{"id":2169952,"date":"2026-09-29T16:24:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T13:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2169952"},"modified":"2026-09-29T16:24:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T13:24:48","slug":"the-witcher-3-surges-to-its-highest-steam-concurrent-player-count-ever-following-remastered-editions-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2169952","title":{"rendered":"The Witcher 3 surges to its highest Steam concurrent player-count ever, following Remastered edition&#8217;s release"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">The Witcher 3 surges to its highest Steam concurrent player-count ever, following Remastered edition&#8217;s release<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Numbers Gwent wild.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/witcher-3-geralt-roach-lanterns.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Artwork showing a white haired and pale skinned male warrior, in a mix of leather and chain armour, and with two swords strapped to his back, walking with his horse through a field of tall grass in which people are releasing lit lanterns into the sky. 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That of course does not include numbers from the likes of GOG and the Epic Games Store, where it&#8217;s also being sold, nor the players on PlayStation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Switch 2<\/a>, and Xbox.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered - Official Launch Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ru7W-g_c1jk?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Ru7W-g_c1jk\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered &#8211; Official Launch Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ru7W-g_c1jk\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/292030\/charts\/#max\">According to Steam data-tracking website SteamDB<\/a>, that&#8217;s the highest concurrent player-count The Witcher 3 has ever had &#8211; higher than at its launch in 2015 (a high of 92K), and higher than the game&#8217;s previous peak of 103K in January 2020, when Netflix&#8217;s Witcher show was at its most popular. The other notable peak was 89K in December 2022, when the next-gen update dropped.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>With a playerbase of 65 million, there&#8217;s a large community to excite, but it&#8217;s a reminder of how much pulling-power CD Projekt Red&#8217;s fantasy RPG has, all the same. And as America wakes up and downloads the update, the question is how high can the numbers go?<\/p>\n<p>The Remastered edition of the Witcher 3 rolls out today, bringing with it a vast array of upgrades to the way it looks and plays. Though as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/witcher-3-wild-hunt-remastered-generous-upgrade-makes-it-new-again\">I found out while playing The Witcher 3 &#8211; Remastered<\/a>, the changes aren&#8217;t as quite as transformative as some might hope, and it&#8217;s still very much the same game.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/all-versions-of-the-witcher-3-that-exist-in-the-world-will-be-upgraded-with-the-free-remastered-edition-today\">this Remastered update being free to owners of any version of The Witcher 3<\/a> &#8211; and the game&#8217;s existing expansions Hearts of Stone and Blood of Wine being thrown in for free as well &#8211; represents extraordinary game-support and generosity on the part of CD Projekt Red. And it&#8217;s being done to prime the audience for the arrival of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt-songs-of-the-past\">the new Witcher 3 expansion Songs of the Past<\/a> next year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\" data-autopogo>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt\">The Witcher 3<\/a>&#8216;s newly released Remastered edition has dramatically rekindled interest in the 11-year-old role-playing game, which is currently enjoying its highest concurrent player-count on Steam ever.<\/p>\n<p>As of the time of writing, <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/charts\/mostplayed\">nearly 120,000 people are playing The Witcher 3 on Steam<\/a>, making it the ninth most-played game on the PC platform. That of course does not include numbers from the likes of GOG and the Epic Games Store, where it&#8217;s also being sold, nor the players on PlayStation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Switch 2<\/a>, and Xbox.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered - Official Launch Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ru7W-g_c1jk?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Ru7W-g_c1jk\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered &#8211; Official Launch Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ru7W-g_c1jk\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/292030\/charts\/#max\">According to Steam data-tracking website SteamDB<\/a>, that&#8217;s the highest concurrent player-count The Witcher 3 has ever had &#8211; higher than at its launch in 2015 (a high of 92K), and higher than the game&#8217;s previous peak of 103K in January 2020, when Netflix&#8217;s Witcher show was at its most popular. The other notable peak was 89K in December 2022, when the next-gen update dropped.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>With a playerbase of 65 million, there&#8217;s a large community to excite, but it&#8217;s a reminder of how much pulling-power CD Projekt Red&#8217;s fantasy RPG has, all the same. And as America wakes up and downloads the update, the question is how high can the numbers go?<\/p>\n<p>The Remastered edition of the Witcher 3 rolls out today, bringing with it a vast array of upgrades to the way it looks and plays. Though as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/witcher-3-wild-hunt-remastered-generous-upgrade-makes-it-new-again\">I found out while playing The Witcher 3 &#8211; Remastered<\/a>, the changes aren&#8217;t as quite as transformative as some might hope, and it&#8217;s still very much the same game.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/all-versions-of-the-witcher-3-that-exist-in-the-world-will-be-upgraded-with-the-free-remastered-edition-today\">this Remastered update being free to owners of any version of The Witcher 3<\/a> &#8211; and the game&#8217;s existing expansions Hearts of Stone and Blood of Wine being thrown in for free as well &#8211; represents extraordinary game-support and generosity on the part of CD Projekt Red. And it&#8217;s being done to prime the audience for the arrival of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt-songs-of-the-past\">the new Witcher 3 expansion Songs of the Past<\/a> next year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News The Witcher 3 surges to its highest Steam concurrent player-count ever, following Remastered edition&#8217;s release Numbers Gwent wild. 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