Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
Shares rank 27 of 78 video games by recommenders
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.
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.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 8 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 8 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Runs well on Linux
“I played KCD2 on Ubuntu the day it launched last year.”
Comment from 20 Mar 2026 in “The Reason Windows Hate Is Exploding: It's the End of Personal Computing [video]” “KCD2 works fine on Linux.”
Comment from 20 Mar 2026 in “The Reason Windows Hate Is Exploding: It's the End of Personal Computing [video]” Ranked among top games
“All top-tier games (When ranked among all games in history), all recent”
Comment from 8 Aug 2026 in “No One Can Afford to Make Myst Games Anymore” “KCD2, Expedition 33, and Blue Prince were all incredible games.”
Comment from 15 Mar 2026 in “Hollywood Enters Oscars Weekend in Existential Crisis” Finely crafted, detailed settings
“including new releases like Kingdom Come Deliverance II on great settings with no noticeable issues”
Comment from 25 May 2026 in “Memory has grown to nearly two-thirds of AI chip component costs” “every one of the finely crafted details was built by someone's sweat and tears”
Comment from 9 Feb 2026 in “Art of Roads in Games” Strong attachment to the series
“I'm strongly attached to Kingdom Come Deliverance 2”
Comment from 14 Dec 2025 in “The Rise of Computer Games, Part I: Adventure” “Kingdom Come: Deliverance and KCD2 were better.”
Comment from 30 Jan 2026 in “PlayStation 2 Recompilation Project Is Absolutely Incredible”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Still linear in most ways
“It's a great game, much like its predecessor. However, it's still linear in most ways.”
Comment from 30 Dec 2025 in “Outside, Dungeon, Town: Integrating the Three Places in Videogames (2024)”
Other video games people recommend
The four most recommended other video games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helldivers 2 | 50 | 34 | 60% | 10 | 1.9 yrs3 owners | — |
| GPU building game | 49 | 16 | 75% | 2 | — | — |
| Triple-A Minesweeper | 40 | 25 | 62% | 1 | — | — |
| Quake II | 33 | 8 | 80% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Kingdom Come: Deliverance IIThis page | 8 | 0 | 100% | 8 | — | — |
What people said
11 of the 12 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“All top-tier games (When ranked among all games in history), all recent”
“KCD2 is number 1 of a small number of updates I am excited about.”
“added a fun but brief new quest”
“including new releases like Kingdom Come Deliverance II on great settings with no noticeable issues”
“I played KCD2 on Ubuntu the day it launched last year.”
“KCD2 works fine on Linux.”
“KCD2, Expedition 33, and Blue Prince were all incredible games.”
“every one of the finely crafted details was built by someone's sweat and tears”
“Kingdom Come: Deliverance and KCD2 were better.”
“It's a great game, much like its predecessor. However, it's still linear in most ways.”
“I'm strongly attached to Kingdom Come Deliverance 2”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.