Revision 6

Three projects

CD Projekt Red has three Witcher games in various stages of development. They were announced in a series of corporate updates between 2022 and 2023. The plan is to release all three games in the new trilogy within a six-year period.

Project Polaris (The Witcher IV)

This is the main event. The Witcher IV stars Ciri and is the first game in a new trilogy. It is built on Unreal Engine 5 and entered full production in November 2024. As of November 2025, the team had grown to over 447 employees working on the project.

Key details:

See the State of Unreal 2025 article for a breakdown of the tech demo that showed the game running on a base PS5 at 60 FPS.

Project Canis Majoris (Witcher 1 remake)

A full remake of the original 2007 The Witcher game, rebuilt from scratch in Unreal Engine 5. Development is led by Fool's Theory, a Polish studio, with CDPR providing creative supervision.

The project has been deprioritized. Fool's Theory staff were pulled in to help with The Witcher IV's development, pushing the remake further back. It was in the concept phase as of the last public update and is not expected before 2028 at the earliest.

The original Witcher game used BioWare's Aurora Engine and had a combat system that many players found dated even at launch. A full remake in UE5 would be a ground-up rebuild, not a remaster.

Project Sirius (multiplayer Witcher game)

The third project is a multiplayer action game set in the Witcher universe. It has had a troubled development. Originally developed by The Molasses Flood (a Boston-based studio CDPR acquired), the project was rebooted from scratch in 2023 after its initial direction was scrapped.

On April 1, 2025, The Molasses Flood was fully absorbed into CDPR. The studio no longer operates independently. There is no release date, no public footage, and very little information about what the game actually is.

What we do know: it is set in the Witcher universe and it has a multiplayer component. Whether it is a co-op game, a competitive game, or something else entirely has not been clarified.

Timeline outlook

CDPR's stated goal is to release all three trilogy games within six years. If The Witcher IV launches in 2027, that puts the third game around 2033. The Canis Majoris remake and Project Sirius sit somewhere in between, though their exact positions in the schedule remain unclear. CDPR has historically been willing to delay projects, so these targets should be treated as aspirational.

2026 Production Update

As of February 2026, 499 developers are assigned to The Witcher IV (Project Polaris), more than half of CD Projekt Red's total workforce of 933. CDPR has hired over 220 developers since February 2025, with the majority assigned to the Polaris team. The game remains on track for a release no earlier than 2027.