The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut
Game
Game2015
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered
Developer CD PROJEKT RED
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. The game takes place in a fictional fantasy world… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
1,587 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
85
LovedLoved
1,140 positive · 200 negative
95% range 83–87%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 1140 | 200 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 66 | 16 | 107 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 29 |
| Lemmy * | 5 | 1 | 22 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Overwhelmingly Positive
258,749 of 268,483 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
81% recommend · 327 yes, 75 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 402 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Overwhelmingly Positive (870,011 of 902,537 positive).
Players praise the free remaster upgrade, which includes expansions and visual improvements. [1][2][3][4] Some reviewers report the remaster is broken, with performance issues, graphical glitches, and crashes. [5][6][7][8] Many players consider the game a masterpiece, praising its story, characters, and world. [9][10][11][12]
Liked
Representative posts
- [5]
40fps on a 4090 at 2k res with raytracing on and pathtracing off without dlss is crazy work. i can get 70-80 fps on cyberpunk with the same settings and that game looks 10x better
- [2]
I spent 5 dollars on this, I got what is probably the richest game world ever, amazing quests and side quests, beautiful character arcs, a huge expansion with dozens of hours worth of base game and DLC stories and exploration. As if that wasn't enough, today I got a massive remaster for free, with a significant overhaul. I don't think I've ever had 4.99$ go this far in my life, best money spent ever. Keep it up CDPR!
- [9]
I thought I was starting a game about killing monsters. Instead, I found a story about family, love, friendship, loss, and the people we would cross the world for. Geralt's journey to find Ciri is one of the most memorable stories I've experienced in gaming. But what truly made this adventure special were the people around him. Yennefer and Triss aren't just romance options on a menu; they're characters who feel …
- [10]
THE BEST GAME EVER The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is my favorite game of all time. I do not say that lightly. I have played a lot of games, but this one is special to me in a way that is hard to put into words. I have over 1000 hours play time, and I am still not done. Every time I finish the story, I start it again. Every playthrough feels like coming home, and every playthrough also shows me something I missed before. …
- [1]
I just woke up today and see my base game that i bought only for $2 got an upgrade to complete edition for FREE
Summarised from 34 of the 530 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
81% of the 402 Steam reviewers we collected recommend The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered. The complaint that keeps coming up: remaster has performance issues even on high-end hardware. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt received "universal acclaim" for the PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S versions, and "generally favorable reviews" for the Switch version, according to review aggregator Metacritic. Critics agreed that it was an ambitious action role-playing game which was grand in scale, but marred by technical difficulties and a lack of innovation. GameSpot and Eurogamer gave the game their highest rating. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has been considered one of the greatest games of all time. The game world received widespread praise from critics. Kimberly Wallace of Game Informer called it "immersive", and was impressed by its attention to detail.…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 1,587 · most liked firstIF YOU WANT TO PLAY PRE-REMASTERED VERSION: 1. Right-click the game in your library. 2. Click "Properties". 3. Go into "Game Versions and Betas". 4. Choose version you want (original, next-gen, or remastered). 5. Download and play. CDPR didn't take anything away, you just need to manually pick the version you want in the Steam settings.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's incredible that a card game includes a completely free open-world RPG
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Favorite video game soundtracks: Bloodborne Ace combat (whole series) NieR Final fantasy (all) The Witcher 3 Babylon’s fall (this is opera) Stellar Blade Journey Warframe Punishing: Gray Raven Genshin Impact Monster Hunter (all) Undertale Ghost of Tsushima So many more.. so many individual songs
neutral · AI labelView post →The Witcher 3 Remastered (Switch 2) is free if you borrow a physical Switch 1 copy somewhere, like a public library or a friend (cart not needed after claiming free Remastered copy through the in-game menu) Insert cart, update game, claim free copy in the game menu www.reddit.com/r/gaming/com...
neutral · AI labelView post →I just woke up today and see my base game that i bought only for $2 got an upgrade to complete edition for FREE
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →'The Witcher 3' director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz says he doesn't think that games created with only AI 'will have a soul' 🎮 He adds that 'Dispatch' is his game of the year and AI couldn't possibly make something like that (via Euro Gamer)
neutral · AI labelView post →I spent 5 dollars on this, I got what is probably the richest game world ever, amazing quests and side quests, beautiful character arcs, a huge expansion with dozens of hours worth of base game and DLC stories and exploration. As if that wasn't enough, today I got a massive remaster for free, with a significant overhaul. I don't think I've ever had 4.99$ go this far in my life, best money spent ever. Keep it up CDPR!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I thought I was starting a game about killing monsters. Instead, I found a story about family, love, friendship, loss, and the people we would cross the world for. Geralt's journey to find Ciri is one of the most memorable stories I've experienced in gaming. But what truly made this adventure special were the people around him. Yennefer and Triss aren't just romance options on a menu; they're characters who feel real. They have flaws, dreams, fears, and histories that make every interaction…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Imagine you're working in a 9-5 corporate job, you're done with your work, you come back home, log onto Steam, see your games list for 5 seconds, buy a game on sale that you're never going to play and then switch off your PC and go to a bar. While having a drink, you think of the good times when games used to be fun and authentic. But then you tell yourself, the problem isn't the games, its you. "Its not that games aren't fun anymore, you have gotten older". And then I play Witcher 3. And…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →11 years later, you're telling me there's a major expansion that adds a new zone, 20+ hours of content, a major visual upgrade, new animations and overall improvements?... For free?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought the base game back then and now get the Complete Edition for free, thank you CDPR!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →THE BEST GAME EVER The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is my favorite game of all time. I do not say that lightly. I have played a lot of games, but this one is special to me in a way that is hard to put into words. I have over 1000 hours play time, and I am still not done. Every time I finish the story, I start it again. Every playthrough feels like coming home, and every playthrough also shows me something I missed before. If you are reading this and wondering if you should get this game in 2026, I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DLC announced 11 years after release, my favourite game keeps getting better
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I heard about the game's remaster and thought it would be a great time to play the DLCs in the new version for the first time, but I couldn't find the two DLCs on the Steam store. Turns out I got both DLCs for FREE , all because I purchased the base game back in 2021! It feels like robbery, but I'm the one doing the robbing, and I don't know how to feel about it
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Witcher 3 is, in my opinion, the greatest game of the last decade. Even today, I haven’t found another game that comes close to it. I’ve finished it multiple times. I first completed it on PS4, then played through it twice again on PS5. Later, I bought it on PC just to experience the stunning graphics and high frame rates. Every single playthrough reminds me why this game is so special. The storytelling, characters, soundtrack, world-building, side quests, and expansions are on another…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Happy 10th anniversary, The Witcher 3! This game is what inspired me to get into landscape painting more seriously. Here are some selected works I painted throughout the years.
positive · AI labelView post →Read all the books, played all the games. My favorite story so far!! Netflix sucks thou
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →40fps on a 4090 at 2k res with raytracing on and pathtracing off without dlss is crazy work. i can get 70-80 fps on cyberpunk with the same settings and that game looks 10x better
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you own The Witcher 3 base game, the 2 expansions are included in the free Remastered upgrade
neutral · AI labelView post →Remaster is completely broken. All kinda weird issues are popping up. Wait for patches before giving it a try.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cool game, but too hard for me on the lowest difficulty level xD
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →great game. and to all the negative reviews complaining about the remaster being forced, go into properties, game versions & betas, then click on classic or next gen (whichever you prefer). you idiots should really actually check the very well known game versions tab that almost every game has before coming in and crying about a non issue
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In a couple of hours, exactly a decade ago, many of you would be getting ready to hit the New Game button in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. ⚔️ Thank you to everyone who made this launch a wildly happy memory that will stay with us forever. ❤️ Now tell us, what’s your fondest The Witcher 3 memory? 🤔💭
neutral · AI labelView post →Such games appear once in a lifetime. I want to get amnesia just to experience this game again
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Witcher 3 – 100+ Hours Later and I Still Haven’t Found Ciri (But I Found Myself) I booted up The Witcher 3 thinking, “I’ll just do a couple side quests.” Cut to 100+ hours later, Geralt has a better skincare routine than I do, my moral compass is permanently bent, and I’m emotionally attached to at least three virtual people and one horse with questionable pathfinding. This game doesn’t have side quests. It has main quests pretending to be side quests. You show up to kill a monster, and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've finally done it. After all these years of loving The Witcher 3, I finally mopped up the last of its achievements and got my 100%. I still need to finish Blood & Wine for this playthrough but what a game 🥹🙌🏻
positive · AI labelView post →Literally my favourite game of all time but the remastered is completely broken. Seems to be an AMD issue. Performance for me is flawless on Ultra settings 4k highest fps but the game looks aweful. Grass is black, colours are flashing, shadows look bad. Overall its worse in every way. I've tried every setting to see if it changes anything but nothing helps.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Witcher 3 is one of my favorite games of all time and I've been looking forward to this remaster ever since they announced it for a full PC playthrough. Unfortunately, I have to say The Witcher 3 : Remastered on PC at the moment, is an absolute disaster of a release with many features either broken or not working at all. No amount of cutting edge hardware can brute force bad optimization and this release is the perfect example of it. Getting the same performance with and without Path…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Geralt saves the day… again. Monsters, magic, and moral choices everywhere. Got lost in side quests for 80 hours and loved every second. Witcher life > real life
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I didn’t expect this game to understand me the way it did. The Witcher 3 isn’t just about monsters or magic, it’s about people trying to stay kind in a cruel world. Every quiet sunset ride, every moment you stop on a hill just to listen to the wind, it reminds you how beautiful it is to feel something again. Geralt may say little, but the world speaks through him. “Wind’s howling” hits different when you’ve weathered your own storms. Some games entertain you. This one stays with you. It…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Complete Edition is $12.49 on XBL buff.ly/3YVlqSi base game on PS+ Extra
neutral · AI labelView post →I've owned this game for many years, I keep coming back to it time and time again... Just as I do Cyberpunk 2077. CDPR are without doubt, the best AAA developer in existence at this time. They're by no means perfect, but when the fumble, they get up, they deliver on their promises and time and time again, go above and beyond to deliver products that are bigger, better than anything else out there. The original game was released in 2015, and it was a pretty masterful release to begin with,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Remaster welcomes you with unskippable launcher, ads, telemetry — all you asked for. Personal configuration erased. DLSS is disabled (Nvidia 4090). Loaded last save file. Garbage graphical artifacts everywhere. 30 FPS in menus. Few seconds into gameplay — game crashed. Checked my old save files — Remaster DELETED MY WHOLE library of save backups accumulated over months. Switched to the "classic" version — game does not launch anymore.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Witcher 3 is a beautiful video game.
positive · AI labelView post →Every other game, no matter how great, is a vacation. But The Witcher 3 will always be home.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The remaster being mandatory and not optional is actually a stupid idea. Why don't we have the Remaster and Complete Edition separate? People who bought this game 11 years ago should still be able to play the game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It took me 10 years to finally play this game. I now understand why people say it has ruined other games for them. This is art. Actual art.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →CONFIRMED: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Remastered is free if you own the game digital OR PHYSICAL as confirmed by CDPR CEO
neutral · AI labelView post →Changes to the skill system are coming to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered! From access to more skills earlier in the game, as well as new and modified skills.
neutral · AI labelView post →What's your favorite video game? Mine is currently The Witcher 3.🩷
positive · AI labelView post →Even after 10 years, this game beats almost all recent games in terms of replayability, ingame content, quests, story. There's so much to do at all times, I've been playing for 130+ hours and there's still a lot more to do. Not to mention, the Gwent card games add almost 10 hours of gameplay in and of itself. The DLC/ Expansion is very good, amazing storyline, quests, rewards, etc. so I highly suggest getting the complete bundle. Definitely top 3 Open world/ RPG game of all time, hands down.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →10/10. I'd replay this 100 times if I could. Story, amazing. Events unfold and the time between them feels real. Characters, all fleshed out and enjoyable. 1,000 things to discover, do, and easter eggs to be found. 10,000 choices, and even the smallest ones matter. Both expansions are absolutely worth every penny at full price.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In my 20+ years of gaming experience, this game was and still is the only one the left me speechless. I finished it multiple times, and every time after completion I had the same reaction, it is simply THAT good. I remember first time completing it, couldn't play any other game for a year. Not to mention I've read all the books. Won't go too much on the review, just buy the game, even when it is not on the discount, and be ready to live another life as a monster hunter, father, lover, whatever…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Being able to buy the Witcher 3 for 2,99 is actually crazy. For the cost of a single mobile game gem purchase that will save you 2 hours of waiting, instead you can get 60 hours of incredible gameplay.
positive · AI labelView post →This has always been and will always be my favourite game. With the upcoming free upgrade remaster, I had to review this already well-known game. Geralt of Rivia is back in this 3rd game, but instead of having amnesia, he is having terrible nightmares of the Wild Hunt, which is pursuing Ciri, a young girl he had raised. In the base game, the story revolves around him trying to find her while you also play some segments of Ciri to learn what actually happened to her. The game is a dark…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Best Card Game I've Ever Played I am currently 100 hours into this game. From what I understand, there's a side quest about finding your adopted daughter and saving the world from some ice elves, but honestly, I don't have time for that. I need to travel across the continent to find a random merchant in Velen who might have a weather card I'm missing. Pros: ✅ The Gwent mechanics are flawless. ✅ You can occasionally slay monsters when taking a break from Gwent. ✅ Two gorgeous sorceresses…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For those returning to the game because of the new DLC, remember, silver is for monsters and steel is for fools.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We sat down with Krisztián Váraljai — Director of Production and Game Design at Yigsoft to go over all the improvements and changes made to combat in The Witcher 3 — Remastered #REDStreams #TheWitcher3 #TheWitcher3Remastered
neutral · AI labelView post →Since my entire feed is filled with hype about a certain game.... Confession: I've never played the Witcher 3 🏃🏻♀️ But I'm excited for you guys 😂💜
neutral · AI labelView post →As you can see from the small number of hours on my gameplay, this game is pretty good.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Happy to report that the Witcher 3 remaster looks incredible, the game still feels and plays the same, which is great and Gwent is still the greatest side activity any RPG ever came up with
positive · AI labelView post →One of the best mediums ever created in human history for bringing a true fantasy world to life. For me, this game is more than just art — it’s something special.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is the greatest RPG, dare I say it, the greatest videogame of all time. My entire being is vibrating with hype and excitement for the remaster and new DLC. Thank you CD Projekt for blessing us with this gem.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Getting to know me through media My all time faves: Game - The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Movie - The Prestige Show - Criminal Minds Album - BMTH: Sempiternal
neutral · AI labelView post →Can we not, for once, just have a game that doesn't get absolutely obliterated by unnecessary updates? Visually it looks good but my god they've caused so many problems with this. Constantly freezes on loading screens, audio bugs out in cutscenes, the controller support no longer works properly, the frame rate is now all over the place and it's now borderline unplayable on deck. Just play the complete edition because this is a joke.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Remastered is producing artifacting and many graphical issues
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →70% of the beginning quests involve domestic violence, child abuse, and alcoholism. 10/10 Most accurate depiction of Polish people in gaming.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Witcher 3 card game Gwent finally getting a physical release www.eurogamer.net/the-witcher-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Turns out The Witcher 3? Still a gorgeous game.
positive · AI labelView post →It seemed kinda boring at first but after I decided to give it a second chance it gave me one of the best weeks in my life 10/10 a must play game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
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