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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt cost to play
What The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt costs in the UK on Steam and the Nintendo eShop, its PEGI 18 rating and its Steam player numbers.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt gameplay, images and trailer
© CD PROJEKT RED, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt trailer “— Remastered | Official Announcement Trailer” on Steam · Steam store page
The short version
- From £39.99: Cheapest standard price: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered (Steam UK, standard price)
- One-off price: Bought once; no store currency or random items on this page
- 57 h to beat: Main story: 57 hours (HowLongToBeat)
- 70p an hour: £39.99 ÷ 57 hours (main story)
- 137k Steam peak: Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts)
- PEGI 18: Age rating
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt player count
Concurrent players on Steam, from Steam Charts, read 28 Oct 2026.
- Peak, last 30 days
- 137,043
- Peak, Sept 2026
- 120,948
- 16,561 on average
- Change vs Aug 2026
- +280%
- monthly peak
- All-time peak
- 137,043
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Is The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt dead?
No. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt peaked at 120,948 players at once on Steam in September 2026, with 16,561 playing at any moment on average. Peaks are up 115% on the three months before. These are Steam players only; people playing on Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch or other PC stores aren't counted, so the real number is higher.
| Month | Average | Peak | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 16,561 | 120,948 | +279.8% |
| August 2026 | 15,210 | 31,849 | −13.0% |
| July 2026 | 17,195 | 36,591 | +4.4% |
| June 2026 | 16,233 | 35,043 | +20.7% |
| May 2026 | 12,123 | 29,023 | +20.6% |
| April 2026 | 11,529 | 24,058 | −3.9% |
| March 2026 | 12,212 | 25,044 | −15.0% |
| February 2026 | 14,558 | 29,465 | −21.7% |
| January 2026 | 18,666 | 37,614 | +1.3% |
| December 2025 | 19,270 | 37,127 | +9.1% |
| November 2025 | 13,389 | 34,027 | +39.6% |
| October 2025 | 11,571 | 24,376 | – |
What The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt costs to play
| Item | Price | Per | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered (Steam UK, standard price) | £39.99 | game | store.steampowered.com Checked 21 Oct 2026 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered (Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo eShop UK, standard price) | £45.99 | game | nintendo.com Checked 21 Oct 2026 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Complete Edition (Nintendo Switch, Nintendo eShop UK, standard price) | £45.99 | game | nintendo.com Checked 21 Oct 2026 |
How long is The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt?
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt takes about 57 hours to finish the main story, and about 189 hours to complete everything.
- Main story57 h
- Main + extras123 h
- Completionist189 h
Cost per hour (main story)
70p
£39.99 on Steam UK ÷ 57 h
Source: HowLongToBeat, read 28 Oct 2026. Your time will vary with difficulty and play style.
How The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is rated
GamesChart Score
90.8, #4 of 3,236 rated games
#1 of 2015 · #3 of the 2010s · #3 in Role-playing (RPG) · #2 on Nintendo
Critics
Players
Built from 919,224 ratings across 5 of 5 sources. Critics and players count 50/50. Ratings pulled 5 November 2026.
Where it sits in the ranking
- #3
Baldur's Gate III2023 · Larian Studios91.0 - #4
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt2015 · CD Projekt RED90.8 - #5
Red Dead Redemption 22018 · Rockstar Games90.8
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt questions
How much does The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt cost in the UK?
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered (Steam UK, standard price): £39.99. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered (Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo eShop UK, standard price): £45.99. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Complete Edition (Nintendo Switch, Nintendo eShop UK, standard price): £45.99. Prices checked 21 October 2026.
Is The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt free to play?
No. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is not free to play: you buy the game to play it.
How long is The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt?
Main story: about 57 hours. Main + extras: about 123 hours. Completionist: about 189 hours (HowLongToBeat). At £39.99, that's 70p per hour (main story).
What age rating is The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt?
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is rated PEGI 18.
How many people play The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt?
Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts): 137,043, checked 21 October 2026. Its all-time Steam peak is 137,043.
What is The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's all-time Steam peak?
137,043 concurrent players on Steam, the highest Steam Charts has recorded for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (read 28 October 2026). The peak in the last 30 days was 137,043. Players on other stores and consoles aren't counted.
Is The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt dead?
No. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt peaked at 120,948 players at once on Steam in September 2026, with 16,561 playing at any moment on average. Peaks are up 115% on the three months before. These are Steam players only; people playing on Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch or other PC stores aren't counted, so the real number is higher.
Do these The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt player numbers include consoles?
No. The player counts on this page are Steam only (Steam Charts, read 28 October 2026). People playing on Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, through Game Pass or on other PC stores aren't counted, and publishers rarely publish those figures.
Who makes The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt?
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is developed by CD PROJEKT RED.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is a single-player open-world fantasy role-playing game developed and published by CD PROJEKT RED. It was first released in 2015 on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and came to Nintendo Switch in 2019. On Steam it is now listed as The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered. It is sold at a one-off price. It ranks #4 in our best games of all time ranking.
How it plays
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is an open-world role-playing game in which the player is Geralt of Rivia, a monster slayer for hire. He travels across the war-torn Northern Kingdoms to find his adopted daughter, Ciri, before the spectral Wild Hunt can take her power for their own. CD PROJEKT RED describes it as a story full of choices and consequences.
Combat combines sword swings, signs and dodges, and the Remastered version adds revamped animations, new finishers and an adaptive camera. Character progression runs through a skill tree, which the remaster has overhauled. Other additions include transmogrification, meditation, an expanded photo mode and cross-platform mod support.
The Remastered version includes the two expansions, Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine, at no extra cost for players who own the base game. Steam lists it as single-player.
What it costs
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered costs £39.99 at standard price on Steam UK. On the Nintendo eShop UK, the Nintendo Switch 2 version (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered) and the Nintendo Switch version (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Complete Edition) both cost £45.99, £6.00 more than on Steam. Steam lists 4 add-ons for the game.
Players
The 30-day peak on Steam Charts was 137,043 concurrent players on 21 October 2026, which is also the game's all-time peak on Steam Charts. Steam Charts counts only Steam players, so console players aren't included.
Age rating
The Witcher 3 is rated PEGI 18. Steam's store data lists the descriptors violence, bad language and in-game purchases, and the Nintendo UK listings also show PEGI 18. Steam also lists ESRB M.
How we checked
Prices are the Steam UK and Nintendo eShop UK listings, read on 21 October 2026 at standard price. Player figures are from Steam Charts on the same day. The rating is from Steam's store data and Nintendo UK. The gameplay description is based on the publisher's Steam store page and CD PROJEKT RED's official The Witcher 3 site.
Card art and page images: screenshots from CD PROJEKT RED's The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Steam store page. © CD PROJEKT RED. All trademarks belong to their owners. GamesChart is not endorsed by or affiliated with CD PROJEKT RED.
Official links: thewitcher.com · Steam
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