9 years have passed since game developer CD Projekt Red released The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt in 2015, and it certainly feels like decades in the gaming industry. However, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt remains one of the most iconic role-playing games to date, deserving every single award it has ever received. This third sequel of The Witcher series is still the most exhilarating fantasy role-playing experience, yet captures the most authentic feeling of the genre that the writer of this article has ever seen. The storyline of The Witcher installments is based on the novels written by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, featuring an overwhelmingly massive open world with a spectacular medieval setting, dense RPG mechanics, dynamic combat, excellent script writing and voice acting, killer soundtracks/ambiance, and multiple possible endings.
With over 30 million copies sold worldwide, players can now purchase the game for only $15 on Steam, or look for occasional sales events and get it totally free. Before jumping into this masterpiece, be sure to check out if your PC meets The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt system requirements.
You can check for yourself if your PC can run The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt by simply running online checking tools such as Can You Run It, which will require you to download and install a checker file. If you don’t want to go through all that hassle, you can also compare your PC specifications with the game requirements manually.
In order to play The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt on PC, you need to meet the following system requirements, which are the recommended specifications for running the game smoothly without experiencing any technical issues:
Minimum requirements:
- Operating System (OS): 64-bit Windows 7, 8, 10, or 11
- Processor (CPU): Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz / AMD CPU Phenom II X4 940 or better
- Graphics Card (GPU): NVIDIA GTX 660 / AMD GPU Radeon HD 7870 or better
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Storage: 35 GB available space
- DirectX: Version 12
Recommended requirements:
- Operating System (OS): 64-bit Windows 7, 8, 10, or 11
- Processor (CPU): Intel CPU Core i7 3770 3.4 GHz / AMD CPU AMD FX-8350 4 GHz or better
- Graphics Card (GPU): NVIDIA GPU GeForce GTX 770 / AMD GPU Radeon R9 290 or better
- Memory: 8 GB RAM or more
- Storage: 50 GB available space or more
- DirectX: Version 12
If your PC does not meet the minimum requirements, you may experience low performance, lagging, crashing, or other technical issues while playing the game. If your PC meets or exceeds the recommended requirements, you can enjoy the game with higher graphics settings, faster loading times, and smoother gameplay. However, with the level of detail close to perfection of the game’s graphics and narratives, you are recommended to go for the maximum specifications if possible in order to enjoy the experience to the fullest.
The enhanced edition of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was released in December 2021, featuring improved graphics, ray tracing, and newly developed mods for the game, among other technical improvements. However, this edition also requires higher system specifications to run properly. From personal experience, the above-recommended system requirements will work just fine for the 2021 edition.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt also comes with two extensions: Hearts of Stone and Blood & Wine, each costing around $10 or $15 per bundle. These extensions follow the same system requirements but do keep in mind that the whole package will take up about 60 GB of your hard drive.
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