A new Kingdom Come game is coming sooner than anyone expected
Warhorse Studios is already working on a follow-up to Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 — and it could arrive as early as summer 2027. Embracer Group confirmed the title in a fiscal update, placing it in the April 2027–March 2028 financial window. Given that KCD2 only wrapped its DLC run in late 2025, the speed of this announcement caught most fans off guard.
Not quite a sequel
Embracer CEO Phil Rogers addressed the project in the same financial briefing, keeping details deliberately thin:
> "I'm happy to introduce you to the next title in the Kingdom Come franchise. I can't tell you anything specific right now — information will come from other people later — but I think it's going to appeal to fans, and we hope to ship this game in the next fiscal year."
The phrasing matters here. Warhorse described the project as "a new Kingdom Come adventure" on social media — not Deliverance 3, not a direct sequel. That word choice is deliberate. Before KCD2 even launched, the studio said Henry's story was finished. So what's coming is most likely a spinoff with a new protagonist, or possibly a genre pivot of some kind. GamesRadar+ noted that the studio specifically labeled the KC project an "adventure" while calling its other game an "open-world RPG" — a distinction that suggests a smaller or more experimental scope.
A studio running two tracks
That other game is a Lord of the Rings open-world RPG, confirmed by Warhorse and still in pre-production. Insider Gaming reports that Warhorse's 250-plus developers are split across both projects simultaneously. Leaks cited by Vice put the Middle-earth RPG budget at around $100 million — compared to KCD2's $41 million — which implies the KC title is the lighter of the two.
KCD2 has sold over 3 million copies, so there's clear appetite for more of this franchise. Warhorse is moving fast to capitalize on that momentum, even if the next game turns out to be a companion piece rather than a full continuation.
Platform details, pricing, and story specifics haven't been disclosed. Rogers flagged that schedules can slip — a reasonable caveat for a studio running two AAA projects at once — so the 2027 target should be treated as an aspiration rather than a locked date.
