Sales of The Witcher 3 aren’t slowing down. CD Projekt Red’s Q1 2026 earnings report officially crosses the game past 65 million copies sold, announced a day after CDPR confirmed a third expansion called Songs of the Past is coming in 2027. Keep in mind, this is a game that turned 11 last week.
The 65 million number is up five million from the 60 million CDPR reported last May, which was itself a 10 million jump from the 2023 figure. The pace has actually picked up a little, though, since hitting the 60 million mark roughly a year ago. CDPR’s report points to steady Cyberpunk 2077 sales and the addition of both Cyberpunk and The Witcher 3 to XBOX Game Pass Premium and Ultimate as the main drivers of a solid Q1, though the Game Pass deal probably contributes through licensing rather than unit sales.
The size of that player base is exactly why joint CEO Michał Nowakowski framed the new expansion the way he did. Nowakowski pointed to the existing 65 million owners as a built-in audience ready to head back out with Geralt, and floated Songs of the Past as a possible first encounter with the Witcher universe for newcomers, especially with The Witcher 4 still in the oven. In other words, the expansion will serve as both a farewell to Geralt and a bridge to the Ciri era.
For context, 65 million puts The Witcher 3 in the same all-time sales neighborhood as Terraria, which is rare air for a single-player RPG that launched in 2015. With Songs of the Past on the way and The Witcher 4 still on the horizon, the only real question is how much higher this number climbs before Ciri takes over the franchise.
