The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is CD Projekt Red's open-world action RPG, released on 19 May 2015 for PS4, Windows and Xbox One. You play Geralt of Rivia, a monster hunter, searching for Ciri while war ravages the Northern Realms. It later came to Nintendo Switch (15 October 2019) and, as a free next-gen update for existing owners, to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S (14 December 2022). A Remastered edition was released on 29 September 2026 for Windows, PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2, free for existing owners (per Wikipedia).
Quest choices have consequences, and the story takes Geralt through Velen, Novigrad, Skellige and Kaer Morhen. The Bloody Baron's story, the main quest “Family Matters” in Velen, is one of the best-known parts of the game.
Two expansions exist: Hearts of Stone (13 October 2015) and Blood and Wine (31 May 2016, set in Toussaint, Game of the Year edition 30 August 2016). A third expansion, Songs of the Past, is scheduled for 2027 on PS5, Windows, Switch 2 and Xbox Series X|S, developed with Fool's Theory. The 2022 Next-Gen update added higher-resolution textures, ray tracing, new outfits and a quest inspired by the Netflix series, and included all earlier DLC. Metacritic: PC 93, PS5 and Xbox Series 94, PS4 92, Xbox One 91, Switch 85; OpenCritic: 95% recommend.
Quest decisions affect how events play out later in the story.
Five Signs (Aard, Igni, Axii, Yrden, Quen) plus potions, decoctions, bombs and oils give Geralt a wide set of tools.
Velen, Novigrad, Skellige, Kaer Morhen and Toussaint (Blood and Wine) are the main settings.
A card minigame you can play across the world; it was later spun off as its own game.
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