Warhorse Teases Its Next “Huge Immersive RPG,” but Still Refuses to Say Whether It Is Kingdom Come 3 or a Lord of the Rings Project

Warhorse Studios has finally confirmed one key detail about what comes next after Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2. The studio is already deep into a new game, and according to content director Ondřej Bittner in a recent Reddit AMA, it is “a huge immersive RPG.” That is enough to confirm the studio is staying in the lane that made its name, but it still leaves the biggest question unanswered: is this simply the next Kingdom Come entry, or something entirely different.

What Warhorse actually said is fairly limited, and that matters. In the AMA, Bittner responded to a direct question about whether KCD3 exists by saying the team is “hard at work on ... something” and calling it a huge immersive RPG, but he did not attach any franchise name, setting, or release window to that statement. That means the most reliable reading right now is straightforward. Warhorse has confirmed the genre and the scale, but not the world.

That ambiguity is exactly why the discussion has split into 2 camps. The obvious guess is Kingdom Come 3, especially because Warhorse has just completed the major post launch content arc for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2. The official KCD2 site now promotes the Royal Edition and lists all 3 of the game’s planned story expansions, Brushes with Death, Legacy of the Forge, and Mysteria Ecclesiae, which strongly suggests the studio’s announced expansion slate has been wrapped and the production focus has shifted forward.

The other theory is the rumor that Warhorse could be making a Lord of the Rings RPG. That speculation has been circulating since late March, but there is still no official confirmation tying the studio to Tolkien’s world. Coverage of the AMA has noted that Warhorse would not confirm or deny that possibility, instead repeating only that its next game remains a large scale immersive RPG in the studio’s established style. Right now, that rumor is still just that, a rumor.

From a creative standpoint, both scenarios make sense for different reasons. A third Kingdom Come would be the most natural continuation of Warhorse’s momentum and expertise, especially after the studio spent years building one of gaming’s most recognizable first person historical RPG identities. But a Lord of the Rings project would also fit in an unexpected way, because Warhorse’s strength has always been grounded immersion, detailed spaces, and the feeling of physically inhabiting a world rather than merely observing it. Applied to a fantasy setting, that could produce something very different from the more cinematic or action driven Middle earth games players are used to. That is still an inference, but it is a reasonable one based on the studio’s design history.

For now, the most important takeaway is that Warhorse is not stepping away from the RPG space, and it is not talking about a smaller side project. The studio has chosen the words “huge” and “immersive” very deliberately, which signals another premium, ambitious production even if the setting remains under wraps. Whether that means a return to Bohemia or a jump into a much larger fantasy universe, the studio has already done enough to keep attention locked on whatever reveal comes next.

What do you think Warhorse is really making next, Kingdom Come 3, a Lord of the Rings RPG, or something none of us are expecting?