The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt drew more concurrent Steam players than at any previous point in its 11-year history on the same day its Remastered edition arrived. SteamDB's live chart showed an all-time peak of 120,324 players on September 29, 2026, when inspected for this story.
That figure had already moved beyond the 116,626 concurrent players Insider Gaming observed earlier in the day. Because SteamDB updates with live activity, 120,324 is a timestamped reading rather than a promise that the number will remain the final peak.
The timing puts the surge alongside the release of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered. It does not establish that every player returned for the upgrade, but CD Projekt Red's launch gave existing owners a large, free reason to revisit Geralt's 2015 adventure.
A broad overhaul, not a texture pack
CD Projekt Red's launch announcement describes changes across visuals, performance, combat, character progression, animation, interface and mod support. The update adds an adaptive combat camera, revises Geralt and Roach's movement, restructures skills into a new tree and brings cross-platform mods to consoles through Mod.io.
PC players can use path tracing on supported hardware. The PlayStation 5 Pro version adds dedicated support, while the native Switch 2 edition includes motion controls, gyro aiming, mouse controls and touchscreen navigation. Availability spans Steam, GOG, Epic Games Store, Battle.net, PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Switch 2, with the upgrade free inside the same platform ecosystem for existing owners.
Remastered also includes Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine, even for people who previously owned only the base game. That turns the update into a more complete return package, not merely a visual refresh.
Another expansion is still ahead
The renewed peak arrives before CD Projekt Red's planned 2027 expansion, Songs of the Past. The studio is using Remastered to modernize the existing game first, giving returning players time to work through the revised campaign and both earlier expansions before the new story arrives.
For now, the measurable result is narrower but notable: a game released in 2015 set a new concurrent-player record on Steam on its Remastered launch day. The live chart may climb again, so any later comparison should use a fresh SteamDB reading rather than freezing September 29's number in place.
