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The Witcher: Enhanced Edition

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The Witcher: Enhanced Edition

Become The Witcher, Geralt of Rivia, a legendary monster slayer caught in a web of intrigue woven by forces vying for control of the world. Make difficult decisions and live with the consequences in a game that will immerse you in an extraordinary tale like no other.

RPG Fantasy Story Rich Mature Singleplayer
Last tracked players
691
All-time peak
1,787
24-hour change
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Steam reviews
89% positive
82,704 reviews · via SteamSpy

Delayed observation · last tracked . Values marked unavailable are not estimated.

About this game Read the full description
The Witcher is a role-playing game set in a dark fantasy world where moral ambiguity reigns. Shattering the line between good and evil, the game emphasizes story and character development, while incorporating a tactically-deep, real-time combat system.

Become The Witcher, Geralt of Rivia, and get caught in a web of intrigue woven by forces vying for control of the world. Make difficult decisions and live with the consequences in a game that will immerse you in an extraordinary tale like no other.

KEY FEATURES

GERALT OF RIVIA: A ONE-OF-A-KIND PROTAGONIST
  • Take on the role of Geralt of Rivia: a charismatic swordmaster and professional monster slayer.
  • Choose from over 250 special abilities, combat skills and magical powers to build a character best suited to your style of play.


ORIGINAL FANTASY WORLD DRAWN FROM LITERATURE
  • Enter a harsh fantasy world inspired by the writings of renowned Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, where nothing is truly black or white, right or wrong.

NON-LINEAR STORYLINE
  • Immerse yourself in an epic narrative full of turns, twists and ambiguous moral decisions which have real impact on the storyline.
  • Accomplish quests in a variety of ways and see how the narrative culminates in one of three different endings depending on your actions.

STUNNING TACTICAL ACTION
  • Engage in elaborate, yet intuitive real-time combat based on real medieval sword-fighting techniques.
  • Battle using six combat styles, dozens of potions, complex alchemy system, modifiable weapons and powerful magic which all add tactical depth to the fluid real-time experience.
  • Motion capture performed by medieval fighting experts at Frankfurt's renowned Metric Minds studio, resulting in 600 spectacular and authentic in-game combat animations.

ABOUT THE WITCHER: ENHANCED EDITION

The Witcher: Enhanced Edition takes all of the acclaimed gameplay that garnered the original game more than 90 industry awards and introduces a number of gameplay and technical improvements.
  • Superior dialogue and cutscenes: Over 5000 rewritten and re-recorded lines of dialogue in English, completely redone German language version, as well as over 200 new gesture animations create a more consistent experience and make characters behave more believably in dialogue and cutscenes.
  • Enhanced inventory: A separate sack for alchemy ingredients, as well as a simple sort-and-stack function streamline item organization and usage.
  • Technical improvements: Numerous technical enhancements feature greatly reduced loading times, improved stability, combat responsiveness, faster inventory loading, an option to turn auto-saving on or off, and more.
  • Character differentiation system: The system randomizes the appearance of dozens of in-game models in order to add more variety to monsters and NPCs.

The Witcher Enhanced Edition comes with these bonus items:
  • An interactive comic book
  • D'jinni Adventure Editor
  • Two new adventures offering 5+ hours of gameplay
  • Official Soundtrack
  • “Music Inspired by The Witcher” album
  • “Making of” videos
  • Official Game Guide
  • Two maps of The Witcher's world

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System requirements Windows · macOS

Windows

Minimum

Minimum:
  • Supported OS: Microsoft® Windows® /XP/Vista
  • DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (included) or higher
  • Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or Athlon 64 +2800 (Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 +3000 recommended). Athlon XP series, such as the Athlon XP +2400, is not supported
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or ATI Radeon 9800 or better (NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX or ATI Radeon X1950 XT or better recommended)
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM (2 GB RAM recommended)
  • Sound: DirectX version 9.0c-compatible sound card
  • Hard Drive: 15 GB Free

macOS

Minimum

Minimum:
  • OS: macOS 11.0, macOS 12.0, and macOS 13.0
  • Processor: Intel Core i5 or Apple silicon (M1/M2)
  • Memory: 4 GB of RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650m (1440x900), AMD Radeon HD 6750M (1440x900), Intel HD 5000 (1366x768), or Apple silicon (M1/M2)
  • Hard Drive: 14.25 GB free space

    Display compatibility notice: 1440x900 resolution is the recommended resolution for best performance. It is not recommended to use native Retina resolutions.

Recommended

Recommended:
  • OS: OS: macOS 11.0, macOS 12.0, and macOS 13.0
  • Processor: Processor: Intel Core i5, Core i7, or Apple silicon (M1/M2)
  • Memory: 4GB RAM
  • Graphics: Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650m (1440x900), AMD Radeon HD 6970M (1920x1080), Intel Iris Pro 5200 (1440x900), or Apple silicon (M1/M2)
  • Hard Drive: 14.25 GB free space

    Display compatibility notice: 1440x900 resolution is the recommended resolution for best performance. It is not recommended to use native Retina resolutions.
Game details Languages, features & support
Publisher
CD PROJEKT RED, 1C-SoftClub
USK rating
18
Brazilian rating
16
Steam Germany rating
18
Content warning
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition contains strong language, intense violence, blood and gore, as well as nudity and sexual material.
Metacritic
86
Features
Single-player, Camera Comfort, Color Alternatives, Custom Volume Controls, Adjustable Difficulty, Mouse Only Option, Playable without Timed Input, Save Anytime, Stereo Sound, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing
Languages
English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Italian, Czech, Russian, Hungarian, Polish, Traditional Chinese (text only)
Compatibility & accessibility Steam Deck, controllers & access features

Can I Play This?

Steam declarations and Valve's Steam Deck compatibility result. Missing data is shown as unknown, never unsupported.

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Native Steam builds
Windows: unknown
macOS: unknown
Linux: unknown
Steam Deck
playable
Valve compatibility test
Launcher interaction may require manual input.
Input
Controller support: unknown

Developer-declared accessibility on Steam

Features not declared by the developer are not labeled unsupported.

color alternatives camera comfort custom volume controls stereo sound playable without timed input mouse only option adjustable difficulty save anytime
Structured language support (10)
LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
EnglishYesNoNo
FrenchYesNoNo
GermanYesNoNo
Spanish - SpainYesNoNo
ItalianYesNoNo
CzechYesNoNo
RussianYesNoNo
HungarianYesNoNo
PolishYesNoNo
Traditional ChineseYesNoNo

Third-party requirements shown by Steam

Requires agreement to a 3rd-party EULA The Witcher: Enhanced Edition EULA
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Value Score

Great Value — 89th percentile.

Price-to-player ratio ranks in the 89th percentile. Priced as Market at $9.99.

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Genre Benchmarks

Player Count Top 78%
Value Ratio Top 11%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is The Witcher: Enhanced Edition worth buying right now?
Wait — $9.99. Not the best time to buy. Price could improve with future sales.
When does The Witcher: Enhanced Edition go on sale?
Not the best time to buy. Price could improve with future sales.
Is The Witcher: Enhanced Edition free to play?
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition costs $9.99 on Steam.
What genre is The Witcher: Enhanced Edition?
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition is a Action, RPG game.
Who developed The Witcher: Enhanced Edition?
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition was developed by CD PROJEKT RED and published by CD PROJEKT RED.
What platforms does The Witcher: Enhanced Edition support?
Available on Steam for Windows, macOS.

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