Of course, single-player games like Kingdom Come: Deliverance don’t retain players as well as multiplayer games, but similar titles like The Witcher III and Skyrim have done a much better job of maintaining a steady, healthy base. Skyrim Anniversary Edition Trailer Provides a First Look at Fishing and Other New Content KC:D’s playerbase remained strong for a couple weeks, but then a steady downward trend began – currently the game is hovering in the 2k to 4k concurrent player range. This doesn’t paint the entire picture, as KC:D is also available on GOG and consoles, but the Steam version is most popular and likely an accurate indicator of what’s going on across all platforms. That’s more than any new-release Steam game this year, including major titles like Far Cry 5 ( 92k peak players) and Warhammer: Vermintide 2 ( 73k peak players). Kingdom Come: Deliverance, which sold over 1 million copies across all platforms within two weeks of its launch, peaked with 96,000 concurrent players on February 19.
According to the Steam stat trackers at GitHyp, KC:D has lost 95 percent of its playerbase since launching in February.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance is the biggest new Steam title of 2018, and certainly one of the most talked-about and controversial games of the year, but it seems all the publicity and debate hasn’t translated into a healthy playerbase.