The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Latest Updates & Patch Notes
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is currently the #93 most-played game on Steam, with a 24-hour peak of 20K concurrent players — ▼ cooling off (was #90 last week).
Last official update Aug 6, 2026 (7 days ago) · 12 updates in the last 90 days · 12 tracked here.
- Steam rank
- #93 ▼
- Peak (24h)
- 20K
- Genre
- RPG
- Developer
- CD PROJEKT RED
- Released
- May 18, 2015
- Price
- $39.99
- Metacritic
- 93
- Steam reviews
- 827K
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.
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Latest updates & patch notes
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Release
Just in time for pre-Songs of the Past DLC refreshers, Witcher 3 modders have restored a cut menu which lets you watch story recaps at any time
Remember those little 'last time on The Witcher 3 ' recaps CD Projekt Red have Dandelion narrate if you load up a save or fast travel to a new section of the map midway through the RPG 's main story? Well, it turns out the studio cut out a menu that'd have allowed you to go back…
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Release
The Witcher 3's expansion reveal is scheduled for next month
CD Projekt Red sent us all scurrying for our calendars when it announced, last May, that 2015's The Witcher 3 would be getting a brand-new expansion in the year of our lord 2027. It's called Songs of the Past, it's set to be "a little bit closer to Blood and Wine" in terms of…
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News
CD Projekt Red's CEO still thinks they need to finish their post-Cyberpunk redemption arc, and he's hoping The Witcher 4 will help
I think despite the mess that was the launch of Cyberpunk 2077 , it wouldn't be right to say that CD Projekt Red's reputation was completely tarnished. It is still a game with a lot of cultural relevancy, and nobody can shut up about The Witcher 3 to such a degree that it's even…
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News
This massively ambitious The Witcher 3 mod aims to recreate its biggest cut questline, and you could be the voice of Geralt of Rivia
The Witcher 3 isn't exactly short of stuff to do, but I nonetheless lament that one of its most ambitious questlines never made it into the final game. Not only because it would have delved much more deeply into The Catriona Plague—a disease ravaging Velen that mostly serves as…
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Release
Witcher 3 modders are restoring the RPG's massive cut plague questline, just in case CD Projekt's Songs of the Past expansion isn't enough extra Geralt
Those modders, eh? Never ones to be outdone. CD Projekt whip out a surprise extra DLC for The Witcher 3 following months of speculation, revealing it's set to arrive in 2027. Naturally, that's now also the point when a group of the RPG 's modders are planning to have an…
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News
The Witcher 3 sold another 5 million copies over the last year: 'This cements its place among the best-selling videogames in history'
Here's a nice little bit of trivia to carry you into your weekend: Amidst all the hullabaloo about the surprise Witcher 3 expansion Songs of the Past that was announced earlier this week , CD Projekt also revealed that Geralt's big(gest) adventure has now surpassed 65 million…
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Release
'Proper big': The Witcher 3's new expansion will be 'closer to Blood and Wine' in scope
CD Projekt finally confirmed yesterday that a new expansion for The Witcher 3 is in the works, called Songs of the Past . The announcement brought months of rumors and speculation (and one cheeky non-denial) to a close—ironically, a day earlier than planned, because CD Projekt…
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Event
REDstreams — The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine 10th Anniversary Stream is coming!
Toussaint, the land of love and wine 🍷Join us on May 28th at 5 PM CEST for a special anniversary stream of The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine. Our hosts, Amelia Korzycka and Laura Beitzel, together with their guests Kacper Niepokólczycki and Magdalena Zych, will return once more to…
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Release
Witcher 3 modders have already added Geralt's new sword from the Songs of the Past expansion to the base game
Yesterday, May 27th, CD Projekt finally held their hands up and revealed that the extra DLC long-rumoured to be coming to The Witcher 3 is indeed a thing. It's called Songs of the Past and will arrive in 2027, they said, also lobbing out some promo art of Gerry from the River…
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News
The Witcher 3 reveals new system requirements and it's now Windows 11 or nothing
CD Projekt finally confirmed today that it's working on a new expansion for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt , called Songs of the Past, that's expected to be out sometime in 2027. As part of that announcement, the studio also said it's updating the game's system requirements "to ensure…
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Release
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past DLC announced
As had been rumoured and now confirmed, CD PROJEKT RED today announced The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past DLC to arrive in 2027. Read the full article here:
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Release
Geralt's back for one last Roach ride in long-rumoured The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt expansion Songs of the Past
Silver-haired fox of an RPG The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is officially getting a new expansion, ten years after Blood and Wine and over eleven since the base game launch. It’s called Songs of the Past , it’s being co-developed between CD Projekt Red and The Witcher 1 Remake devs…
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Game details
- System requirements (minimum)
- Minimum: OS *: 64-bit Windows 7, 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1) Processor: Intel CPU Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz / AMD A10-5800K APU (3.8GHz) Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 660 / AMD GPU Radeon HD 7870 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 50 GB available space
- Languages
- English * , French * , Italian, German * , Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Czech, Hungarian, Japanese * , Korean * , Polish * , Portuguese - Brazil * , Russian * , Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Simplified Chinese * , Spanish -…
- DLC
- 22 available on Steam
- Official site
- www.thewitcher.com/witcher3
Frequently asked questions
- Is The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt free to play?
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is a paid game ($39.99) on Steam.
- What is the latest The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt update?
- The most recent official update is "Just in time for pre-Songs of the Past DLC refreshers, Witcher 3 modders have restored a cut menu which lets you watch story recaps at any time" (Aug 6, 2026), categorized as Release. Remember those little 'last time on The Witcher 3 ' recaps CD Projekt Red have Dandelion narrate if you load up a save or fast travel to a new section of the map midway through the RPG 's main story? Well, it turns out the studio cut out a menu that'd have all
- How many people play The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt?
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt peaked at 20K concurrent players in the last 24 hours, ranking #93 on Steam's most-played chart (it was #90 the previous week).
- When was The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt released?
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was released on May 18, 2015 by CD PROJEKT RED.
- What kind of game is The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt?
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is a RPG game, featuring single-player, steam achievements, steam trading cards.
Live player counts and update notes are pulled from Steam's public data and refreshed daily (last refresh: Aug 13, 2026). Excerpts are from official announcements; follow the source links for full notes. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and all related assets are trademarks of their respective owners.