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The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut

CD PROJEKT RED · 2008-09-19

Steam

ActionRPG

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

Releases: Sep 16, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 05, 2012 (Mac)

Become The Witcher, Geralt of Rivia, a legendary monster slayer caught in a web of intrigue woven by forces vying for control of the world. Make difficult decisions and live with the consequences in a game that will immerse you in an extraordinary tale like no other.

The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut is an Action and RPG game released in 2008, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 87,568 reviews).

456
playing now
89%
positive of 88k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
87/100
IGDB user rating (96 ratings)
38h
to beat · rushed 30h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

The Witcher is a 2007 action role-playing game developed by CD Projekt Red for Windows and OS X. It was based on the fantasy novel series The Witcher by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. The game's story takes place after the events of the main saga.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 456 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3,333 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~417/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,808 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 3.5M–7.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 87,972 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.49-85%
Steam$1.49-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.79 at Nuuvem (2015-07-15)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 56 of 72 observed days · $0.70 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.2k3.2k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 339 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 733 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 932 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 817 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 999 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2,198 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 146 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3,180 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 210 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1,162 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,157 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,583 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,293 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,125 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,089 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 780 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 863 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 643 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,028 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,086 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 136 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 979 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 718 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 740 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 886 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 853 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 774 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 927 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 652 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 776 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 555 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 771 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,117 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 188 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,504 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 799 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 464 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 451 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 404 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 386 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 434 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 446 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 380 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 542 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 634 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 728 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 354 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 381 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 329 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 605 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 488 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 359 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 405 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 387 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 383 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 380 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 403 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 393 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 557 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 363 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 351 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 337 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 733 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 618 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 407 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 414 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 499 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 482 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 450 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 432 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 374 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 352 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 559 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 522 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 377 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 325 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 354 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 412 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 370 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 28 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.6k2462026-09-15 11:00 — 521 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 797 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 246 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 653 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 1,090 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 353 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 332 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 782 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 395 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 586 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 921 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 658 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 462 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 1,064 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 1,270 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 438 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 918 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 1,048 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 424 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 1,035 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 1,453 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 449 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 522 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 456 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4.2k200Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 735 · peak 1,613Dec 2012 — avg 420 · peak 1,571May 2013 — avg 256 · peak 552Oct 2013 — avg 333 · peak 723Mar 2014 — avg 666 · peak 2,127Aug 2014 — avg 929 · peak 2,833Jan 2015 — avg 840 · peak 2,169Jun 2015 — avg 2,542 · peak 6,676Nov 2015 — avg 947 · peak 2,303Apr 2016 — avg 540 · peak 1,119Sep 2016 — avg 713 · peak 1,658Feb 2017 — avg 875 · peak 1,960Jul 2017 — avg 944 · peak 2,161Dec 2017 — avg 845 · peak 1,907May 2018 — avg 638 · peak 1,382Oct 2018 — avg 590 · peak 1,236Mar 2019 — avg 554 · peak 1,211Aug 2019 — avg 686 · peak 1,529Jan 2020 — avg 4,212 · peak 12,627Jun 2020 — avg 1,132 · peak 2,447Nov 2020 — avg 855 · peak 1,948Apr 2021 — avg 863 · peak 2,149Sep 2021 — avg 867 · peak 2,212Feb 2022 — avg 1,114 · peak 2,718Jul 2022 — avg 608 · peak 1,216Dec 2022 — avg 860 · peak 1,832May 2023 — avg 399 · peak 837Oct 2023 — avg 449 · peak 1,101Mar 2024 — avg 485 · peak 1,133Aug 2024 — avg 540 · peak 1,205Jan 2025 — avg 894 · peak 2,256Jun 2025 — avg 670 · peak 1,436Nov 2025 — avg 592 · peak 1,666Apr 2026 — avg 431 · peak 995Aug 2026 — avg 582 · peak 1,470
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
29292026-09-222026-10-132026-09-22: 11 new positive2026-09-23: 6 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 11 new positive2026-09-25: 6 new positive2026-09-27: 13 new positive2026-09-28: 12 new positive2026-09-28: 2 new negative2026-09-29: 12 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 18 new positive2026-09-30: 2 new negative2026-10-01: 12 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 16 new positive2026-10-04: 5 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 20 new positive2026-10-05: 3 new negative2026-10-06: 16 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 17 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 29 new positive2026-10-08: 6 new negative2026-10-09: 22 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new negative2026-10-10: 13 new positive2026-10-10: 3 new negative2026-10-11: 11 new positive2026-10-11: 2 new negative2026-10-12: 16 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new negative2026-10-13: 5 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$0.792015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $1.492015-03-19 — best price $19.952015-05-12 — best price $16.932015-06-21 — best price $9.992015-09-03 — best price $1.492015-11-03 — best price $9.992015-12-11 — best price $1.492016-03-01 — best price $9.992016-08-19 — best price $1.492017-01-19 — best price $9.992017-05-30 — best price $1.492017-10-23 — best price $9.992018-01-25 — best price $1.492018-06-19 — best price $9.992018-11-10 — best price $1.292019-03-29 — best price $9.992019-08-01 — best price $9.992019-11-25 — best price $1.492020-04-03 — best price $1.492020-08-31 — best price $9.992020-12-10 — best price $1.492021-05-18 — best price $1.492021-10-28 — best price $1.492022-02-03 — best price $9.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-12-08 — best price $1.492023-04-29 — best price $9.992023-09-01 — best price $1.492023-12-13 — best price $1.492024-05-02 — best price $9.992024-09-29 — best price $9.992025-02-05 — best price $9.992025-08-26 — best price $1.492026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-06-17 — best price $1.492026-09-03 — best price $1.492026-10-14 — best price $1.492026-10-15 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.3k3102026-05-31 — 621 pageviews2026-06-04 — 472 pageviews2026-06-08 — 520 pageviews2026-06-12 — 388 pageviews2026-06-16 — 403 pageviews2026-06-20 — 440 pageviews2026-06-24 — 407 pageviews2026-06-28 — 517 pageviews2026-07-02 — 409 pageviews2026-07-06 — 429 pageviews2026-07-10 — 381 pageviews2026-07-14 — 367 pageviews2026-07-18 — 378 pageviews2026-07-22 — 368 pageviews2026-07-26 — 400 pageviews2026-07-30 — 383 pageviews2026-08-03 — 373 pageviews2026-08-07 — 344 pageviews2026-08-11 — 403 pageviews2026-08-15 — 334 pageviews2026-08-19 — 315 pageviews2026-08-23 — 421 pageviews2026-08-27 — 997 pageviews2026-08-31 — 785 pageviews2026-09-04 — 587 pageviews2026-09-08 — 577 pageviews2026-09-12 — 446 pageviews2026-09-16 — 409 pageviews2026-09-20 — 436 pageviews2026-09-24 — 439 pageviews2026-09-28 — 636 pageviews2026-10-02 — 861 pageviews2026-10-06 — 699 pageviews2026-10-10 — 610 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

4002026-10-01 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 14:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-01 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 17:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-03 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 14:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-04 23:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-05 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 17:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-06 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 11:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-06 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 14:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-07 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 20:35 — 8 viewers2026-10-10 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 08:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-11 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 20:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-13 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 14:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-13 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-15 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 04:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeStereo SoundSteam Cloud1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Italian, Czech, Russian, Hungarian, Polish, Traditional Chinese (text only)

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

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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