Witcher 3 Remastered Lifts Steam Record to 137,724 Players
The free upgrade pushed The Witcher 3 past its old Steam concurrent peak, with the new record set 18 hours before publication.
The Witcher 3 Remastered launched early last week as a free upgrade and drove The Witcher 3 to a new all-time concurrent player record on Steam of 137,724, according to gamesradar.com. That peak was reached 18 hours before the outlet's article was published.
The climb was fast: The Witcher 3 passed 120,000 concurrent players on Steam within hours of the remaster's launch last week, before settling into the record figure.
The remaster is currently the top-scoring game of 2026 on Metacritic.
Previous peak came in 2020
The earlier Steam concurrent record for The Witcher 3 stood at 103,329, set in January 2020 after the debut of the Netflix series The Witcher starring Henry Cavill. The game itself originally launched in 2015.
CD Projekt Red has said it will release more updates to The Witcher 3 Remastered as players report issues with the upgrade.
Quick answers
How many concurrent players did The Witcher 3 hit on Steam?
The game reached a new all-time concurrent player record of 137,724 on Steam after the remaster launched.
What was The Witcher 3's previous Steam concurrent record?
103,329 concurrent players, set in January 2020 after the debut of the Netflix series The Witcher.
Is The Witcher 3 Remastered a free upgrade?
Yes, it launched early last week as a free upgrade.