The Witcher 3 Remastered launched early last week, giving fans of Geralt's 2015 adventure a refreshed version of the RPG. According to GamesRadar, the remaster has proven so popular that it pushed the game to a brand new all-time player peak on Steam, roughly 11 years after its original release.

Data from SteamDB shows the game reached a record 137,724 concurrent players over the weekend. It had already passed 120,000 concurrent players within hours of the remaster's launch, and the numbers kept climbing in the days that followed. Before this, The Witcher 3's highest Steam peak was 103,329, set in January 2020 after The Witcher series debuted on Netflix with Henry Cavill as Geralt.

The milestone hasn't gone unnoticed at CD Projekt Red. Paweł Sasko, who is currently associate game director on the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel, shared a screenshot of the record on Twitter along with a message for players: "There is plenty of you on the path this weekend, my dears witchers. Much love and gratitude for playing our games."

The remaster is available as a free upgrade and brings major visual overhauls and improved combat, among other changes. GamesRadar notes that its success goes beyond Steam, as it's currently the top-scoring game of 2026 on Metacritic, narrowly ahead of the original. CD Projekt Red has also promised more updates as players report any issues they run into.