |title=Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Official Game Reveal |date=18 April 2024 |publisher=Warhorse Studios |access-date=18 April 2024 |via=YouTube}} While Warhorse Studios had 131 employees in 2019,{{cite web |date=3 September 2019 |title=THQ Nordic Annual Report 2018/19 |url=https://mb.cision.com/Main/15049/2890795/1096896.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903202650/https://mb.cision.com/Main/15049/2890795/1096896.pdf |archive-date=3 September 2019 |access-date=9 March 2023 |website=Cision}} it had grown to around 250 people by spring 2024 at the latest. Warhorse Studios wanted Kingdom Come: Deliverance II to be the game that Kingdom Come: Deliverance was supposed to be with their improved resources and experience. The game uses a heavily-customized version of the CryEngine,{{Cite web |last=Jäger |first=Oliver |date=18 April 2024 |title=Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 - Cryengine-Nachfolger mit ungefährem Release ist offiziell |url=https://www.pcgameshardware.de/Kingdom-Come-Deliverance-2-Spiel-74644/News/Release-Trailer-2024-PS5-1445633/ |access-date=18 April 2024 |website=PC Games Hardware |language=de |archive-date=18 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240418185400/https://www.pcgameshardware.de/Kingdom-Come-Deliverance-2-Spiel-74644/News/Release-Trailer-2024-PS5-1445633/ |url-status=dead }} with music composed by Czech composers Jan Valta and Adam Sporka.{{Cite web |last=Serino |first=Francesco |date=18 April 2024 |title=Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, tutto quello che sappiamo dell'atteso GdR di Warhorse Studios |url=https://multiplayer.it/articoli/kingdom-come-deliverance-3-anteprima.html |access-date=19 April 2024 |website=Multiplayer.it |language=it}} The expertise of various historians, universities and museums was again drawn on to represent a "realistic, immersive and believable medieval world".{{Cite web |last=Wetterau |first=Sören |date=19 April 2024 |title=Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 wird ein "breites Spektrum an Ethnien" abdecken |url=https://www.4p.de/news/kingdom_come_deliverance_2-nachfolger_wird_groesser_und_mehr_charaktere_aus_verschiedenen_ethnien_darstellen/2207548 |access-date=19 April 2024 |website=4Players |language=de}} Unlike the development of Kingdom Come: Deliverance, the motion capture was supplemented by facial capture. Stunt riders also took part in the development of Kingdom Come Deliverance II. The protagonist, Henry, is again portrayed by the British actor Tom McKay.{{Cite web |last=Halley |first=Dimitry |date=18 April 2024 |title=»Das macht etwas anderes mit deinem Gehirn« - Heinrich-Darsteller Tom McKay über Kingdom Come 2 |url=https://www.gamestar.de/videos/das-macht-etwas-anderes-mit-deinem-gehirn-heinrich-darsteller-tom-mckay-ueber-kingdom-come-2,130266.html |access-date=18 April 2024 |website=GameStar |language=de-DE}} Lead developer Daniel Vávra stated that the game's script has 2.2 million words.{{cite web |last1=Bailey |first1=Dustin |title=Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 devs boast of a 2.2 million word script that would break Baldur's Gate 3's world record, and Larian's publishing director says "I hope they do!" |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/games/rpg/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-devs-boast-of-a-2-2-million-word-script-that-would-break-baldurs-gate-3s-world-record-and-larians-publishing-director-says-i-hope-they-do/ |website=GamesRadar+|language=en |date=14 January 2025}} The script of the previous record holder, Baldur's Gate 3, contains around two million words, according to Guinness World Records.{{Cite web |date=2 September 2024 |title=Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 bricht schon jetzt einen Rekord |url=https://www.pcgameshardware.de/Kingdom-Come-Deliverance-2-Spiel-74644/News/Skriptlaenge-Weltrekord-1454798/ |access-date=11 January 2025 |website=PC Games Hardware |language=de}}

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II was announced and revealed in April 2024 in a recorded video set in St. Barbara's Church, Kutná Hora. The game was released for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on 4 February 2025.{{Cite web |last=Halley |first=Dimitry |date=18 April 2024 |title=Ich habe Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 gesehen - und es ist genau die Fortsetzung, die ich will |url=https://www.gamestar.de/artikel/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-fazit,3411953.html |access-date=18 April 2024 |website=GameStar}}{{Cite tweet |number=1823949533128036374 |user=WarhorseStudios |title=A message from Warhorse Studios! The official release date for #KCD2 is 11 February 2025.}} It was available in three retail versions: in addition to the base Standard Edition, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is available as a Gold Edition and Collector's Edition. The Gold Edition contains three downloadable content (DLC)s planned for release at a later date, equipment for the protagonist, and bonus content called "Shields of Seasons Passing". Both the Standard Edition and the Gold Edition are available via digital download and as a physical edition. The Collector's Edition includes all the content of the Gold Edition and is supplemented by several physical items. All pre-orderers receive a bonus quest, "The Lion Crest".{{cite web |last1=Reed |first1=Chris |title=Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 - Here's What Comes in Each Edition |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/where-to-buy-kingdom-come-deliverance-2-edition-differences |website=IGN |access-date=12 March 2025 |date=February 3, 2025 }}{{cite web |last1=Petite |first1=Steven |last2=Bitner |first2=Jon |last3=Owen |first3=Phil |title=Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Launch Deals - Save 15% On PC, Steelbook For PS5, And More |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-launch-deals-save-15-on-pc-steelbook-for-ps5-and-more/1100-6522984/ |website=GameSpot |access-date=12 March 2025 |date=February 4, 2025 }}

In January 2025, the Saudi Arabian outlet VGA4A reported that the game would be refused classification and consequently banned in Saudi Arabia due to the game's portrayal of same-sex relationships. Vávra denied that the game had been banned in any country and clarified that such content was optional, stating, "...gay characters were already in KCD1. If you want Henry to try a same-sex adventure, feel free. If you don't want to, you don't have to." Saudi Arabia had previously banned Final Fantasy XVI and The Last of Us Part II for similar reasons.{{Cite web |last=Craig |first=Jo |date=22 January 2025 |title=Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Dev Denies Saudi Arabia Ban Rumors |url=https://gamerant.com/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-dev-denies-saudi-arabia-ban-rumors/ |access-date=22 January 2025 |website=Game Rant |language=en}}

On 16 January 2025, Warhorse Studios revealed a DLC roadmap.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYN8tq6gOvY |title=Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Roadmap Trailer (website) |date=16 January 2025 |last=Kingdom Come: Deliverance II |access-date=22 January 2025 |via=YouTube}}{{Cite web |last=Cripe |first=Michael |date=21 January 2025 |title=Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 Post-Launch Roadmap Sets Stage for 3 Expansions in 2025 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-post-launch-roadmap-sets-stage-for-3-expansions-in-2025 |access-date=22 January 2025 |website=IGN |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=Matt Wales News |date=21 January 2025 |title=Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's post-launch roadmap bringing barbers, horse riding, and more |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/kingdom-come-deliverance-2s-post-launch-roadmap-bringing-barbers-horse-riding-and-more |access-date=22 January 2025 |website=Eurogamer |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Pureza |first=Gabriel Machado |date=21 January 2025 |title=Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Roadmap Reveals What's Coming in Future Updates |url=https://gamerant.com/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-roadmap-updates-dlc/ |access-date=22 January 2025 |website=Game Rant |language=en}} After launch, the game would receive free improvements such as a barber feature, hardcore mode and horse racing. This would be followed along by additional paid DLC content Brushes with Death, Legacy of the Forge and Mysteria Ecclesiae over the course of 2025. The paid DLC would be included in an expansion pass called "Shields of Seasons Passing."

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| MC = (PC) 89/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/kingdom-come-deliverance-ii/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |title=Kingdom Come: Deliverance II for PC Reviews |website=Metacritic |accessdate=26 May 2025}}
(PS5) 88/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/kingdom-come-deliverance-ii/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-5 |title=Kingdom Come: Deliverance II for PlayStation 5 Reviews |website=Metacritic |accessdate=11 April 2025}}
(XSXS) 88/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/kingdom-come-deliverance-ii/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox-series-x |title=Kingdom Come: Deliverance II for Xbox Series X Reviews |website=Metacritic |accessdate=20 February 2025}}

| OC = 96%{{cite web |url=https://opencritic.com/game/17486/kingdom-come-deliverance-ii |title=Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Reviews |website=OpenCritic |accessdate=13 March 2025}}

| Destruct = 9.5/10{{cite web |last=Mills |first=Steven |date=3 February 2025 |title=Review: Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 |url=https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-kingdom-come-deliverance-2/ |website=Destructoid |access-date=11 February 2025}}

| EuroG = 3/5{{cite web |last=Castle |first=Katharine |date=3 February 2025 |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-review |title=Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 review |website=Eurogamer |accessdate=3 February 2025}}

| Fam = 31/40{{cite web|last=Romano|first=Sal|date=February 5, 2025|url=https://www.gematsu.com/2025/02/famitsu-review-scores-issue-1885|title=Famitsu Review Scores: Issue 1885|website=Gematsu|access-date=May 18, 2025}}

| GI = 9.5/10{{Cite magazine |last=LeBlanc |first=Wesley |date=March 24, 2025 |title=Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Review — A Medieval Day Epic |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/review/kingdom-come-deliverance-ii/a-medieval-day-epic |access-date=26 March 2025 |magazine=Game Informer}}

| GSpot = 9/10{{cite web |last=Wakeling |first=Richard |date=3 February 2025 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-review-whats-old-is-new-again/1900-6418333/ |title=Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Review — What's Old Is New Again |website=GameSpot |accessdate=3 February 2025}}

| GRadar = 4/5{{cite web |last=Wen |first=Alan |date=3 February 2025 |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/games/rpg/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-review-even-if-some-friction-can-lead-to-frustration-its-realization-of-medieval-life-remains-utterly-absorbing/ |title=Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 review: "Even if some friction can lead to frustration, its realization of medieval life remains utterly absorbing" |website=GamesRadar+ |accessdate=3 February 2025}}

| HCG = 4.5/5{{cite web |last=Helm |first=Jordan |date=3 February 2025 |title=Review: Kingdom Come: Deliverance II |url=https://hardcoregamer.com/review-kingdom-come-deliverance-ii/ |website=Hardcore Gamer |access-date=11 February 2025}}

| IGN = 9/10{{cite web |last=Hafer |first=Leana |date=3 February 2025 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-review |title=Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Review |website=IGN |accessdate=3 February 2025}}

| PCGUS = 90/100{{cite web |last=Wolens |first=Joshua |date=3 February 2025 |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-review/ |title=Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 review |website=PC Gamer |accessdate=3 February 2025}}

| PCGN = 9/10{{cite web |last=Bell |first=Lowell |date=3 February 2025 |url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/kingdom-come-2-deliverance/review |title=I can't imagine any 2025 RPG will top this insta-classic new medieval open-world game |website=PCGamesN |accessdate=3 February 2025}}

| PSQ = 10/10{{cite web |last=Adam |first=Khayl |date=3 February 2025 |url=https://www.pushsquare.com/reviews/ps5/kingdom-come-deliverance-ii |title=Review: Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 (PS5) — Immersive Knight Sim Makes for a Peerless RPG |website=Push Square |accessdate=3 February 2025}}

| SN = 9/10{{cite web |last=Chandler |first=Sam |date=3 February 2025 |url=https://www.shacknews.com/article/142932/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-review-score |title=Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 review: For king and country |website=Shacknews |accessdate=3 February 2025}}

| TR = 5/5{{cite web |last=Wood |first=Dashiell |date=3 February 2025 |url=https://www.techradar.com/gaming/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-review |title=I had my shoes stolen by virtual drunks in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, and it might already be my game of the year |website=TechRadar |accessdate=3 February 2025}}

| VGC = 5/5{{cite web |last=Middler |first=Jordan |date=3 February 2025 |url=https://www.videogameschronicle.com/review/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-review/ |title=Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 review |website=Video Games Chronicle |accessdate=3 February 2025}}

| VG247 = 5/5{{cite web |last=Makar |first=Connor |date=3 February 2025 |url=https://www.vg247.com/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-review |title=Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 review |website=VG247 |accessdate=3 February 2025}}

| VG = 7/10{{cite web |last=Bardwell |first=Tom |date=3 February 2025 |url=https://www.videogamer.com/reviews/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-review/ |title=Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 review – old habits die hard |website=VideoGamer.com |accessdate=3 February 2025}}

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance II received "generally favorable" reviews from critics, according to the review aggregator website Metacritic. OpenCritic determined that 97% of critics recommended the game. Critics praised Kingdom Come: Deliverance II for its immersive open-world, role-playing game mechanics, and story.{{Cite web |last=Bevan |first=Rhiannon |date=3 February 2025 |title=Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Review Round-Up: Overwhelmingly Positive |url=https://www.thegamer.com/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-review-round-up-positive/ |access-date=5 February 2025 |website=TheGamer |language=en}}

Joshua Wolens of PC Gamer likened Kingdom Come: Deliverance II to other "system-heavy" games such as The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, stating that the game is a "ludicrously ambitious and peculiar thing that somehow fulfills its ambition and peculiarity." Wolens praised the game for its varied plot lines and activities, allowing the player to play as a soldier, spy, gambler or blacksmith.

Reviewers noted that the game performed to a high level of optimization on release, with few noticeable bugs or technical issues.{{Cite news |last1=Evanson |first1=Nick |date=3 February 2025 |title=Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 performance analysis—scalable frame rates, decent graphics, and barely a stutter in sight |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-performance-analysis-scalable-frame-rates-decent-graphics-and-barely-a-stutter-in-sight/ |access-date=5 February 2025 |website=PC Gamer |language=en}} Brendan Lowry of Windows Central stated that "what Warhorse has built here undoubtedly stands tall as one of the most visually impressive games ever developed."{{Cite web |last1=Lowry |first1=Brendan |date=3 February 2025 |title=Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is the perfect RPG sequel — bigger, better, and bolder than ever |url=https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-review#section-kcd2-review-visuals-and-audio |access-date=5 February 2025 |website=Windows Central |language=en}}

Some fans vocally objected to the inclusion of expanded same sex romance options for Henry, and the inclusion of a black character.{{Cite web |last=Fischer |first=Tyler |date=18 January 2025 |title=Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 Responds to LGBTQ Scene Controversy |url=https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/kingdcom-come-deliverance-2-kcd2-lgbt-saudi-arabia-controversey/ |access-date=5 February 2025 |website=ComicBook.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Kaur |first=Tessa |date=20 January 2025 |title=Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Is Yet Another Victim Of Leopards Eating Faces |url=https://www.thegamer.com/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-controversy-gamergate-dei-woke/ |access-date=5 February 2025 |website=TheGamer |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Bergin |first=Lauren |date=January 20, 2025 |title=Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 dev slams "grifters" who claim diversity has tanked pre-orders |url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/kingdom-come-deliverance-2/preorder-backlash |access-date=5 February 2025 |website=PCGamesN |language=en-US}}{{cite web |last1=Evans-Thirlwell |first1=Edwin |title=The Gamergator rhetoric of historical accuracy has come back to bite Kingdom Come on the arse |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-gamergator-rhetoric-of-historical-accuracy-has-come-back-to-bite-kingdom-come-on-the-arse |website=Rock, Paper, Shotgun |access-date=9 March 2025 |date=January 23, 2025 }} PR manager Tobias Stolz-Zwilling stated that he felt "fed up" with being caught in the culture war, emphasising that the studio's goal was to create a "rich, immersive historically accurate experience."{{Cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Fraser |date=3 February 2025 |title=Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's developer is 'fed up' of being dragged into the culture war: 'It seems like someone is always trying to brand us somehow, and we are just trying to make a cool videogame' |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/kingdom-come-deliverance-2s-developer-is-fed-up-of-being-dragged-into-the-culture-war-it-seems-like-someone-is-always-trying-to-brand-us-somehow-and-we-are-just-trying-to-make-a-cool-videogame/ |access-date=5 February 2025 |website=PC Gamer |language=en}}

In Japan, four critics from Famitsu gave the game a total score of 31 out of 40.

On release day, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II topped the Steam top-sellers list and broke even financially. It reached a peak concurrent player count on Steam of 159,351 players, beating Kingdom Come: Deliverance by more than 60,000 players.{{Cite web |last=Robertson |first=Joshua |date=5 February 2025 |title=Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Opens To Almost 160,000 Concurrent Steam Players |url=https://www.thegamer.com/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-launches-steam-peak-160000-players/ |access-date=5 February 2025 |website=TheGamer |language=en}} The game broke its sixth concurrent Steam player record in as many days, peaking at 256,206 players.{{cite web |last1=Bošnjak |first1=Dominik |title=Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Breaks Its 6th Player Record in 6 Days |url=https://gamerant.com/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-player-count-steam-chart-records-popularity/ |website=Game Rant |publisher=Valnet Inc |access-date=25 February 2025}}

The game had sold more than 1 million units on release day.{{cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-hits-1m-sales-in-just-one-day|title=Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 hits 1m sales in just one day|first=Tom|last=Phillips|work=Eurogamer|date=February 6, 2025|accessdate=March 15, 2025}} On February 17, 2025, Warhorse announced that the game had sold more than 2 million copies.{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-shows-no-sign-of-slowing-down-sells-2-million-copies-in-less-than-2-weeks|title=Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Shows No Sign of Slowing Down, Sells 2 Million Copies in Less Than 2 Weeks|first=Wesley|last=Yin-Poole|work=IGN|date=February 17, 2025|accessdate=March 15, 2025}} In May 2025, the game had officially surpassed three million copies sold worldwide.{{Cite web |last=Morris |first=Daniel |date=2025-05-04 |title=Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Passes Another Huge Sales Milestone |url=https://gamerant.com/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-three-million-sales-milestone/ |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=Game Rant |language=en}}

Before its release, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II won Best PC Game Award at Gamescom 2024.{{cite web |last=Holý |first=Stanislav |title=Češi porazili světovou elitu, vytvořili nejlepší počítačovou hru |url=https://www.novinky.cz/clanek/internet-a-pc-hry-a-herni-systemy-cesi-porazili-svetovou-elitu-vytvorili-nejlepsi-pocitacovou-hru-40485420 |website=Novinky.cz |access-date=27 August 2024 |language=cs |date=25 August 2024|publisher=Borgis}}

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