The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt came out in May 2015 and is still regarded as the benchmark of the open-world RPG genre. Geralt of Rivia, a mutant witcher with two swords (silver for monsters, steel for humans), searches for his adopted daughter Cirilla across four different regions: the gloomy swamps of Velen under the rule of the Bloody Baron, the harsh island monarchy of Skellige, the trading city of Novigrad with its political intrigues, and the fairy-tale vineyards of Toussaint in the Blood and Wine expansion.

Geralt is not a silent protagonist: he has character, sarcasm and a real romantic triangle between Yennefer and Triss. Moral dilemmas here are taken seriously, and there is no "right answer". The Bloody Baron quest about a lost family and the deal with the devil-like Gaunter O'Dimm in Hearts of Stone are considered by the community among the strongest story arcs in RPGs. Decisions carry over between acts: three endings of the main game and two endings of Blood and Wine.

In December 2022 CDPR released a free Next-Gen Update for all PC owners: ray tracing, DLSS 3 and FSR 3 support, an updated graphics engine and the mini-DLC "In the Eternal Fire's Shadow" with Cavill-style armor. In May 2024 REDkit was released, the official level editor from CDPR: mods can now be made with full access to the studio's tools, and Steam Workshop is fully supported.

The localization is a gold standard. Full official Russian voice-over by CDPR covers the main game, Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine. Geralt speaks with the voice of Vsevolod Kuznetsov (who also dubs Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise), Yennefer with the voice of Tatyana Shitova (the voice of Scarlett Johansson), and Dandelion with the voice of Sergey Burunov (the voice of DiCaprio). In December 2022 CDPR also fixed the dubbing timing in Blood and Wine.

The game has sold 60 million copies in 11 years, received GOTY awards from more than 250 outlets in 2015 and holds 97% positive reviews out of 868,000+ reviews on Steam. As of 2026 about 7,700 people play it at the same time. In 2027 a paid expansion, Songs of the Past, developed jointly by CDPR and Fool's Theory, will be released: the last story with Geralt before the series moves on to Ciri in Witcher 4.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is the final open-world RPG about Geralt of Rivia from CD PROJEKT RED. You search for his adopted daughter Ciri across Velen, Skellige, Novigrad and Toussaint, under pressure from the Wild Hunt. It has full Russian voice-over from CDPR, 97% Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam and 92/100 on Metacritic. The Steam key includes the Next-Gen Update for free.