# Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

8 Hacker News commenters recommended Kingdom Come: Deliverance II and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A richly detailed medieval role-playing game that people count among the best recent games and say runs well on Linux. Some say it is still linear in most ways.

## Why people recommend it

- Runs well on Linux (2 comments): "I played KCD2 on Ubuntu the day it launched last year." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47454232)) "KCD2 works fine on Linux." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47454188))
- Ranked among top games (2 comments): "All top-tier games (When ranked among all games in history), all recent" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49222275)) "KCD2, Expedition 33, and Blue Prince were all incredible games." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47388864))
- Finely crafted, detailed settings (2 comments): "including new releases like Kingdom Come Deliverance II on great settings with no noticeable issues" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48262513)) "every one of the finely crafted details was built by someone's sweat and tears" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46941463))
- Strong attachment to the series (2 comments): "I'm strongly attached to Kingdom Come Deliverance 2" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46264286)) "Kingdom Come: Deliverance and KCD2 were better." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46830268))

## What people warn about

- Still linear in most ways (1 comments): "It's a great game, much like its predecessor. However, it's still linear in most ways." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46429425))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Helldivers 2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/helldivers-2.md): 50 recommend
- [Triple-A Minesweeper](https://hackerapproved.com/p/triple-a-minesweeper.md): 40 recommend
- [Quake II](https://hackerapproved.com/p/quake-2.md): 33 recommend
- [Red Dead Redemption 2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/red-dead-redemption-2.md): 28 recommend
- [Grand Theft Auto (1997)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grand-theft-auto.md): 28 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Kingdom+Come%3A+Deliverance+II+Warhorse+Studios&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Official site](https://www.deepsilver.com/games/kingdom-come-deliverance-ii)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Kingdom Come: Deliverance II", https://hackerapproved.com/p/kingdom-come-deliverance-ii/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).