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The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition

CD PROJEKT RED · 2012-04-16

SteamGOGAmazon

RPG

Franchise: The Witcher · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Oct 18, 2012 (Mac), Apr 17, 2012 (Xbox 360), Apr 20, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 16, 2012 (Linux)

A time of untold chaos has come. Mighty forces clash behind the scenes in a struggle for power and influence. The Northern Kingdoms mobilize for war. But armies on the march are not enough to stop a bloody conspiracy...

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition is a 2012 RPG priced at $19.99, with an owner estimate of 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (90% of 90439 reviews).

347
playing now
90%
positive of 91k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
88/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
85/100
IGDB user rating (238 ratings)
19h
to beat · rushed 20h · completionist 65h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$19.99
steam price (US)

347 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Based on Andrzej Sapkowski's fantasy novels, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings continues the saga of Geralt of Rivia, one of the last of the witchers, mutated and trained monster hunters who ply their deadly trade for coin. As the story opens, Geralt sits imprisoned, accused of a crime he did not commit: the murder of Foltest, king of Temeria, whom he had sworn to protect. Interrogated by Vernon Roche, the hardened commander of the Temerian special forces, Geralt recounts how he came to be the sole suspect after a hidden assassin struck down the king before his very eyes. Convinced of the witc(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition trailer thumbnail

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition | Trailer [GOG]

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 347 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,716 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~340/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 14,020 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.6M–7.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 90,802 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-85%
Steam$2.99-85%
GOG$2.99-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.75 at Nuuvem (2015-07-15) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 61 of 93 observed days · $1.24 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.0k2.0k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 380 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 438 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 920 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 895 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 871 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 948 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1,543 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2,039 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 912 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 966 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,348 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,256 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 988 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 937 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 817 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 781 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 664 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,091 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,056 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 904 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 717 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 759 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 904 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 899 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 742 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 818 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 686 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 696 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 478 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 837 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 881 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,113 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 730 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 419 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 513 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 427 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 406 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 371 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 439 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 427 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 367 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 533 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 569 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 609 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 382 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 396 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 395 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 541 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 451 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 338 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 372 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 325 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 325 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 400 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 520 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 511 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 331 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 368 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 347 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 374 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 316 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 25 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.3k2322026-09-15 11:00 — 492 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 810 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 232 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 643 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 1,079 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 300 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 360 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 690 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 381 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 552 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 849 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 605 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 356 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 807 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 1,050 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 351 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 687 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 906 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 290 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 833 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 1,207 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 350 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 451 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 347 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5.1k247Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 871 · peak 1,869Dec 2012 — avg 715 · peak 2,733May 2013 — avg 451 · peak 985Oct 2013 — avg 526 · peak 1,118Mar 2014 — avg 869 · peak 2,458Aug 2014 — avg 1,545 · peak 5,069Jan 2015 — avg 1,329 · peak 3,782Jun 2015 — avg 2,855 · peak 6,964Nov 2015 — avg 1,037 · peak 2,304Apr 2016 — avg 676 · peak 1,433Sep 2016 — avg 804 · peak 1,722Feb 2017 — avg 992 · peak 2,182Jul 2017 — avg 1,012 · peak 2,155Dec 2017 — avg 844 · peak 1,809May 2018 — avg 689 · peak 1,410Oct 2018 — avg 616 · peak 1,325Mar 2019 — avg 552 · peak 1,168Aug 2019 — avg 650 · peak 1,397Jan 2020 — avg 2,760 · peak 6,848Jun 2020 — avg 1,004 · peak 2,008Nov 2020 — avg 845 · peak 1,841Apr 2021 — avg 772 · peak 1,798Sep 2021 — avg 755 · peak 1,793Feb 2022 — avg 922 · peak 2,242Jul 2022 — avg 542 · peak 1,029Dec 2022 — avg 752 · peak 1,463May 2023 — avg 372 · peak 787Oct 2023 — avg 394 · peak 902Mar 2024 — avg 429 · peak 898Aug 2024 — avg 462 · peak 953Jan 2025 — avg 733 · peak 1,712Jun 2025 — avg 528 · peak 1,169Nov 2025 — avg 465 · peak 1,073Apr 2026 — avg 371 · peak 851Aug 2026 — avg 493 · peak 1,145
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
30302026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 12 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 2 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 3 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 8 new positive2026-09-27: 4 new negative2026-09-29: 11 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new negative2026-09-30: 6 new positive2026-09-30: 5 new negative2026-10-01: 11 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-02: 11 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new negative2026-10-03: 10 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 14 new positive2026-10-04: 3 new negative2026-10-05: 24 new positive2026-10-06: 8 new positive2026-10-06: 5 new negative2026-10-07: 30 new positive2026-10-07: 5 new negative2026-10-08: 7 new positive2026-10-08: 4 new negative2026-10-09: 8 new positive2026-10-09: 4 new negative2026-10-10: 9 new positive2026-10-10: 4 new negative2026-10-11: 10 new positive2026-10-11: 3 new negative2026-10-12: 11 new positive2026-10-12: 3 new negative2026-10-13: 7 new positive2026-10-13: 4 new negative2026-10-14: 6 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$23.54$2.592015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $2.992015-03-07 — best price $19.992015-05-05 — best price $22.682015-06-18 — best price $22.912015-08-21 — best price $19.992015-11-04 — best price $2.992015-12-12 — best price $2.992016-03-25 — best price $4.992016-08-23 — best price $2.992017-01-26 — best price $2.992017-06-04 — best price $19.992017-09-25 — best price $19.992018-01-08 — best price $2.992018-05-24 — best price $2.992018-11-06 — best price $2.592019-02-11 — best price $19.992019-07-09 — best price $19.992019-10-29 — best price $19.992020-02-24 — best price $19.992020-07-04 — best price $19.992020-11-16 — best price $2.992021-02-18 — best price $19.992021-09-06 — best price $19.992021-12-21 — best price $2.992022-05-24 — best price $19.992022-11-04 — best price $19.992023-03-20 — best price $2.992023-07-27 — best price $2.992023-11-17 — best price $3.992024-03-20 — best price $2.992024-08-15 — best price $2.992024-12-18 — best price $19.992025-06-18 — best price $2.992025-11-27 — best price $2.992026-04-25 — best price $19.992026-08-28 — best price $2.992026-09-17 — best price $19.992026-10-07 — best price $2.992026-10-15 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

4302026-10-01 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 19:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-02 04:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-02 13:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-02 22:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-03 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 10:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-04 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-05 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 16:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-07 01:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-07 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 19:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-08 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-08 22:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-09 08:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-09 17:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-10 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 20:35 — 12 viewers2026-10-11 05:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-11 14:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-11 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 17:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-13 02:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-13 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 14:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-14 23:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-15 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 09:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

52
achievements tracked
66.4%
earned "Perfectionist"
16%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeStereo Sound1 DLC

13 supported languages: English, German, French, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Czech, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Turkish, Traditional Chinese, Italian…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-02-10 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)99,2334%52

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGActionMatureNudityFantasyAdventureOpen WorldStory RichAtmosphericDark Fantasy

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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