Warhorse Studios has shut down the speculation mill with a straightforward livestream confirmation: the next Kingdom Come entry is staying firmly in open-world RPG territory, with a target launch window in the next fiscal year.

Communications director Tobias Stolz-Zwilling and community manager Tom Grey addressed the recent announcement of a "new Kingdom Come adventure" during the May 22 stream, clarifying it as an open-world RPG rather than a movie tie-in or radical departure. Lead designer Prokop Jirsa heads the Kingdom Come team while the studio juggles a parallel Middle-earth project, and CEO Phil Rogers of parent Embracer Group has the fiscal-year timeline in play—roughly April 2027 through March 2028. Grey summed it up cleanly: fans "won't have to wait seven years" for the follow-up.

The timing makes sense after Kingdom Come: Deliverance II's strong performance, with over five million copies sold in its first year following a February 2025 launch. Warhorse's formula of historical authenticity and simulation depth clearly has legs, and this sequel (or substantial next chapter) keeps the passion project alive without overpromising timelines.