CD Projekt Red's Witcher Plan Hides Two Secret Unannounced Projects

Published 5 September 2026. Words like "tonight" or "next week" refer to that date.

CD Projekt Red just put something in writing that changes the next five years for The Witcher. Three years, three releases, each one bigger than the last. But while everyone was celebrating the 2028 target for The Witcher 4 and the first look at the Songs of the Past expansion, which somehow pulled 900,000 wishlist adds in a single week, the joint CEO dropped a single sentence on the investor call that proves we only know about half of the picture. On top of that, there is big news about Witcher 3 Remastered saves and achievements, plus an update on where The Witcher 1 remake actually stands right now.

The three year Witcher plan and the CEO's hint that more is coming

The plan is now in writing from CD Projekt Red's H1 2026 earnings presentation. The Witcher 3 Remastered launched September 29th, 2026. Songs of the Past follows in 2027. The Witcher 4 is targeting 2028. That is three years with three releases for The Witcher, and the joint CEO framed it as three successive years and three major releases, saying, "With each one bigger than the one before."

Then he dropped a line that has me completely spiraling: "That is not the full list of what we are working on in this universe." Looking at that line again, the CEO is essentially telling investors on a public earnings call that there are more Witcher projects sitting behind the curtain than just the three he announced. We already know about Project Sirius, the multiplayer Witcher game in development, and The Witcher 1 remake. So when he says the list is not the full one, he is either counting those or teasing something we have not seen yet. I think it is probably both, and the reason I lean that way is because of what the CFO said later in the same call.

Witcher 3 Remastered will carry over your current saves and all achievements

This was the single biggest question after the remaster reveal, and CD Projekt Red answered it directly. All existing saves will work with the upgrade, so players can pick back up right where they left off. Their exact wording was, "Your current saves will work with the upgrade." Achievement and trophy progress carries over as well, so nothing already unlocked gets wiped.

The community director explained why that is possible: the remaster is being treated as an update to the base game rather than a separate release. That means there will not be a second trophy list to grind out. That is the smart call. Plenty of remasters ship as a brand new store listing with a fresh platinum attached, forcing another full replay for anyone who cares about that stuff. CD Projekt Red went the other direction, and on top of that the whole update is free for existing PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X and S owners, including Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine.

Songs of the Past pulled 900,000 wishlist adds in a week, beating every other game on Steam

The wishlist numbers are the thing that made investors sit up. CD Projekt Red confirmed that 900,000 players added Songs of the Past to their wishlist within one week of the reveal. For an expansion of a game that came out in 2015, that is monumental. Tracking after the announcement showed Songs of the Past generated more wishlist adds than any other game on any other platform, like Steam, during that window, beating out the Warlock game from Dungeons and Dragons, which had roughly 379,000, and another game that pulled about 302,000.

CD Projekt Red also said the Songs of the Past teaser, the Gamescom demo supercut, and The Witcher 3 Remastered announcement pulled 26 million views across its own channels alone, not counting other outlets or gameplay reactions. The team also walked away with three Gamescom awards, including best trailer for the Songs of the Past reveal. I have been saying for a while that The Witcher 3 deserved a third expansion, and the fact that Geralt is getting one more proper send off that is out-wishlisting the rest of Gamescom tells you how much goodwill this game still has.

Development headcount jumped from 975 to 1,045 across all active projects

CD Projekt Red posted a breakdown of exactly where every developer is assigned right now, and the growth between April 30th and July 31st of this year is significant. Total headcount across all active projects went from 975 to 1,045 developers. The Witcher 4 sits at 519, up from 513. Cyberpunk 2 jumped from 163 to 184. Project Sirius went from 83 to 84. Project Hadar, the new unannounced IP, went from 24 to 33. Shared services went from 173 to 196.

The Witcher 4 number is the one I want people to focus on. It only moved by six people, and the team previously said it would land at about 510 developers. Sitting at 519 means the game is fully staffed and has been for a while, which tells me that project is deep in production and the 2028 release window really does look likely. The real movement is on Cyberpunk 2, which added 21 developers in three months. I am expecting that game to release within the next three to four years, maybe five if we are unlucky, but I am looking forward to seeing that project cook.

The Witcher 1 remake is temporarily folded into The Witcher 4's production

CD Projekt Red told GameSpot that Fool's Theory is focused mainly on Songs of the Past, with a relatively small part of the team supporting The Witcher 4. The Witcher 1 remake's development has been "temporarily integrated" with The Witcher 4 because of the production processes, mainly because the remake is being built on the foundation of The Witcher 4 and needs the same asset pipelines and tools ready first. This is not really news to anyone who follows the franchise closely, but it is confirmation of what many already suspected.

Given that we now have a target release date for The Witcher 4, I think The Witcher 1 remake will come fairly quickly after that. Still, the remake was announced back in 2022, and it got caught in the transition between the studio finishing expansions and helping out on The Witcher 4. It is unfortunate that we are going to wait quite a while before playing it, since development will not really start until after 2028. I almost wish they had waited to announce the remake until after The Witcher 4 released, because the next four or five years of waiting are going to be rough.

The CFO confirms two unannounced projects still in development, separate from research phase work

Remember that CEO line about the list not being full? The CFO confirmed on the same call that CD Projekt Red currently has two unannounced projects in the development phase, separate from anything still in the earlier research phase. The Witcher 3 Remastered does not count as one of them, since it is treated as a continuation of the existing Witcher 3. That puts the full known pipeline at The Witcher 4, Songs of the Past, Cyberpunk 2, Project Sirius, Project Hadar, The Witcher 1 remake, and two projects nobody outside the company knows anything about. That is eight things in total.

On timing, the remaster is locked for September 29th this year. Songs of the Past is set for 2027, and CD Projekt Red would not clarify the window beyond that. Going by past patterns, I would guess the back half of the year, so I am predicting fall of 2027, likely September or October, unless they aim for the franchise anniversary month in May, which would be the best case scenario. The Witcher 4 is targeting 2028, but I think a 2029 release window is most likely if the team needs more time. The Witcher 1 remake is so far out that it is hard to pin down, probably 2031, maybe 2032.

What do you think the two unannounced projects actually are?