The Witcher Remake: when does it come out?

CD Projekt Red is rebuilding the game that started it all, and yes, that means The Witcher, the rough-but-beloved 2007 original, is getting a full remake. The big question everyone asks is simple: when does The Witcher Remake come out? Here is what we actually know, and the honest answer on timing.

The first Witcher was a janky, ambitious cult classic that laid the groundwork for one of gaming's biggest RPG series. It has aged hard, so a remake is a genuinely exciting prospect: the same story and world, rebuilt with modern tech and everything CD Projekt has learned since.

What The Witcher Remake actually is

This is a ground-up remake, not a light remaster, being developed on Unreal Engine 5 by Fool's Theory in close collaboration with CD Projekt Red, under the codename Project Sirius. The plan is to reimagine the original game as a modern open-world RPG, closer in feel to what players expect from the series now, while keeping the story that introduced Geralt to a generation.

So when does it come out?

Here is the part nobody wants to hear: not for a while. The Witcher Remake sits behind CD Projekt's other big priority, the new mainline Witcher game, in the studio's pipeline. That means it is realistically years away, with no firm release date announced. Anyone promising a specific launch window is guessing.

The upside of that wait is that the remake gets to benefit from the engine work and lessons of the bigger new Witcher, rather than being rushed out. Good things, slow cooking, and all that.

What to play in the meantime

With the remake far off, the obvious move is the game that made the series a phenomenon. The Witcher 3 remains one of the greatest RPGs ever made, and it is the perfect way to spend the long wait for Geralt's origins to be reborn.

Excited to see the first Witcher rebuilt, or would you rather CDPR focus on what is next? Drop it in the comments.