Witcher 3 Remastered Free Upgrade Checker

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered came out on 29 September 2026, and it is a free upgrade — for most people, on most platforms, sometimes in two steps and occasionally with a condition attached. This page works out which of those you are.

Choose whether you own the game, where you own it, and where you want to play Remastered. The answer separates five things a comparison table runs together: whether the upgrade is free where you already are; whether it is free but on different hardware; whether it is free through the older next-gen upgrade first, which is how a PlayStation 4 or Xbox One copy gets there; whether a condition on that older upgrade stands in your way; and whether CD PROJEKT RED has said your platform is not getting it at all.

Where a route carries conditions, this page asks about them rather than assuming. It will not tell you the upgrade is yours until it knows enough to be right about that.

It also keeps two things apart that are easy to confuse: what your current copy already includes, and what a Remastered copy on the platform you asked about would include. Owning the game on Steam tells you nothing about Battle.net, and this page will not pretend otherwise.

Every fact this page uses comes from a CD PROJEKT RED source, recorded with the date somebody read it. Your choices are matched against those facts, and nothing is generalised from one case to another.

The 2026 free-upgrade list is read as the closed list it is. CD PROJEKT RED states the upgrade for owners on GOG, Steam, the Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, and states separately that Nintendo Switch owners can claim Remastered on Nintendo Switch 2. That is six routes, and this page does not widen them: owning the game on Steam does not entitle you to a copy anywhere else unless somebody has said so.

The previous-generation path is two official grants, not one. CD PROJEKT RED's 2022 next-gen update is still published and still states that it is "free for everyone who already owns any version of the game", which takes a PlayStation 4 or Xbox One copy onto the current-generation version. The 2026 rule then covers current-generation owners. This page puts those two together and labels the result as what it is — a two-step path — because the 2026 announcement never mentions PlayStation 4 owners and this page will not put words in its mouth.

That older upgrade carries conditions, and they differ by platform. On PlayStation, CD PROJEKT RED states that the free next-gen update requires your game's region code to match the region of your PlayStation account — for a download as much as for a disc — and that a PlayStation 4 disc must additionally go into a PlayStation 5 *with a disc drive*. On Xbox it states one condition and no region rule: an Xbox One disc must go into an Xbox Series X rather than a Series S. So the page asks about your copy only where that distinction exists, asks about each condition only where it applies, and never hides one behind the word "free".

Nothing is answered for you. A condition you have not answered is shown as unanswered and the page withholds a verdict, because a silently assumed "yes" would hand you a free answer built on a guess. These are conditions on the 2022 next-gen update, not on Remastered itself.

"Not available" and "not announced" are different answers. CD PROJEKT RED has said the Remastered upgrade is for current-generation platforms, that on previous-generation consoles everything else remains unchanged, and that the upcoming expansion and updates will not come to Xbox One, PlayStation 4 or Nintendo Switch. Where it has said no, this page says so. Where it has said nothing, this page says that instead.

The date is used for one thing only. It decides whether Remastered is still coming or already out, so nothing on this page goes on describing a released game as upcoming. It changes no entitlement: who gets the upgrade free is the same question on both sides of 29 September.

Confirmed by CD PROJEKT RED, as read on 5 September 2026 and re-checked on 8 November 2026, after release: a launch date of 29 September 2026; a free upgrade for owners on GOG, Steam, the Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S; a native Nintendo Switch 2 version, which Nintendo Switch owners can claim; a Battle.net release on the same day, through a partnership with Blizzard Entertainment; Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine already free to every owner of the base game — on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One too — and included in the Remastered base game; and Songs of the Past in 2027 as a paid expansion for PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2 and Battle.net.

Confirmed, and derived from two grants rather than one: the previous-generation path. CD PROJEKT RED's 2022 next-gen update is free to everyone who owns any version of the game, and the Remastered upgrade covers current-generation owners. A PlayStation 4 or Xbox One copy therefore reaches Remastered in two steps, both of them free. That is ToolGuild joining two official statements — it is not a sentence the 2026 announcement contains, and this page says which is which rather than blurring them.

Confirmed conditions, not caveats. On PlayStation, CD PROJEKT RED states that to receive the free next-gen update "your game's region code must match with the region of your account" — a condition that applies whether your copy is a disc or a download. A PlayStation 4 disc additionally needs a PlayStation 5 with a disc drive, so a PlayStation 5 Digital Edition cannot use that route. On Xbox, an Xbox One disc must be inserted into an Xbox Series X; CD PROJEKT RED answers the Series S question directly, and the answer is no. No Xbox support article ToolGuild read on 2026-09-05 states a region condition, and this page does not invent one — an Xbox download carries no condition at all.

Every one of those is a condition on the 2022 next-gen update, which is step one of the two-step path. None of them is a condition on Remastered itself.

Ruled out by CD PROJEKT RED, not merely unannounced. Remastered is stated for all current-generation platforms, and on previous-generation consoles "everything remains unchanged". The upcoming expansion and updates "will not be available on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch". So there is no Remastered and no Songs of the Past on those three consoles, and this page says so plainly rather than hedging. Your existing game keeps working there; CD PROJEKT RED says that too.

Not announced, and therefore not answered here. Whether owning the game on one storefront entitles you to a copy on another — Steam to Battle.net, GOG to PlayStation, and every other crossing. No first-party material ToolGuild read addresses it, so this page reports it as not confirmed rather than guessing in either direction. "Not announced" is not "no".

Also stated, in CD PROJEKT RED's support material: existing saves work; skills and settings are reset by the upgrade and can be reallocated immediately; and Remastered shares achievements and trophies with the current versions of the game.

Deliberately not recorded: price. Remastered, the Complete Edition and Songs of the Past all cost different amounts in different regions and on different storefronts. A single figure would be wrong for most people reading this, so ToolGuild does not print one.

Also deliberately absent: everything about how Songs of the Past plays. No required level, no story prerequisite, no save requirement, no quest start, no length and no system requirements. CD PROJEKT RED has published none of it.

You own The Witcher 3 on Steam and you play on PC. The page confirms a free upgrade in place on 29 September, tells you Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine are already yours rather than something to wait for, and confirms Songs of the Past for your storefront in 2027. You buy nothing.

Change where you own it to PlayStation 4, say your copy is a download, and ask about PlayStation 5. The page does not answer yet — it asks whether your game's region code matches your PlayStation account region, because CD PROJEKT RED makes the free next-gen update conditional on that. Say they match and the answer is free, in two named steps: the 2022 next-gen update takes your copy to the PlayStation 5 version, and the 2026 rule takes that version to Remastered. Say they do not, and the page tells you the region condition is what stops you.

Say your PlayStation 4 copy is a disc instead, and there are two questions rather than one: the region code, and whether your PlayStation 5 has a disc drive. Answer both yes and the answer is free. Say you have a Digital Edition and the answer changes — the entitlement is real and your console cannot read the disc, which is a different thing from "you do not qualify". Say the regions differ *and* you have a Digital Edition, and the page names both.

The Xbox One case is shorter, because CD PROJEKT RED states less: a download carries no condition at all, and a disc carries exactly one — it must go into an Xbox Series X, not a Series S. There is no region question on Xbox, because CD PROJEKT RED has not published one.

Change where you own it to Nintendo Switch. Remastered is still free for you — but on Nintendo Switch 2, which is not the console you own. Ask about the original Switch and the answer is not a shrug: CD PROJEKT RED has said Remastered and Songs of the Past are not coming there, and your existing game keeps working.

Own it on Steam and ask about Battle.net, and the page stops rather than guessing. It tells you the expansions are already yours on Steam, and that a Remastered copy on Battle.net would include them if you obtained one there — because nothing first-party says your Steam copy reaches Battle.net.

This page does not know what anything costs. Price depends on your region and storefront, and ToolGuild publishes none.

It cannot see your library. It works from what you tell it. If you are unsure whether a copy is on your account, check the storefront.

The previous-generation path is ToolGuild joining two official statements. Both are CD PROJEKT RED's, both are current, and the 2022 articles behind the second one are displayed as last updated three years ago. If CD PROJEKT RED changes the next-gen upgrade terms, this answer changes with them.

It cannot check your region code for you. CD PROJEKT RED's PlayStation region condition is real and this page asks about it, but only you can see what region your copy and your account are in. A storefront may also have conditions of its own that ToolGuild has no visibility of.

It says nothing about how the game plays. No builds, no quests, no alchemy, no monster data. This is a page about an entitlement.

Remastered has released; Songs of the Past has not, and pre-release facts move. Dates slip and terms are revised — a released game's storefront terms as readily as an unreleased expansion's date. Every fact here carries the date it was last confirmed, and where CD PROJEKT RED has not announced something, this page says so rather than filling the gap.

Nothing here is a recommendation. This page does not think you should buy anything. It tells you what applies to your situation and leaves the decision where it belongs.

Is the Remastered upgrade free? For owners on GOG, Steam, the Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, CD PROJEKT RED states that it is. Nintendo Switch owners can claim Remastered on Nintendo Switch 2.

I own it on PlayStation 4. Do I get it? In two steps, and both are free — but CD PROJEKT RED attaches conditions to the first. Its 2022 next-gen update is free to everyone who owns any version of the game and takes your copy onto the PlayStation 5 version; the 2026 Remastered rule then covers PlayStation 5 owners. The condition on that first step is that "your game's region code must match with the region of your account", and it applies to a download as well as a disc. A disc must additionally go into a PlayStation 5 with a disc drive — a Digital Edition cannot read it. The 2026 announcement does not itself mention PlayStation 4 owners; this is ToolGuild joining two official statements, and the page labels it as such.

Why does the page ask about my region? Because CD PROJEKT RED's own PlayStation support article about the next-gen update says the region codes have to match, and only you can see what yours are. It is a condition on that 2022 update, not a region restriction on Remastered.

I own it on Xbox One. The same two-step path, onto Xbox Series X|S — and with less attached. A download carries no condition; a disc must be inserted into an Xbox Series X, not a Series S. No Xbox support article ToolGuild read states a region condition, so this page does not apply one.

Is Remastered coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One or the original Switch? No. CD PROJEKT RED states the Remastered upgrade is for all current-generation platforms and that on previous-generation consoles everything else remains unchanged. Your existing game and both expansions keep working there.

Do I get Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine? If you own the base game, you already have them — on the previous-generation consoles too, where CD PROJEKT RED states they are free downloads. They are also included in the Remastered base game, and storefronts now sell only the Complete Edition.

Do my saves still work? CD PROJEKT RED states that current saves should work with no issues, that skills and settings are reset by the upgrade and can be reallocated immediately, and that Remastered shares achievements and trophies with the current versions of the game.

What about Battle.net? Remastered launched on Battle.net on 29 September through CD PROJEKT RED's partnership with Blizzard Entertainment, and Songs of the Past is coming there too. Battle.net is not in the free-upgrade list, and no route from another storefront to it has been announced, so a copy there is a purchase.

Will Songs of the Past be on my platform? It is confirmed for PC — GOG, Steam, the Epic Games Store and Battle.net — PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2, in 2027, as a paid expansion. CD PROJEKT RED has stated it will not be available on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 or Nintendo Switch.

How long is Songs of the Past, and what level do I need? Not announced. Nor is its price, its starting quest, whether it needs a completed save, or its system requirements. ToolGuild will not guess at any of it.

What about The Witcher 4? A separate game, with a planned 2028 window as CD PROJEKT states in its own investor material. It has nothing to do with this page, and nothing here implies shared saves, shared ownership or shared entitlement between the two.

Are my choices saved? They are kept in this browser and never sent anywhere. There is no account, and "Start over" clears them.