The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered ▶ Trailer
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RPGOpen WorldStory RichAtmosphericFantasyAdventure

20,460 playing#49 on Steam by players#49 on Steam

Peak in the last 24 hours: 46,328

Peak in the last 7 days: 63,225

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Game description

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.

Basic info

DeveloperCD PROJEKT RED
PublisherCD PROJEKT RED
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckVerified
Release dateMay 18, 2015
Price

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Minimum specs

OS64-bit Windows 11
ProcessorCore i5-8400 / Ryzen 5 2600
Memory12 GB
GraphicsGeForce GTX 1660 / Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB / Arc A580
Storage60 GB SSD
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 418 reviews from the past 1 year

91.5/ 100
Top 10%

Steam rating: Overwhelmingly Positive (96%)

Metacritic: 93 /100

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 12, 2026)

181 reviews praise the story of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered, the most upvoted pointing to meaningful choices with real consequences. It holds 91.5 across 907,864 Steam reviews.

👍 Strengths

Story & World ranks 22nd of 1096 and appears in 77% of analyzed reviews. 75 reviews say they love it, some calling it a must try, and 62 praise a huge open world drawn from the original books. Content Volume ranks 56th of 1351, and Tech & Support ranks 194th of 1399, with players saying the next gen update transformed the visuals with ray tracing and better skies and vegetation.

👎 Where it falls short

Combat is the weak point. 39 reviews call the combat and movement clunky, and 21 find the difficulty unfair, the most upvoted blaming the next gen version for cutting player damage. 15 find too much of the play repetitive, with long stretches of routine tasks, and a smaller group reports crashes in DirectX 12 that went away in DirectX 11, or important mechanics the game never explains.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“incredible story with meaningful choices and consequences” · 181 reviews
“legendary game, must-try experience, 133 hours played” · 75 reviews
“Next-Gen update transformed visuals with ray tracing, improved vegetation and sky effects” · 15 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 53% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Freedom +3.49 · Room to explore, build, and play your own way
Positive “open world where choices determine world state, story, and character outcomes” · 3 reviews
Negative “unintended event skipping from free exploration breaks quest enjoyment” · 3 reviews

Progression 9% · Difficulty 12% · Onboarding 6% · Strategy 23% · Controls & feel 21%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 77% of reviews · Top 5% of the games we've analyzed

Story +4.25 · Plot, quests, writing, and the ending
Positive “incredible story with meaningful choices and consequences” · 181 reviews
Negative “story quality drops after Red Baron questline, loses immersion” · 5 reviews

Characters 36% · World 50%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 42% of reviews · Top 5% of the games we've analyzed

Volume +4.31 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
Positive “400+ hours with endless replayability and multiple endings” · 8 reviews
Negative “나이 50이 되니 새로운 콘텐츠가 없음” · 1 review

Variety 14% · Replayability 11%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 38% of reviews · Top 20% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +3.76 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “Next-Gen update transformed visuals with ray tracing, improved vegetation and sky effects” · 15 reviews
Negative “graphics feel dated for a ten-year-old game” · 4 reviews

Audio 23%

Playing with others, the community and servers

Not enough data — only 0% of reviews mention this.

Playing together — · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals

Community 0% · Servers & Connection 0%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 9% of reviews · Top 10% of the games we've analyzed

Pricing +0.25 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge
Positive “two expansions gifted, free remaster, excellent value proposition” · 4 reviews

Anti-cheat 0% · Balance 3% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 14% of reviews · Top 20% of the games we've analyzed

Developer support +0.24 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players
Positive “developer continues supporting game with remasters years after release” · 10 reviews

Stability 5% · Performance 4%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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