The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered
Give it 10 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 7 reviews are negative (15%); after 20h it's 1 in 40 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised less than in 83% of games we track.
- 36% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Lilac and Gooseberries” (Find Yennefer of Vengerberg) and “Family Counselor” (Find the baron's wife and daughter): from 100% to 62% of starters.
- Only 60% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 907,325 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 5,329 reviews: 53h for positive, 44.5h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (60.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Lilac and Gooseberries Find Yennefer of Vengerberg. 100%
- Family Counselor Find the baron's wife and daughter. Most players quit here 62% −38
- A Friend in Need Find and free Dandelion. 50% −12
- Necromancer Help Yennefer extract information from Skjall's body. 48% −2
- Something More Find Ciri. 41% −7
- Xenonaut Visit Tir ná Lia and convince Ge'els to betray Eredin. 39% −2
- The King is Dead Defeat Eredin. 36% −2
- Passed the Trial Finish the game on any difficulty. 36%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by hand.
All achievements (78)
story milestone ending side
- Lilac and Gooseberries Find Yennefer of Vengerberg. 100%
- Butcher of Blaviken Kill at least 5 opponents in under 10 seconds. 85%
- Fist of the South Star Defeat an opponent in a fistfight without taking any damage. 82%
- Let's Cook! Learn 12 potion formulae. 75%
- Can't Touch This! Kill 5 foes in a fight without taking damage (except for Toxicity) and without using the Quen Sign. 71%
- Bookworm Read 30 books, journals or other documents. 67%
- Family Counselor Find the baron's wife and daughter. 62%
- Friends With Benefits Complete the subplot involving Keira Metz. 56%
- Bombardier Collect the formulae for 6 different bomb types. 54%
- Triple Threat Kill 3 opponents in one fight using 3 different methods (swords, bombs, crossbow, Signs, etc.). 52%
- Shrieker Complete the contract on the shrieker. 51%
- A Friend in Need Find and free Dandelion. 50%
- Environmentally Unfriendly Kill 50 opponents using the environment (e.g. swamp gas, insects or objects). 48%
- Necromancer Help Yennefer extract information from Skjall's body. 48%
- Mutant Fill all mutagen slots. 44%
- Fire in the Hole Destroy 10 monster nests using bombs. 42%
- Kingmaker Complete the subplot about choosing Skellige's ruler. 41%
- Globetrotter Discover 100 fast travel points. 41%
- Something More Find Ciri. 41%
- Munchkin Reach character development level 35. 40%
- The Doppler Effect Resolve the doppler problem in Novigrad. 39%
- Xenonaut Visit Tir ná Lia and convince Ge'els to betray Eredin. 39%
- Fearless Vampire Slayer Complete the contract on Sarasti. 37%
- Passed the Trial Finish the game on any difficulty. 36%
- The King is Dead Defeat Eredin. 36%
- Ashes to Ashes Complete the contract on Therazane. 33%
- The Witcher's Gone South Travel to the Duchy of Toussaint. 32%
- Full Crew Bring all possible allies to Kaer Morhen for the battle against the Hunt. 32%
- I'm Not Kissing That Kill the prince cursed into a toad. 31%
- Fiend or Foe? Complete the contract on Morvudd. 30%
- Armed and Dangerous Find and equip all the elements of one set of witcher gear. 29%
- Geralt and Friends Win a round of gwent using only neutral cards. 27%
- Pacta Sunt Servanda Finish the "Hearts of Stone" expansion. 27%
- All In Play three hero cards in one round of gwent and win the match. 26%
- Brawler Defeat Olaf, the Skellige champion of unarmed combat. 26%
- Assassin of Kings Take part in the assassination of King Radovid. 25%
- Weapon "W" Develop a mutation. 25%
- Brawl Master Complete all fistfighting quests in Velen, Skellige and Novigrad. 23%
- Rad Steez, Bro! Slide downhill uninterrupted for at least 10 seconds. 22%
- Playing House Use all available options for developing Corvo Bianco. 22%
- Last Action Hero Be decorated with the Order of Vitis Vinifera. 22%
- Woodland Spirit Complete the contract on the Woodland Spirit. 21%
- Embodiment of the Five Virtues Be given Aerondight by the Lady of the Lake. 20%
- A Knight to Remember Obtain a flawless victory in all the competitions during the knights' tourney. 19%
- Gwent Master Defeat Tybalt and win the gwent tournament held at the Passiflora. 19%
- Curator of Nightmares Recreate all of Iris' nightmares in the Painted World. 18%
- Geralt: The Professional Complete all witcher contracts. 17%
- Fast and Furious Win all the horse races in the game. 16%
- Dressed to Kill Unlock the bonus for equipping all the witcher gear elements from one School. 16%
- Shopaholic Buy all the items put on the block at the Borsodis' Auction House. 16%
- The Grapes of Wrath Stomped Help unite the warring vineyards and have a wine named in your honor. 16%
- Even Odds Kill 2 monsters you have a contract on without using Signs, potions, mutagens, oils or bombs. 16%
- Let the Good Times Roll! Participate in all the activities at the wedding. 14%
- Pest Control Destroy all monster nests in the Velen / Novigrad region, or in Skellige. 14%
- Dendrologist Acquire all the Abilities in one tree. 13%
- Turned Every Stone Find all grandmaster diagrams for each witcher school. 13%
- I Have a Gwent Problem Collect all the cards in the Skellige deck. 12%
- Wild Rose Dethorned Defeat all the fallen knights and loot their campsites. 11%
- Ran the Gauntlet Finish the game on the "Blood and Broken Bones!" or "Death March!" difficulty levels. 11%
- Killed It Win a round of gwent with a total strength of at least 187. 9.1%
- Power Overwhelming Have all possible Place of Power bonuses active at the same time. 8.6%
- Card Collector Acquire all gwent cards available in the base version of the game. 8.0%
- Kaer Morhen Trained Perform 10 effective counterattacks in a row without getting hit or parrying. 7.0%
- Can Quit Anytime I Want Be under the influence of seven potions or decoctions at the same time. 6.3%
- Walked the Path Finish the game on the "Death March!" difficulty level. 6.0%
- Return to Sender Kill 3 opponents with their own arrows. 5.8%
- David and Golyat Kill Golyat with a crossbow bolt to his eye. 5.3%
- That Is the Evilest Thing Ignite the gas produced by a Dragon's Dream bomb using a burning opponent. Do this 10 times. 5.1%
- What Was That? Attack, counter, cast a Sign and throw a bomb (in any order) in under 4 seconds. 5.1%
- Kling of the Clink Serve time in Toussaint. 5.0%
- Overkill Make an opponent suffer from bleeding, poisoning and burning simultaneously. Do this 10 times. 5.0%
- Moo-rderer Kill 20 cows. 4.8%
- I Wore Ofieri Before It Was Cool Collect all available Ofieri armor and horse gear, and at least one Ofieri sword. 4.5%
- When It's Many Against One… Provoke all Iris von Everec's Nightmares into fighting you at the same time and defeat them. 4.5%
- The Enemy of My Enemy Use the Axii Sign to force one opponent to kill another. Do this 20 times. 4.3%
- Hasta la Vista™ Kill a frozen opponent with a crossbow bolt. 3.6%
- Humpty Dumpty Kill 10 opponents by knocking them off somewhere high with the Aard Sign. 3.3%
- Master Marksman Kill 50 human and nonhuman opponents by striking them in the head with a crossbow bolt. 3.0%