The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Game First reported release
Game details
- First release year
- 2015
Genres
- action role-playing game
- fantasy video game
- action game*
- role-playing video game*
Play modes
- single-player video game
Players by platform
- Microsoft Windows*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 1*
Content classifications
- ESRB · Microsoft Windows*
- Classification
- M - Mature*
Series
- The Witcher
Engines
- SpeedTree
- REDengine
- PhysX
Localized titles
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Steam version platforms
- Windows*
- Supported
- Yes*
- Linux*
- Supported
- No*
- macOS*
- Supported
- No*
Store genres
- RPG*
Game features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Steam Workshop*
- Adjustable Text Size*
- Camera Comfort*
- Color Alternatives*
- Custom Volume Controls*
- Adjustable Difficulty*
- Playable without Timed Input*
- Save Anytime*
- Stereo Sound*
- Surround Sound*
- Partial Controller Support*
- Steam Cloud*
- Remote Play on Tablet*
- Remote Play on TV*
- Family Sharing*
Interface languages
- English*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- French*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Italian*
- German*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Arabic*
- Czech*
- Hungarian*
- Japanese*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Korean*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Polish*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Russian*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Traditional Chinese*
- Turkish*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Spanish - Latin America*
Audio languages
- English*
- French*
- German*
- Japanese*
- Korean*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Spanish - Latin America*
Community tags · historical
- Open World*
- Votes · historical
- 12,801*
- RPG*
- Votes · historical
- 10,801*
- Story Rich*
- Votes · historical
- 10,011*
- Atmospheric*
- Votes · historical
- 6,881*
- Mature*
- Votes · historical
- 6,825*
- Fantasy*
- Votes · historical
- 6,585*
- Adventure*
- Votes · historical
- 6,454*
- Singleplayer*
- Votes · historical
- 6,287*
- Nudity*
- Votes · historical
- 6,129*
- Choices Matter*
- Votes · historical
- 5,788*
- Great Soundtrack*
- Votes · historical
- 4,732*
- Third Person*
- Votes · historical
- 4,702*
- Medieval*
- Votes · historical
- 4,576*
- Action*
- Votes · historical
- 4,412*
- Multiple Endings*
- Votes · historical
- 3,967*
- Action RPG*
- Votes · historical
- 3,905*
- Dark Fantasy*
- Votes · historical
- 3,734*
- Magic*
- Votes · historical
- 3,717*
- Dark*
- Votes · historical
- 2,220*
- Sandbox*
- Votes · historical
- 1,335*
System requirements
- Windows · Minimum*
- Operating system
- 64-bit Windows 7, 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1)*
- Processor alternatives
- Intel CPU Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz / AMD A10-5800K APU (3.8GHz)*
- Memory
- 6 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 660 / AMD GPU Radeon HD 7870*
- Graphics API
- Version 11*
- Storage
- 50 GB available space*
- Windows · Recommended*
- Graphics alternatives
- Nvidia GTX 1070 / Radeon RX 480*
- Memory
- 8 GB*
- Processor alternatives
- Intel Core i5-7400 / Ryzen 5 1600*
- Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27*
- Memory
- 8 GB*
Compatibility and community reports
- Steam Deck*
- Compatibility category
- Verified*
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27*
- Compatibility category
- Verified*
- Steam Deck · Community performance · 2026-06-27*
- Community-reported frame rate
- 35 fps*
- Reports
- 2*
- Controller support · 2026-06-27*
- Controller support
- Partial*
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27*
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Platinum*
- Reports
- 1,721*
- Community confidence
- strong*
Studios & publishers
Developers
- CD Projekt RED
Publishers
- cdp.pl
- CD Projekt RED
- Warner Bros. Games
- Namco
Release history
- 2015-05-19
- Date precision
- Exact date
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows
- 2015-10-15
- Date precision
- Exact date
- 2021
- Date precision
- Year only
- Platform
- Xbox Series X and Series S
- 2021-01-28
- Date precision
- Exact date
- 2015-05-18 · Microsoft Windows*
- Release date
- 2015-05-18*
- Date precision
- Exact date*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows*
Store release history
- Steam*
- Release date
- May 18, 2015*
System configuration
Detailed specifications
Specifications 1 · 2 fields
- Steam Deck compatibility
- Verified*
- Steam Deck compatibility
- Steam Deck
- Compatibility category
- Verified*
Specifications 2 · 14 fields
- Windows minimum processor requirement
- Intel CPU Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz / AMD A10-5800K APU (3.8GHz)*
- Windows minimum graphics requirement
- Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 660 / AMD GPU Radeon HD 7870*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- 6* GB
- Name
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt*
- Windows recommended processor requirement
- Intel Core i5-7400 / Ryzen 5 1600*
- Windows recommended graphics requirement
- Nvidia GTX 1070 / Radeon RX 480*
- Windows recommended memory requirement
- 8* GB
- Release year
- 2,015*
- Windows minimum processor requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Processor alternatives
- Intel CPU Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz / AMD A10-5800K APU (3.8GHz)*
- Windows minimum graphics requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Graphics alternatives
- Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 660 / AMD GPU Radeon HD 7870*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Memory
- 6 GB*
- Windows recommended processor requirement
- Windows · Recommended
- Processor alternatives
- Intel Core i5-7400 / Ryzen 5 1600*
- Windows recommended graphics requirement
- Windows · Recommended
- Graphics alternatives
- Nvidia GTX 1070 / Radeon RX 480*
- Windows recommended memory requirement
- Windows · Recommended
- Memory
- 8 GB*
Specifications 3 · 7 fields
- Developers · Microsoft Windows
- CD Projekt RED
- CD Projekt RED*
- ESRB classification · Microsoft Windows
- ESRB · Microsoft Windows
- Classification
- M - Mature*
- Genres · Microsoft Windows
- action game
- action game*
- role-playing video game
- role-playing video game*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified) · Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 1*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows*
- Publishers · Microsoft Windows
- CD Projekt Red
- CD Projekt Red*
- Release date · Microsoft Windows
- 2015-05-18 · Microsoft Windows
- Release date
- 2015-05-18*
- Date precision
- day*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows*
Specifications 4 · 36 fields
- Achievements · historical
- 78*
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 621* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 3,471* min
- Features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Steam Workshop*
- Adjustable Text Size*
- Camera Comfort*
- Color Alternatives*
- Custom Volume Controls*
- Adjustable Difficulty*
- Playable without Timed Input*
- Save Anytime*
- Stereo Sound*
- Surround Sound*
- Partial Controller Support*
- Steam Cloud*
- Remote Play on Tablet*
- Remote Play on TV*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- CD PROJEKT RED*
- DLC count · historical
- 22*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 20000000 - 50000000*
- Audio languages
- English*
- French*
- German*
- Japanese*
- Korean*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Spanish - Latin America*
- Store genres
- RPG*
- Linux support · historical
- No*
- macOS support · historical
- No*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 134* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 875* min
- Metacritic score
- 93*
- Name
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 32,356*
- Peak ccu
- 15,893*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 802,993*
- Price (historical; currency unreported)
- 3.99*
- Publishers
- CD PROJEKT RED*
- Recommendations
- 797,928*
- Store release date · historical
- May 18, 2015*
- Store age restriction · historical
- 17*
- Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Arabic*
- Czech*
- Hungarian*
- Japanese*
- Korean*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Traditional Chinese*
- Turkish*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Spanish - Latin America*
- Game website · historical
- https://www.thewitcher.com/witcher3*
- Windows support · historical
- Yes*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Steam Workshop
- Steam Workshop*
- Adjustable Text Size
- Adjustable Text Size*
- Camera Comfort
- Camera Comfort*
- Color Alternatives
- Color Alternatives*
- Custom Volume Controls
- Custom Volume Controls*
- Adjustable Difficulty
- Adjustable Difficulty*
- Playable without Timed Input
- Playable without Timed Input*
- Save Anytime
- Save Anytime*
- Stereo Sound
- Stereo Sound*
- Surround Sound
- Surround Sound*
- Partial Controller Support
- Partial Controller Support*
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Cloud*
- Remote Play on Tablet
- Remote Play on Tablet*
- Remote Play on TV
- Remote Play on TV*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- CD PROJEKT RED
- CD PROJEKT RED*
- Audio languages
- English*
- French*
- German*
- Japanese*
- Korean*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Spanish - Latin America*
- Store genres
- RPG
- RPG*
- Linux support · historical
- Linux
- Supported
- No*
- macOS support · historical
- macOS
- Supported
- No*
- Publishers
- CD PROJEKT RED
- CD PROJEKT RED*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- May 18, 2015*
- Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Arabic*
- Czech*
- Hungarian*
- Japanese*
- Korean*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Traditional Chinese*
- Turkish*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Spanish - Latin America*
- Windows support · historical
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
Specifications 5 · 21 fields
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 337* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 3,622* min
- Ccu
- 15,893*
- Developer
- CD PROJEKT RED*
- Historical discount
- 0* %
- Store genres
- RPG*
- Historical US original list price
- 3,999* US cents
- Languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Arabic*
- Czech*
- Hungarian*
- Japanese*
- Korean*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Traditional Chinese*
- Turkish*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Spanish - Latin America*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 112* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 904* min
- Name
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 32,356*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 20,000,000 .. 50,000,000*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 802,993*
- Historical US price
- 3,999* US cents
- Publisher
- CD PROJEKT RED*
- Community tags · historical
- Open World*
- RPG*
- Story Rich*
- Atmospheric*
- Mature*
- Fantasy*
- Adventure*
- Singleplayer*
- Nudity*
- Choices Matter*
- Great Soundtrack*
- Third Person*
- Medieval*
- Action*
- Multiple Endings*
- Action RPG*
- Dark Fantasy*
- Magic*
- Dark*
- Sandbox*
- Store genres
- RPG
- RPG*
- Languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Arabic*
- Czech*
- Hungarian*
- Japanese*
- Korean*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Traditional Chinese*
- Turkish*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Spanish - Latin America*
- Community tags · historical
- Open World
- Open World*
- RPG
- RPG*
- Story Rich
- Story Rich*
- Atmospheric
- Atmospheric*
- Mature
- Mature*
- Fantasy
- Fantasy*
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Singleplayer
- Singleplayer*
- Nudity
- Nudity*
- Choices Matter
- Choices Matter*
- Great Soundtrack
- Great Soundtrack*
- Third Person
- Third Person*
- Medieval
- Medieval*
- Action
- Action*
- Multiple Endings
- Multiple Endings*
- Action RPG
- Action RPG*
- Dark Fantasy
- Dark Fantasy*
- Magic
- Magic*
- Dark
- Dark*
- Sandbox
- Sandbox*
- Tags votes
- Open World
- Votes · historical
- 12,801*
- RPG
- Votes · historical
- 10,801*
- Story Rich
- Votes · historical
- 10,011*
- Atmospheric
- Votes · historical
- 6,881*
- Mature
- Votes · historical
- 6,825*
- Fantasy
- Votes · historical
- 6,585*
- Adventure
- Votes · historical
- 6,454*
- Singleplayer
- Votes · historical
- 6,287*
- Nudity
- Votes · historical
- 6,129*
- Choices Matter
- Votes · historical
- 5,788*
- Great Soundtrack
- Votes · historical
- 4,732*
- Third Person
- Votes · historical
- 4,702*
- Medieval
- Votes · historical
- 4,576*
- Action
- Votes · historical
- 4,412*
- Multiple Endings
- Votes · historical
- 3,967*
- Action RPG
- Votes · historical
- 3,905*
- Dark Fantasy
- Votes · historical
- 3,734*
- Magic
- Votes · historical
- 3,717*
- Dark
- Votes · historical
- 2,220*
- Sandbox
- Votes · historical
- 1,335*
Specifications 6 · 26 fields
- Features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Steam Workshop*
- Adjustable Text Size*
- Camera Comfort*
- Color Alternatives*
- Custom Volume Controls*
- Adjustable Difficulty*
- Playable without Timed Input*
- Save Anytime*
- Stereo Sound*
- Surround Sound*
- Partial Controller Support*
- Steam Cloud*
- Remote Play on Tablet*
- Remote Play on TV*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- CD PROJEKT RED*
- Store genres
- RPG*
- Free to play · historical
- No*
- Metacritic score
- 93*
- Name
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt*
- Windows requirements
- 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 *
- Platforms
- windows*
- Historical price currency
- USD*
- Discount percentage (historical)
- 0*
- Historical store price
- $39.99*
- Publishers
- CD PROJEKT RED*
- Recommendations total
- 791,613*
- Coming soon · historical store status
- No*
- Store release date · historical
- May 18, 2015*
- Store age restriction · historical
- 17*
- Interface languages
- English (full audio), French (full audio), Italian, German (full audio), Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Czech, Hungarian, Japanese (full audio), Korean (full audio), Polish (full audio), Portuguese - Brazil (full audio), Russian (full audio), Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Simplified Chinese (full audio), Spanish - Latin America*
- Type
- game*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Steam Workshop
- Steam Workshop*
- Adjustable Text Size
- Adjustable Text Size*
- Camera Comfort
- Camera Comfort*
- Color Alternatives
- Color Alternatives*
- Custom Volume Controls
- Custom Volume Controls*
- Adjustable Difficulty
- Adjustable Difficulty*
- Playable without Timed Input
- Playable without Timed Input*
- Save Anytime
- Save Anytime*
- Stereo Sound
- Stereo Sound*
- Surround Sound
- Surround Sound*
- Partial Controller Support
- Partial Controller Support*
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Cloud*
- Remote Play on Tablet
- Remote Play on Tablet*
- Remote Play on TV
- Remote Play on TV*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- CD PROJEKT RED
- CD PROJEKT RED*
- Store genres
- RPG
- RPG*
- Windows requirements
- Windows · Minimum
- Operating system
- 64-bit Windows 7, 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1)*
- Processor alternatives
- Intel CPU Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz / AMD A10-5800K APU (3.8GHz)*
- Memory
- 6 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 660 / AMD GPU Radeon HD 7870*
- Graphics API
- Version 11*
- Storage
- 50 GB available space*
- Platforms
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
- Publishers
- CD PROJEKT RED
- CD PROJEKT RED*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- May 18, 2015*
- Interface languages
- Italian*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Arabic*
- Czech*
- Hungarian*
- Traditional Chinese*
- Turkish*
- Spanish - Latin America*
Specifications 7 · 22 fields
- Declared controller support · 2026-06-27
- partial*
- Co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- verified*
- Steam Deck community-reported FPS · 2026-06-27
- 35* fps
- Steam Deck performance reports · 2026-06-27
- 2*
- Store genres
- RPG*
- Local co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Owners-based popularity rank · 2026-06-27
- 374*
- Community Linux rating confidence · 2026-06-27
- strong*
- Community Linux report count · 2026-06-27
- 1,721*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- platinum*
- PvP listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Windows recommended RAM · 2026-06-27
- 8* GB
- Steam release year · historical
- 2,015*
- Title
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt*
- Coming soon · historical Steam listing
- No*
- Declared controller support · 2026-06-27
- Controller support · 2026-06-27
- Controller support
- Partial*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27
- Compatibility category
- Verified*
- Steam Deck community-reported FPS · 2026-06-27
- Steam Deck · Community performance · 2026-06-27
- Community-reported frame rate
- 35* fps
- Reports
- 2*
- Store genres
- RPG
- RPG*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Platinum*
- Reports
- 1,721*
- Community confidence
- strong*
- Windows recommended RAM · 2026-06-27
- Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27
- Memory
- 8 GB*
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