The release of the updated version of the third “The Witcher” will bring a hefty sum to CD PROJEKT RED, convinced analyst Krzysztof Tkocz from Erste Securities Polska.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered
According to the Polish expert’s estimates, by the end of 2026, the remaster of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt could generate 100-125 million zloty or approximately 26-32.5 million dollars, based on the current exchange rate. This is despite it being available for free to all owners of the old version of the game. The analyst believes that the remaster will be actively purchased by gamers who did not have the opportunity to become familiar with the original in the past.
“We expect the premiere [of the remaster] to spark great interest and potentially allow the game to approach the record for the number of simultaneous users in Steam. It should also attract a new audience,” Tkocz stated.
The analyst forecasts remaster sales to reach 3 million copies for the period from September 29 to December 31, 2026.
The remaster of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is already available on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and Nintendo Switch 2. Whether the predictions of Erste Securities Polska will come true remains to be seen.
As of the time this article was written, the game had already broken its own record for peak concurrent players on Steam. According to the data from SteamDB, a few hours after the remaster’s debut, the peak online presence for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt on Steam reached 113,430 people — and the number continues to grow. Previously, the maximum concurrent players for the Steam version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was 103,329. That many users were in the game simultaneously in January 2020, when the Netflix series “The Witcher” premiered.