Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 will have no DRM whatsoever. Tobias Stolz-Zwilling, the PR boss at developer Warhorse, confirmed this during a recent Twitch stream.
The RPG does not use Denuvo or any form of DRM, the developer said, as reported by IGN. Stolz-Zwilling said Warhose had “some discussions” about utilizing DRM to protect the game from piracy, but it was ultimately decided that “it will not have any DRM system at all.”
Stolz-Zwilling said he hopes this brings closure to the ongoing questions from the community about whether or not Deliverance 2 will have DRM.
“Stop texting under every post we do that Denuvo is in the game, because it’s not. We never announced… we never said it will be there. As I said, a bit of a misunderstanding,” he said. “Let’s bury that thing and let’s never ever talk about it any more.”
The confusion apparently began from an email distributed by publisher Plaion that referenced Deliverance 2 utilizing Denuvo. But that isn’t actually going to be the case.
Many publishers and developers use Denuvo and other anti-piracy software to attempt to prevent people from pirating copies of a game at launch. Eventually, basically all games get cracked over time, but tools like Denuovo make it more difficult for people to do so. Denuvo specifically has been controversial because some PC players claim the software negatively affects game performance, though this may not be true.
Deliverance 2 launches in February 2025 for PC, as well as PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. The open-world RPG takes place during the Middle Ages. The game aims to be more approachable in both story and gameplay without compromising any of the elements that resonated with the first game’s hardcore fans.
2018’s Kingdom Come: Deliverance was funded in part on Kickstarter and went on to become a huge success, selling more than eight million copies. Daniel Vavra, known for his work on the Mafia series, directed the original Kingdom Come and its sequel.
