The first reviews for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered are in, with critics praising its visual overhaul, gameplay refinements, and free upgrade, while some of the original's combat and loading issues remain.
9.5
Average Score (adjusted)
Confidence: Medium
Strong consensus
Reviews: 3
Top Review: vandal (10.0)
Spread: 1.0
GamingBolt thinks The Witcher 3 Remastered is amazing, calling it a classic worth revisiting and the definitive way to play the game. The Good: excellent visual improvements with new lighting systems, smoother combat and traversal, and more streamlined skill trees. The Bad: minor visual glitches and some of the clunky movement from the original returning.
Vandal thinks The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered is excellent. Positive points: visuals on par with or better than any 2026 release, especially with Path Tracing, a wealth of adjustments and improvements delivering the best possible Witcher 3 experience, and a free update that includes the expansions. Negative points: combat still has some heavy movements despite the improvements, and initial loading times remain long, inherited from the original version.
Full Review
⭐ 93 / 100
GameStar thinks The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered is a 94-rated return of the king of RPGs, the visually best form of the game. It appeals if you like gritty medieval worlds, consequential moral choices, and felt the main game lacked a meaningful talent tree. It does not appeal if you disliked The Witcher 3's flat combat system, have an aging PC, or expected a completely new game. The remaster works on graphics, combat, and the skill system, with many small details refined, and is completely free for owners of The Witcher 3, including both expansions, Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine.
How to Get The Witcher 3 Remastered
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered is available as a free upgrade for players who already own The Witcher 3 on a supported platform. There is no need to purchase the Remastered version separately if you already have the game. Players who do not own the game can purchase it through the available digital stores on PC and current-generation consoles. The Remastered version includes the base game and its major expansions.
What Does It Include?
- Visual improvements: upgraded textures, vegetation, lighting, shadows, materials and overall rendering quality.
- Ray tracing: enhanced lighting and reflections, including improved HairWorks effects.
- PC technology: support for modern upscaling and rendering technologies such as DLSS, FSR and XeSS.
- Reworked skill tree: abilities have been redesigned with new ranks and prerequisites.
- Improved combat: combat and enemy behavior have received several refinements.
- Movement improvements: Geralt's movement, Roach and other traversal systems have been refined.
- Quality-of-life features: faster boats, easier Witcher Senses activation, looting without dismounting Roach and other gameplay options.
- Mod support: expanded modding capabilities and support through mod.io.
- Both expansions: Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine are included.
In short, the Remastered version combines a major visual upgrade with gameplay and quality-of-life improvements, while retaining the complete original experience and its two major expansions.
