Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 Already Recouped Its Budget A Day After Release

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2's strong sales have already recouped its entire $40 million budget within 24 hours of launch, as confirmed by Dan Vavra.

[Flawlessmic]

And yet all we ever hear about is how its impossible for developers to make a truly awesome game within a reasonable budget and that mtx, Half finished games, live service is required to make money.

Well done war house on showing 90% of developers how it's done!!!!

[JEECE]

A big piece of this is the cost of labor. Warhorse is located in the Czech Republic. I'd be shocked if their labor costs are even half of the labor costs of similarly sized studios based in California. I'd love to see more devs from Central and Eastern Europe spring up! Perhaps in the wake of this game's success, we'll see some offshoots of Warhorse as different members seek to do their own things, hopefully leading to more good studios in those regions.

[victorMaje]

Congrats Warhorse studios! I started yesterday and it truly feels like this is going to be an amazing game!

[TheColbertinator]

But single player games are dead according to the inbred pigs who drink chlorine with a straw

[isarai]

Well deserved, love success stories that prove AAA publishers wrong, and ill support it every time.

[Putte]

Also a fantastic game. Hope it's a return to more games like this. No hand holding or nothing. And you have to invest time and effort to understand stuff. Love it.

[waytoobad]

The game's scope and budget changed after Embracer Group or Koch Media bought the studio and the IP, the budget is estimated to be around 200M

[JunonZanon]

Great to see studios being rewarded for simply making awesome games.

[autoglope]

Very well made game