The Witcher 4 Gets a 2028 Release Window, CD Projekt Red Confirms

Witcher fans are accustomed to waiting: more than a decade has passed since the last game in the main series, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, was released. They will have to wait a little longer for The Witcher 4, but they now have some idea of when that wait might end.

CD Projekt Red joint-CEO Michał Nowakowski confirmed this summer that the studio is targeting a 2028 release window for The Witcher 4. "I know it's a bit of a wait, and you'd love to play it sooner, but let the team cook," he said in a video posted on X.

The 2028 release window follows CD Projekt Red's earlier statement that it did not plan to release The Witcher 4 by the end of 2026, without offering a window beyond that. The studio is ambitious about its next set of Witcher games, hoping to release a trilogy within a six-year span. If that holds and The Witcher 4 arrives in 2028, The Witcher 6 would come in 2034.

It is a bold plan, especially considering that the previous Witcher trilogy was released over eight years (2007 to 2015) and that development timelines across the industry have only grown longer. There is also the possibility of unexpected delays to The Witcher 4 and future entries that could disrupt CDPR's plans.

Next up for the Witcher game series is Songs of the Past, an expansion for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Songs of the Past was announced in May and will be an all-new adventure for Geralt, who will take a backseat to Ciri in The Witcher 4. It is expected to be released sometime in 2027 for PlayStation 5, Windows PC, and Xbox Series X.