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The Witcher

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The Witcher
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Developers
CD Projekt Red
Publishers
Poland CD Projekt
NA Atari
Engines
Aurora
Release dates
Windows October 24, 2007
macOS (OS X) April 5, 2012
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The Witcher
The Witcher 2007
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings 2011
The Witcher Adventure Game 2014
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2015
Gwent: The Witcher Card Game 2018
Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales 2018
Gwent: Rogue Mage 2022
The Witcher: Remake TBA

Key points

Owning any version, including retail, entitles you to a DRM-free copy on GOG.com; see GOG.com backup copy.

General information

Official Website - contains download links and basic information about the patches
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Official Forum Thread for the walk mod
The Witcher Wiki
"Fixes to Common Problems" - A comprehensive list of known issues and potential fixes

Availability

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All non-GOG.com versions can be registered on GOG. See GOG.com Backup Copy for more information.

GOG.com backup copy

Everyone who bought a retail version of the game can redeem their serial key here to receive a backup copy on their gog.com account. The copy includes all the enhanced edition content. Witcher Backup copy.

If you have a digital version of the game on Steam or any other digital store, or if you have misplaced your CD-key, you can still get a free copy. You can send a picture of your proof of purchase from Steam, or take a photo of your discs. Just follow the instructions on this site

Improvements

Patches

There are two patches available for download on the official page:

  • Patch 1.4 will upgrade the Original Edition of the game to the Enhanced Edition.
  • Patch 1.5 will remove the DRM and correct bugs introduced by 1.4. It also contains five community-made adventures.

Game data

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Save game cloud syncing

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Video settings

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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Issues fixed

Walking in OTS view

Instructions

No mouse on main menu

Instructions

Frequent game crashes

Instructions

Rendered cut-scenes don't display

On some systems (including Wine) rendered cut-scenes don't display correctly. Audio will still play, but what was on the screen previously will be displayed.
Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP/Vista
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 15 GB free
Video card (GPU) nVidia GeForce 6600
Radeon 9800 		nVidia GeForce 7800GTX
ATI Radeon X1950 XT
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) OS X version 10.6.8 or later
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10.5 GB free
Video card (GPU) NVIDIA GeForce 320M (or better)
AMD Radeon HD 6750M (or better)
Intel HD Graphics 3000

256 of VRAM 		Any card with 512 MB VRAM, e.g.
NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX (or better)
AMD Radeon X1950 XT (or better)

512 of VRAM