{"id":1437046,"date":"2025-12-23T22:50:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T22:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3Z7nwUHJEeLYJi6FKfJrWD"},"modified":"2025-12-23T22:50:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T22:50:14","slug":"polish-analyst-adds-fuel-to-rumors-that-the-witcher-3-will-get-new-dlc-in-2026-to-set-up-the-witcher-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/polish-analyst-adds-fuel-to-rumors-that-the-witcher-3-will-get-new-dlc-in-2026-to-set-up-the-witcher-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Polish analyst adds fuel to rumors that The Witcher 3 will get new DLC in 2026 to set up The Witcher 4"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It’s been 10 years since the debut of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and nine since the release of the second and final expansion, Blood and Wine. But while CD Projekt is now full steam ahead on The Witcher 4<\/a>, there are rumblings\u2014not much more than vibrations, really\u2014of something new coming for Witcher 3.<\/p>\n

Ears pricked up following a Strefa Inwestor\u00f3w<\/a> report (Google translated<\/a>) quoting Noble Securities analyst Mateusz Chrzanowski predicting a Witcher 3 expansion for May 2026.<\/p>\n

“We expect another paid add-on (DLC) for The Witcher 3 to be released in May 2026,” Chrzanowski said. “We anticipate sales of 11 million copies at USD 30 each next year. We estimate the production budget at PLN 52 million ($14.5 million). The release should kick off the actual marketing campaign for The Witcher 4.”<\/p>\n

That’s not a whole lot to go on, but it does make sense. Chrzanowski also said he expects The Witcher 4 to launch in Q4 2027, which puts it in the admittedly massively open-ended time frame of ‘not until after 2026’ previously shared by CD Projekt.<\/p>\n

New Witcher 3 DLC would also be a guaranteed moneymaker. Some quick napkin math: CD Projekt has now sold more than 60 million copies, and if we assume a DLC attachment rate of 20%\u2014roughly where Cyberpunk 2077’s Phantom Liberty DLC sat<\/a> at the end of 2023\u2014that’s 12 million copies at $30 each, or $360 million.<\/p>\n

Chrzanowski’s forecast is a little lower than that, but even if sales come in under both marks and only achieves 10 million (and that’s a pretty loose use of the word “only”), that still adds up to, as my colleague Rich Stanton might say, a big bucket o’ dosh<\/em>. Cyberpunk 2077 recently took over as CD Projekt’s “main source of income<\/a>,” but I could see that changing in a hurry if new Witcher 3 DLC actually happens.<\/p>\n

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There’s a quite a few witchers on The Path…The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has sold 60 million copies. As we celebrate #10YearsofTheWitcher3, we want to take a moment to say thank you to everyone who has joined us on the hunt. It’s been downright glorious! \u2694\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n

\u2014 @thewitcher.com (@thewitcher.com.bsky.social<\/a>) 2025-12-23T21:59:39.210Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Money aside, dropping new Witcher 3 DLC would also be an absolutely baller PR move. It’s been nearly a decade since The Witcher games were fresh in mind: What better way to put the series front-and-center again than by rolling out a surprise Witcher 3 expansion, with a little note tied to it saying “Witcher 4 next year?”<\/p>\n

Note also that The Witcher 3 is still pulling enviable player numbers, and remains embedded in Steam’s top 100 most-played<\/a> and top-selling<\/a> games. Regular deep discounts no doubt drive the sales chart presence, but look at these concurrent player numbers on SteamDB: This is a game that endures<\/em>.<\/p>\n