Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered – full PC system requirements revealed ahead of launch
CD Projekt has released the full set of PC system requirements for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered, a free upgrade for owners of the base edition of the long-running fantasy action-RPG. The publisher had already confirmed minimum specifications previously, but has now expanded this to include recommended, ultra, ray-tracing minimum, ray-tracing recommended, and path-tracing configurations.
The Remastered edition is set to launch tomorrow, Tuesday 29th September. CD Projekt detailed the new requirements in a blog post, which also explains how the studio arrived at its performance figures. “The expected FPS targets in the table above are based on our QA tests,” the developer said, adding a caveat that “occasional frame rate fluctuations may occur depending on the scene and gameplay.”
The blog post also addresses a new SSD requirement for the remaster and confirms the end of official support for Windows 10. CD Projekt clarified that this does not mean the game will suddenly stop working on Windows 10 machines, but that ongoing compatibility cannot be guaranteed. “That doesn’t mean that the game will stop running on Windows 10 with the next game update,” the studio noted. “However, we no longer develop or test on this system, so we cannot guarantee compatibility or performance going forward. Additionally, we only support components that continue to receive official updates from their manufacturers.”
For players without the hardware to handle the remaster’s ray-tracing and path-tracing modes, or who simply prefer the look of the older version, CD Projekt has confirmed that reverting is possible. “Depending on your platform, it is possible to revert to an earlier version of the game (1.32, listed as Classic),” the studio explained, adding that “upon the release of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered, it will be also possible to revert to the 4.04 version” — the previous “next gen” update that first arrived in 2022.
The Remastered edition has already been shown publicly at Gamescom alongside the upcoming Songs of the Past expansion, with early hands-on impressions noting improved combat animations and camera work, plus changes to enemy AI, ledge climbing and Photo mode detailed in CD Projekt’s changelog. Reaction among returning players to side-by-side visual comparisons of old versus new has reportedly been mixed.
Songs of the Past, the next expansion for The Witcher 3, is scheduled to launch in 2027, ahead of The Witcher 4, which is due in 2028. The remaster’s release this week marks the latest step in CD Projekt’s continued support of the decade-old RPG as it builds towards the next mainline entry in the series.