Despite its mixed critical reception, Kingdom Come: Deliverance became a pretty big hit upon its initial February 2018 launch, particularly on Steam. Of the 500,000 units sold within the game’s first two days of launch, 300,000 were from PC players, and in just two weeks, Kingdom Come: Deliverance had managed to sell over 1 million copies. Now, six years later, that number has risen to 6 million, which is incredibly impressive given that it was developer Warhorse Studios’ first game.
In February 2025, Kingdom Come: Deliverance is set to receive a sequel, and with the game gathering so many fans over the last six years, its launch is sure to be an impactful one. But if fans desire a different type of medieval video game experience, they might want to keep their eye on God Save Birmingham, a historical survival game with a zombie twist.
God Save Birmingham Offers a Spooky Alternative to Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
God Save Birmingham Features a Similar Aesthetic to Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Though Kingdom Come: Deliverance is set in 15th century Europe and God Save Birmingham is set in 14th century England, both games feature a fairly similar aesthetic. God Save Birmingham players can expect to see small villages containing wooden huts and stone taverns, grand churches, and plenty of green fields and crops.
God Save Birmingham is even home to a few real-world historical buildings, such as the St. Martin in the Bull Ring church that still stands there today. In its early access version, God Save Birmingham will let players explore around a quarter of the medieval England town, with its full version adding the whole area.
As well as architecture, Kingdom Come: Deliverance and God Save Birmingham share some similar art style choices. For instance, both games feature naturalistic lighting, and both games feature realistic, non-stylized character models.
God Save Birmingham Builds on Kingdom Come: Deliverance’s Survival Mechanics
The first Kingdom Come: Deliverance featured a few light survival mechanics. Players need to keep their Nourishment gauge filled, and their Tiredness meter down. Neglecting these meters would affect the player’s stats, such as their ability to perform speech checks and how much stamina they could use. God Save Birmingham puts these mechanics front and center of the experience, and adds a few more survival meters to keep track of, such as thirst and the need for shelter.
God Save Birmingham’s Zombie Twist Separates it From Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
But the big thing that separates God Save Birmingham from Kingdom Come: Deliverance is its horror twist. In God Save Birmingham, the titular English town has been infested with a mysterious plague, turning fellow villagers and former friends into flesh-eating zombies. Players will need to forage for food, raid abandoned hamlets for weapons and armor, and use a physics-based combat system to keep the undead horde at bay.
While a medieval setting is nothing too new for the gaming scene, survival games are a dime a dozen, and zombie games are even more prolific, God Save Birmingham manages to carve out an intriguing niche for itself by combining all three of these elements. Though its early access launch doesn’t have a release date just yet, fans might want to keep a close eye on God Save Birmingham, as it has the potential to offer a genuinely new video game experience.
