The hype and anticipation surrounding Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 was already at its peak before the game was even released, and this was clearly reflected in its player base. Yesterday's PC and console release showed impressive results.
According to SteamDB, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 had a peak concurrent player count of 159,351 on its release day. This figure already significantly exceeds the record of its predecessor, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, which peaked at 96,069 players.
In addition, the new record surpassed the peak values of such popular games as The Witcher 3 (103,329), STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl (121,335), Hades 2 (103,567) and others. However, it will be interesting to see if the number of players increases in the coming weekend.