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Released Sep 29, 2026

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered

2026 · M · Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
CD Projekt RED · PC · PS5 · Xbox Series X|S · Switch 2

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered modernizes the acclaimed role-playing game with a range of upgrades and enhancements. Become monster slayer for hire Geralt of Rivia and journey across a dark fantasy open world in an epic quest to find your adopted daughter Ciri. The Remastered update is free for players who own The Witcher 3 and includes both Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine expansions.

Real Score
70
Well liked
from 1,538 reactions
very high confidence
51% positive39% mixed10% negative
→ SteadyTrend
4Platforms
-7vs hype

What people are saying

Updated nightly
The Real Review

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered is mostly a strong case for replaying CD Projekt RED's monster slayer RPG, especially since the update is free and includes Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine. Geralt's hunt for Ciri still lands, the dark fantasy world looks gorgeous, and the story and value are easy to praise. Gameplay gets decent, but performance is the loud problem, with frame drops and hiccups coming up across PC, consoles, and especially Switch 2. Some also find the difficulty rough or dated, which keeps the remaster from feeling fully smooth. When it runs, it's worth the time, but when it doesn't, it can be a real chore.

Synthesized from 1,538 real reactions · very high confidenceValueStoryGraphicsGameplayPerformanceDifficulty

Hype vs reality

Before release, then after.

77Pre-release
→
70Audience
-7
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From 498 pre-release reactions, locked on Sep 29, 2026. The audience score is built only from reactions since.

BeforeWell liked498 reactions
AfterWell liked1,538 reactions

Sentiment split

Every qualifying reaction, weighted.

51%positive
  • Positive51%
  • Mixed39%
  • Negative10%

By aspect

What people scored, piece by piece.

value86
story78
graphics77
gameplay72
performance53
difficulty41

How opinion moved

The Real Score, night by night.

677684Oct 3579118170

Buzz

1,639 reactions over two weeks, counted by the day they were posted.

0100200Sep 28: 86 reactionsSep 28Sep 29: 193 reactionsSep 30: 109 reactions30Oct 1: 66 reactionsOct 2: 62 reactions2Oct 3: 171 reactionsOct 4: 156 reactions4Oct 5: 157 reactionsOct 6: 124 reactions6Oct 7: 103 reactionsOct 8: 156 reactions8Oct 9: 136 reactionsOct 10: 102 reactions10Oct 11: 18 reactions11Release

Where the signal came from

Volume and platform mix only.

Social Media1,538

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Names and topics that came up

Mentions across all reactions, with the share that were positive. Anything mentioned fewer than twice never shapes the review.

CD Projekt REDdeveloper180×38%+
Switch 2platform94×38%+
Geraltcharacter68×44%+
PCplatform62×29%+
Nintendo Switch 2platform44×27%+
The Witcher 3 Remasteredfeature35×46%+
The Witcher 3feature34×50%+
Xbox Series X|Splatform32×41%+
Twitchplatform23×35%+
Steamplatform23×39%+
Geralt of Riviacharacter22×45%+
Ciricharacter19×32%+
Path Tracingfeature18×50%+
Xboxplatform18×28%+
remasterfeature18×61%+

Trailer and screenshots

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