Xbox fans, you can play my favorite RPG of 2025 for free this weekend — and if you like it enough, you can buy it at a massive discount, too

We're just about on the cusp of the holiday season, now, and that means great discounts and offers on pretty much everything money can buy are just now starting to roll out. That includes video games, too — and this morning, what is undoubtedly one of 2025's best Xbox deals on one of the year's top titles just kicked off.

One half of the deal in question is an opportunity to play Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 — Warhorse Studios' critically acclaimed open-world medieval single player RPG — completely for free on Xbox Series X|S from now until Monday, November 10.

You'll need to purchase a copy of the title if you want to keep access after this point, which is where the other half of this deal comes into play. If at any point during this period you decide that you'd like to permanently buy the game to keep playing, you can do so at a huge 40% off.

The studio officially announced the free-to-play period and the 40% off discount in a post on social media. Note that when you view the store page for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 on your Xbox console, you should see the option to download and install it for free for the duration of this offer.

Despite stiff competition from other excellent titles like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and The Outer Worlds 2, I still firmly believe that Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 stands tall as 2025's best new RPG, and it's my choice for Game of the Year overall.

Set across two maps of vibrant Bohemian landscapes filled with faithfully recreated trails, towns, villages, and castles all drawn from real-world history — including the legendary medieval city Kuttenberg — the Kingdom Come sequel tells the fictional story of a son's quest for revenge against the men that murdered his parents amidst the backdrop of a very real civil war between supporters of Bohemia's King Wenceslaus IV and his half-brother Sigismund.

In the boots of series protagonist Henry, you'll explore Kingdom Come's dynamic, "crunchy," and systems-driven simulation of Bohemian society, with everything from the clothes and armor you wear and your level of cleanliness to your developed speech ability and knowledge of certain subjects learned from in-game sources affecting how you're viewed and how people react to you.

Indeed, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is one of the most reactive RPGs I've ever played, with countless complex mechanics constantly at work to respond logically to your decisions to fight, argue, sneak, steal, and more with rewards and consequences. It can be a bit complicated to understand sometimes and difficult, too, but overall, the game does an excellent job of explaining its systems to you, and eases you into its complexities.

These elements, paired with stellar narrative writing, a rich combat system with directional melee attacks and layered armor defenses, gorgeous photogrammetry-enhanced visuals, and an orchestral soundtrack inspired by the time period, serve to make Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 an extremely immersive and engaging experience every RPG fan should play.

For more of an in-depth look at the game and why I feel so strongly about it, I recommend reading my full Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 review, in which I awarded it a perfect 5/5 stars and called it "the perfect RPG sequel that's bigger, better, and bolder than ever."

If you don't want to take my word for it, note that the RPG reviewed incredibly well with other outlets too, and achieved a very high 88/100 score on Metacritic. Kingdom Come 2 also performed very strongly for a single player RPG commercially, blowing up Steam at launch, paying for itself in a single day, and selling two million copies in under two weeks.

Put simply, it's a terrific game, and when you consider that you have an opportunity to play it for free for the next several days, there's really no reason not to at least try it out if you happen to own an Xbox Series X|S console. Four days is notably enough time to play through the main story, though I strongly recommend taking advantage of the 40% off deal and buying it so you can experience all of the wonderful side quests as well.

It's unfortunate that Steam and PS5 players aren't getting this chance to play Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 for free, though the 40% off discount is available on Steam right now. Note that you can get even better deals on the PC version of the RPG elsewhere, though; specifically, the $59.99 Standard Edition is just $31.69 at Loaded, with the $79.99 Gold Edition selling for $42.19 at Loaded.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 | $59.99 $31.69 at Loaded (Steam, PC)

The long seven-year wait for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 was absolutely worth it, as Warhorse Studios has delivered fans one of the deepest and most immersive open-world RPGs that's ever been made. Xbox users can play it for free this weekend and then buy it at a steep discount, with deals on the PC version available as well.

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