Deep Silver / Plaion is a developer and publisher.
A German-Austrian video game publisher and distributor, a division of Plaion (formerly Koch Media), a subsidiary of the Embracer Group. Deep Silver's games are available on PC, consoles, and mobile devices. Among the company's key brands are Metro, Dead Island, Saints Row, Red Faction, and Homefront.
The company was founded in November 2002. As a division of the German multimedia distributor Koch Media, Deep Silver was intended to publish and distribute video games. The publisher's beginnings were modest, but in July 2003, Koch Media invested half a million euros in Deep Silver. This cash injection gradually led to the publisher's growing portfolio include increasingly larger projects.
In August 2007, Koch Media acquired the Games That Matter studio, which, under the name Deep Silver Vienna, was transferred to Deep Silver. The studio survived until January 2010, when it got closed. During this time, in collaboration with Sproing Interactive, it created only one game – Cursed Mountain, released in August 2009. In April 2008, Deep Silver established an American branch in Los Angeles.
Over the following years, Deep Silver's publishing catalog included titles such as Risen (October 2009), S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (February 2010), and nail'd (November 2010). In September 2011, the company released a game that brought worldwide fame not only to its creators but also to the publisher. Dead Island, developed by Polish developer Techland, stormed to the top of the sales charts.
From that point on, the publisher's position began to steadily rise, culminating in THQ's bankruptcy and Deep Silver's acquisition of the "orphaned" Metro and Saints Row franchises, as well as the purchase of Volition Inc. (January 2013). Furthermore, in July 2014, Deep Silver announced that it had acquired the rights to Homefront: The Revolution. The newly formed Dambuster Studios, consisting of former employees of the then-closed Crytek UK studio, was to complete the project.
Meanwhile, in December 2013, Koch Media acquired Fishlabs and transferred it to Deep Silver, where, as Deep Silver Fishlabs, it was to focus on mobile projects. In August 2018, Deep Silver announced that it had also acquired the rights to TimeSplitters. As it turned out almost three years later, they intended to put them to good use.
First, however, Deep Silver's parent company, Koch Media, was acquired by the Swedish holding company Embracer Group, then known as THQ Nordic AB (February 2018). In May 2020, a sort of IP swap took place between them. In exchange for the Risen, Rush for Berlin, Sacred, Second Sight, and Singles: Flirt Up Your Life brands, Koch Media received the Red Faction and Painkiller brands.
Finally, in May 2021, Deep Silver and Koch Media announced that they were reviving the Free Radical Design studio, which will develop a new installment in the TimeSplitters series.
In August 2022, Deep Silver released the fifth installment of the Saints Row series from Volition, a "soft" reboot of the series. However, the game, titled simply Saints Row, did not achieve satisfactory results. Because of that, Embracer Group decided to transfer the team responsible for it from the Deep Silver operating group to Gearbox Entertainment.
In April 2023, Dead Island 2 finally left the development hell, having changed hands several times over the years, and its creation was ultimately handed over to Dambuster Studios. Shortly before its release, the game received a rather warm reception from the industry media; according to Metacritic, its average score was between 74 and 75/100.
December 2023 brought the sad news of the closure of Free Radical Design, which had been resurrected just a year and a half earlier. In April 2024, we learned that Deep Silver would publish Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 from Czech Warhorse Studios.
List of all released games developed by Deep Silver / Plaion.
The Magic Roundabout - November 28, 2008 - Wii, PC, NDS
Saga Online - November 25, 2008 - PC
Let's Play: Firemen - November 21, 2008 - NDS
Professor Heinz Wolff's Gravity - November 21, 2008 - NDS, PC, Wii
Carcassonne - June 27, 2007 - NDS
List of all upcoming games that will be published by Deep Silver / Plaion.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 - 2026 - PC
Dead Island 3 - 2028 - PC
Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra - TBA - PC
List of all released games published by Deep Silver / Plaion.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 - Mysteria Ecclesiae - November 11, 2025 - PC, PS5, XSX
Let's Sing 2026 - November 4, 2025 - PS5, XSX, Switch
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 - Legacy of the Forge - September 9, 2025 - PC, PS5, XSX
Metal Eden - September 2, 2025 - PC, PS5, XSX
Echoes of the End - August 12, 2025 - PC, XSX, PS5
The Siege and the Sandfox - May 20, 2025 - PC
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 - Brushes with Death - May 15, 2025 - PC, PS5, XSX
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 - February 4, 2025 - PC, PS5, XSX
Let's Sing 2025 - November 5, 2024 - PS4, PS5, XONE, XSX, Switch
Akimbot - August 29, 2024 - PC, PS5, XSX
Dead Island 2: SoLA - April 17, 2024 - PC, XONE, XSX, PS4, PS5
Let's Sing 2024 - November 7, 2023 - XONE, XSX, Switch
Dead Island 2: Haus - November 2, 2023 - PC, PS5, PS4, XSX, XONE
Monolith - October 11, 2023 - iOS, AND
Dead Island 2 - April 21, 2023 - PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XONE
Beyond Contact - April 4, 2023 - PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XONE
Warlander - January 24, 2023 - PC, PS5, XSX
Saints Row - August 23, 2022 - PC, PS4, XONE, PS5, XSX
Chorus - December 3, 2021 - XSX, XONE, PS5, PC, PS4
Clid the Snail - August 31, 2021 - PC, PS4, PS5
Iron Harvest: Operation Eagle - May 27, 2021 - PC, PS4, XONE, PS5, XSX
Gods Will Fall - January 29, 2021 - PC, PS4, XONE, Switch
Outward: The Three Brothers - December 15, 2020 - PC, PS4, XONE
Iron Harvest - September 1, 2020 - PC, PS4, XONE, PS5, XSX
Windbound - August 28, 2020 - PC, PS4, XONE, Switch
Relicta - August 4, 2020 - Switch
Outward: The Soroboreans - June 16, 2020 - PC, PS4, XONE
Saints Row: The Third Remastered - May 22, 2020 - PC, PS4, XONE, PS5, XSX
Metro Exodus: Sam's Story - February 11, 2020 - PC, PS4, XONE, PS5, XSX
Shenmue III - November 19, 2019 - PC, PS4
Metro Exodus: The Two Colonels - August 20, 2019 - PC, PS4, XONE, PS5, XSX
Kingdom Come: Deliverance - A Woman's Lot - May 28, 2019 - PC, XONE, PS4, Switch
Outward - March 26, 2019 - PC, PS4, XONE
Pathfinder: Kingmaker - Varnhold's Lot - February 28, 2019 - PC
Metro Exodus - February 15, 2019 - PC, PS4, XONE, XSX, PS5
Kingdom Come: Deliverance - Band of Bastards - February 5, 2019 - Switch, PC, PS4, XONE
Kingdom Come: Deliverance - The Amorous Adventures of Bold Sir Hans Capon - October 16, 2018 - PC, PS4, XONE, Switch
Dakar 18 - September 25, 2018 - PC, PS4, XONE
Pathfinder: Kingmaker - Definitive Edition - September 25, 2018 - PS4, XONE, PC
Dead Island: Survivors - July 4, 2018 - iOS, AND
Conan Exiles - May 8, 2018 - PC, PS4, XONE
Kingdom Come: Deliverance - February 13, 2018 - PC, XONE, PS4
Agents of Mayhem - August 15, 2017 - PC, PS4, XONE
Persona 5 - April 4, 2017 - PS3, PS4
Kona - March 17, 2017 - PS5
Galaxy on Fire 3: Manticore - December 8, 2016 - iOS, AND, Switch
Killing Floor 2 - November 18, 2016 - PS4, XONE
Let's Sing 2017 - October 14, 2016 - PS4
Sacred Legends - August 25, 2016 - iOS, AND
Deadlight: Director's Cut - June 21, 2016 - PC, PS4, XONE
Mighty No. 9 - June 21, 2016 - PC, X360, PS3, PS4, XONE, WiiU, PSV, 3DS
Dead by Daylight - June 14, 2016 - Switch
Dead Island Retro Revenge - May 31, 2016 - PC, XONE, PS4
Dead Island: Definitive Collection - May 31, 2016 - PC, PS4, XONE
Dead Island: Definitive Edition - May 31, 2016 - PC, PS4, XONE
Dead Island: Riptide - Definitive Edition - May 31, 2016 - PC, PS4, XONE
Homefront: The Revolution - May 17, 2016 - PC, XONE, PS4
This War of Mine: The Little Ones - January 29, 2016 - PS4, XONE, PC, Switch
Emergency 2016 - October 15, 2015 - PC
The Interactive Adventures of Dog Mendonça & Pizza Boy - September 22, 2015 - AND, iOS
Lost Horizon 2 - August 28, 2015 - PC
Trainz Simulator: A New Era - May 15, 2015 - PC
Saints Row: Gat out of Hell - January 23, 2015 - PC, PS3, X360, PS4, XONE
Eisenbahn.exe Professional 11 - November 28, 2014 - PC
Emergency 5 - November 28, 2014 - PC
Escape Dead Island - November 18, 2014 - PC, X360, PS3
Wasteland 2 - September 19, 2014 - PC, XONE, PS4
Metro 2033 Redux - August 26, 2014 - PC, PS4, XONE, Switch
Metro Redux - August 26, 2014 - PC, PS4, XONE, Switch
Metro: Last Light Redux - August 26, 2014 - Switch, PC, PS4, XONE
Risen 3: Titan Lords - August 12, 2014 - PS4, PC, X360, PS3
Sacred 3 - August 1, 2014 - PC, X360, PS3
NASCAR '14 - February 18, 2014 - X360, PS3, PC
Galaxy on Fire: Alliances - November 25, 2013 - iOS, AND
Ryse: Son of Rome - November 22, 2013 - PC
Eisenbahn.exe Professional 10 - November 15, 2013 - PC
Emergency 2014 - November 15, 2013 - PC
Saints Row IV: Enter the Dominatrix - October 22, 2013 - PC, X360, PS3
Secret Files: Sam Peters - October 18, 2013 - PC, iOS, AND
Metro: Last Light – Chronicles Pack - October 15, 2013 - PC, X360, PS3
Memoria - August 30, 2013 - PC
Killer is Dead - August 27, 2013 - PS3, X360, PC
Saints Row IV - August 20, 2013 - PC, X360, PS3, XONE, PS4, Switch
Narco Terror - July 31, 2013 - PC, X360, PS3
Metro: Last Light – Faction Pack - July 16, 2013 - PC, X360, PS3
Ride to Hell: Retribution - June 25, 2013 - PC, PS3, X360
Metro: Last Light - May 14, 2013 - PC, X360, PS3
Dead Island Riptide - April 23, 2013 - PC, X360, PS3
Sacred Citadel - April 16, 2013 - PC, X360, PS3
Emergency 2013 - November 2, 2012 - PC
Eisenbahn.exe Professional 9.0 - October 26, 2012 - PC
Andrew Lloyd Webber Musicals: Sing & Dance - September 14, 2012 - Wii
Secret Files 3: The Archimedes Code - August 31, 2012 - PC, Wii, NDS
The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav - June 22, 2012 - PC
Iron Front: Liberation 1944 - May 25, 2012 - PC
Risen 2: Dark Waters - April 24, 2012 - PS3, PC, X360
Summer Stars 2012 - March 30, 2012 - X360, PS3, Wii
Star Trek: The Original Series - Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? - February 22, 2012 - PS3, X360
The Whitakers Presents Milton & Friends 3D - February 17, 2012 - 3DS
Dead Island: Ryder White - February 1, 2012 - PC, X360, PS3
Agrar Simulator 2012 - November 25, 2011 - PC
Winter Stars - November 8, 2011 - PS3, X360, Wii
Eisenbahn.exe Professional 8.0 - November 4, 2011 - PC
Dead Island - September 6, 2011 - PS3, PC, X360
Duke Nukem: Critical Mass - April 8, 2011 - NDS
Titeuf: Le Film - March 31, 2011 - PC, Wii, NDS
Catherine - February 10, 2011 - X360, PS3
nail'd - November 30, 2010 - X360, PS3, PC
Doctor Who: Return to Earth - November 19, 2010 - Wii
Doctor Who: Evacuation Earth - November 12, 2010 - NDS
Emergency 2012 - October 29, 2010 - PC
Eisenbahn.exe Professional 7.0 - October 15, 2010 - PC
Agrar Simulator 2011 - October 8, 2010 - PC
Get Fit with Mel B - September 28, 2010 - X360, PS3, Wii
Saddle Club: Grand Galop - August 27, 2010 - PC, Wii
Lost Horizon - August 20, 2010 - iOS, AND, PC
Let's Play Flight Attendant - June 15, 2010 - NDS
Mount & Blade: Warband - March 30, 2010 - XONE, PS4
Prison Break: The Conspiracy - March 19, 2010 - PC, PS3, X360
History: Great Battles Medieval - October 9, 2009 - PC, X360
Risen - October 1, 2009 - X360, PC
Sacred 2: Ice & Blood - August 28, 2009 - PC, X360, PS3
The Whispered World - August 28, 2009 - PC, iOS
Cursed Mountain - August 25, 2009 - Wii, PC
DJ Star - August 21, 2009 - NDS
My Animal Centre: Baby Animals - June 26, 2009 - NDS
Inferno Pool - May 28, 2009 - PS3, X360
The Humans (2009) - May 8, 2009 - NDS, PC
Horoscope DS - April 23, 2009 - NDS
Mytran Wars - April 17, 2009 - PSP
Fritz Chess - April 9, 2009 - X360, PS3, NDS, Wii
WSC Real 09: World Snooker Championship - April 3, 2009 - Wii, X360, PS3, PC
Saga Online - November 25, 2008 - PC
Let's Play: Firemen - November 21, 2008 - NDS
Professor Heinz Wolff's Gravity - November 21, 2008 - NDS, Wii, PC
Eisenbahn.exe Professional 6.0 - October 17, 2008 - PC
X3 Terran Conflict - October 17, 2008 - PC
Igor: The Game - September 16, 2008 - PC, Wii, NDS
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky - September 5, 2008 - PC
WSC Real 08: World Snooker Championship - September 5, 2008 - PS2, PS3, X360, Wii, NDS
Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis - August 29, 2008 - PC, NDS, Wii, iOS, AND
Perry Rhodan - February 22, 2008 - PC
My Animal Centre in Australia - November 23, 2007 - NDS
World Snooker Championship: Season 2007-08 - October 26, 2007 - NDS
Anno 1701: The Sunken Dragon - October 25, 2007 - PC
Horse Life - October 12, 2007 - NDS
Wildlife Park 2: Horses - October 12, 2007 - PC
Wildlife Park 2: Marine World - August 31, 2007 - PC
Carcassonne - June 27, 2007 - NDS
Rush for Berlin: Rush for the Bomb - April 27, 2007 - PC
Wildlife Park 2: Crazy Zoo - March 30, 2007 - PC
Xpand Rally Xtreme - December 1, 2006 - PC
Crusty Demons - November 24, 2006 - PS2
D.I.R.T.: Origin of the Species - November 8, 2006 - PC, PS2
Anno 1701 - October 26, 2006 - PC
ParaWorld - September 15, 2006 - PC
Pony Ranch - September 8, 2006 - PC
Secret Files: Tunguska - September 1, 2006 - Wii, NDS, PC, iOS, AND, Switch
U-Boat: Battle in the Mediterranean - August 29, 2006 - PC
Rush for Berlin - May 26, 2006 - PC
Wildlife Park 2 - May 12, 2006 - PC
Earth Universe - March 31, 2006 - PC
Volkswagen GTI Racing - March 10, 2006 - PC
X3 Reunion - October 28, 2005 - PC
Silent Hunter III: Seawolves - September 9, 2005 - PC
Neuro Hunter - September 2, 2005 - PC
Singles 2: Triple Trouble - May 23, 2005 - PC
Sacred: Underworld - March 24, 2005 - PC
Alexander: The Heroes Hour - November 26, 2004 - PC
The Fall: Last Days of Gaia - November 17, 2004 - PC
Sacred Plus - October 29, 2004 - PC
Shopping Centre Tycoon - October 29, 2004 - PC
Kicker Manager 2004 - July 11, 2004 - PC
Sacred - February 27, 2004 - PC
Singles: Flirt Up Your Life - February 14, 2004 - PC
X2 The Threat - December 1, 2003 - PC
Virtual Railroad 2 - October 2, 2003 - PC
London Racer: World Challenge - September 16, 2003 - PC, PS2
Beach King Stunt Racer - August 28, 2003 - PS2, PC
Neighbours From Hell - June 20, 2003 - PS2, XBOX, GCN
Manhattan Chase - May 21, 2003 - PC
Wildlife Zoo - May 5, 2003 - PC
World War II: Frontline Command - May 2, 2003 - PC
Knight Rider - November 8, 2002 - PS2, PC
Software Tycoon - September 2, 2002 - PC
USA Racer - June 14, 2002 - PS2
Clusterball - August 21, 2001 - PC
Pearl Harbor: Strike At Dawn - June 22, 2001 - PC
Pizza Connection 2 - February 10, 2001 - PC
Pizza Syndicate - July 21, 1999 - PC
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II turned out to be the biggest loser at The Game Awards 2025. However, most of the game developers' reactions to this were good-humoured.
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A new version of the first Kingdom Come: Deliverance may be on the way. Studio Warhorse is hyping up more and more fans of the medieval RPG.
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December 8, 2025
The director of the upcoming Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War 4 spoke about how the game will feature players' first opportunity to play as a god-like Primarch.
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Daniel Vavra once again mentioned that he is a fan of Sapkowski and his Hussite Trilogy.
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November 20, 2025
The latest expansion for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 failed to delight fans. Mysteria Ecclesiae „disappoints” compared to previous expansions.
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November 14, 2025
After finishing the story of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, Warhorse started teasing a new project. The developer also released sales figures for KCD2.
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November 13, 2025
With the latest DLC, the developers of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 have ended the story of Henry, but they are not done with the genre. What's more, they want to take over the world of RPGs.
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