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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition

CD PROJEKT RED · 2015-05-18

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RPG

Franchise: The Witcher · Modes: Single player

Releases: May 19, 2015 (Xbox One), May 19, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 28, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 14, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), May 19, 2015 (PlayStation 4), Dec 14, 2022 (PlayStation 5)

You are Geralt of Rivia, mercenary monster slayer. Before you stands a war-torn, monster-infested continent you can explore at will. Your current contract? Tracking down Ciri — the Child of Prophecy, a living weapon that can alter the shape of the world.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is an RPG game released in 2015, priced at $39.99, with an estimated 20,000,000 .. 50,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 881077 reviews).

31,520
playing now
97%
positive of 885k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
20,000,000–50,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2,275
twitch viewers (latest)
92/100
critic score (26 outlets, IGDB)
94/100
IGDB user rating (5433 ratings)
93/100
opencritic · mighty · 95% recommend
71h
to beat · rushed 37h · completionist 162h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

31,520 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 15:00 UTC (census sample)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt‍ is a 2015 action role-playing game developed and published by CD Projekt. It is the sequel to the 2011 game The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings and the third game in The Witcher video game series, played in an open world with a third-person perspective. The games follow the Witcher series of fantasy novels by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski.

Trailer

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition trailer thumbnail

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition - Next-Gen Update Trailer | PS5 Games

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Health check

Thriving
  • · 31,520 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 37,787 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4,723/week).
  • · Review velocity up 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 6,126 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 22M–53M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 885,298 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at GOG (2024-06-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 31 of 52 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
27k27k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 3,364 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3,299 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2,398 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2,394 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2,023 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3,488 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2,752 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1,935 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2,253 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1,746 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 21,075 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 171 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2,743 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2,379 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2,889 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1,910 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2,374 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1,740 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 11,049 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 12,157 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 172 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1,744 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2,008 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2,994 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 18,803 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 26,061 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 269 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 26,697 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 309 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 12,833 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 216 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 12,162 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 205 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 14,968 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 268 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 12,139 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 250 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 10,625 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 227 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 11,306 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 262 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 8,271 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 224 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 9,555 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 198 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 7,114 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 183 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 17,458 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 243 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 14,866 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 396 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 10,722 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 320 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 9,487 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 273 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 9,140 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 238 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 10,782 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 303 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 10,316 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 340 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 9,441 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 338 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 10,967 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 355 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 9,078 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 292 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 9,432 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 291 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6,120 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 208 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 15,176 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,448 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 12,993 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,598 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 14,033 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 456 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7,902 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 293 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7,530 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5,531 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5,117 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 307 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4,811 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 241 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4,555 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 225 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5,220 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 218 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5,419 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 224 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4,601 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 182 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4,217 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 179 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 12,830 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 263 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 18,097 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2,726 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 11,857 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 767 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6,351 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 433 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4,913 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 348 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4,164 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 314 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3,474 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 250 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4,179 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 245 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6,368 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 317 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5,074 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 243 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3,639 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 190 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4,469 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 225 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10,483 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 218 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5,279 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 273 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4,594 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 239 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4,424 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 196 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4,391 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 195 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4,033 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 235 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4,085 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 214 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4,137 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 234 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8,013 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 743 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5,229 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 304 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4,196 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 241 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3,481 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 189 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4,456 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 198 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7,657 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 417 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6,227 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 288 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4,263 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 196 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4,338 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 199 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3,004 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 159 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5,528 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 350 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5,123 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 273 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4,606 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 238 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4,307 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 268 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3,061 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 177 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3,525 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 173 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4,068 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 169 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6,600 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 367 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5,493 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 257 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3,672 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 189 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3,629 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 197 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3,245 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 174 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3,539 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 219 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4,603 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 301 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5,017 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 285 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,551 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 80 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

32k7.6k2026-08-06 21:00 — 15,254 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 25,801 players2026-08-12 05:00 — 8,792 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 14,486 players2026-08-13 13:00 — 17,870 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 8,214 players2026-08-14 21:00 — 14,873 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 21,155 players2026-08-16 05:00 — 11,201 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 17,446 players2026-08-17 13:00 — 18,153 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 8,081 players2026-08-18 21:00 — 14,633 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 17,388 players2026-08-20 05:00 — 7,574 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 13,851 players2026-08-21 13:00 — 16,911 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 9,682 players2026-08-22 21:00 — 16,585 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 23,007 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 7,692 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 14,496 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 17,510 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 8,198 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 13,743 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 22,325 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 9,426 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 14,986 players2026-08-29 14:00 — 27,703 players2026-08-30 06:00 — 14,415 players2026-08-30 15:00 — 31,520 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#67#972026-08-122026-08-302026-08-12 — #932026-08-13 — #932026-08-14 — #932026-08-15 — #962026-08-16 — #962026-08-17 — #902026-08-18 — #902026-08-19 — #902026-08-20 — #902026-08-21 — #962026-08-22 — #972026-08-23 — #972026-08-24 — #932026-08-25 — #932026-08-26 — #902026-08-27 — #672026-08-28 — #672026-08-29 — #672026-08-30 — #67
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
1.0k1.0k2026-08-132026-08-292026-08-13: 125 new positive2026-08-13: 10 new negative2026-08-14: 138 new positive2026-08-15: 118 new positive2026-08-15: 12 new negative2026-08-16: 100 new positive2026-08-16: 4 new negative2026-08-17: 143 new positive2026-08-17: 11 new negative2026-08-18: 107 new positive2026-08-18: 7 new negative2026-08-19: 100 new positive2026-08-20: 64 new positive2026-08-20: 6 new negative2026-08-21: 109 new positive2026-08-22: 118 new positive2026-08-22: 10 new negative2026-08-23: 89 new positive2026-08-23: 6 new negative2026-08-24: 137 new positive2026-08-25: 89 new positive2026-08-25: 7 new negative2026-08-26: 1,041 new positive2026-08-26: 71 new negative2026-08-27: 700 new positive2026-08-27: 72 new negative2026-08-28: 448 new positive2026-08-28: 16 new negative2026-08-29: 349 new positive2026-08-29: 14 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$76.43$0.002015-01-012026-08-262015-01-01 — best price $33.552015-05-07 — best price $41.992015-07-04 — best price $38.992015-09-15 — best price $37.002015-11-06 — best price $59.992015-12-08 — best price $29.992016-01-21 — best price $56.992016-02-10 — best price $56.992016-04-08 — best price $49.992016-07-04 — best price $49.992016-11-03 — best price $19.992017-03-30 — best price $39.992017-06-27 — best price $39.992017-11-22 — best price $19.992018-02-11 — best price $39.992018-07-26 — best price $19.992018-11-21 — best price $19.992019-03-29 — best price $39.992019-08-15 — best price $11.992019-11-12 — best price $39.992020-03-16 — best price $11.992020-07-27 — best price $39.992020-11-25 — best price $11.992021-02-15 — best price $39.992021-07-08 — best price $7.992021-11-24 — best price $7.992022-03-21 — best price $7.992022-08-08 — best price $7.992022-12-12 — best price $7.992023-05-11 — best price $11.992023-09-05 — best price $39.992023-12-21 — best price $9.992024-05-16 — best price $9.992024-11-21 — best price $9.992025-04-23 — best price $39.992025-09-29 — best price $7.992026-02-26 — best price $7.992026-08-07 — best price $7.992026-08-26 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

12k9142026-05-14 — 1,073 pageviews2026-05-17 — 1,178 pageviews2026-05-20 — 1,068 pageviews2026-05-23 — 1,037 pageviews2026-05-26 — 1,122 pageviews2026-05-29 — 3,724 pageviews2026-06-01 — 2,052 pageviews2026-06-04 — 1,562 pageviews2026-06-07 — 1,826 pageviews2026-06-10 — 1,442 pageviews2026-06-13 — 1,182 pageviews2026-06-16 — 1,156 pageviews2026-06-19 — 1,435 pageviews2026-06-22 — 1,348 pageviews2026-06-25 — 1,421 pageviews2026-06-28 — 1,407 pageviews2026-07-01 — 1,280 pageviews2026-07-04 — 1,275 pageviews2026-07-07 — 1,329 pageviews2026-07-10 — 1,206 pageviews2026-07-13 — 1,114 pageviews2026-07-16 — 1,118 pageviews2026-07-19 — 1,102 pageviews2026-07-22 — 1,431 pageviews2026-07-25 — 1,075 pageviews2026-07-28 — 1,163 pageviews2026-07-31 — 994 pageviews2026-08-03 — 1,135 pageviews2026-08-06 — 1,055 pageviews2026-08-09 — 1,090 pageviews2026-08-12 — 1,040 pageviews2026-08-15 — 1,025 pageviews2026-08-18 — 1,189 pageviews2026-08-21 — 1,168 pageviews2026-08-24 — 1,817 pageviews2026-08-25 — 6,900 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

3.5k1622026-08-26 19:15 — 976 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 1,036 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 972 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 318 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 666 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 1,183 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 2,430 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 3,543 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 493 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 574 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 167 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 564 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 1,569 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 1,324 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 1,546 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 718 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 991 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 504 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 453 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 284 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 1,253 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 1,691 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 1,731 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 708 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 613 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 375 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 260 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 384 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 1,099 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 1,183 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 2,913 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 2,275 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
60.2%
earned "Lilac and Gooseberries"
17.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed Input22 DLC

16 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Czech, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)193,8767%78
PS4 (PlayStation)144,2505%79
Xbox One (Xbox)67,0552%78
PS5 (PlayStation)51,9348%79
Switch (Nintendo)7420%0
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

RPGActionMatureNudityFantasyMedievalAdventureOpen WorldStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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