CD Projekt Red is moving ahead with its plan to release all three games in the upcoming Ciri-fronted Witcher trilogy within six years. The studio restated this goal during its latest financial briefing. The studio is calling the timeline ambitious but still achievable as long as production continues at its current pace. The new trilogy will begin with The Witcher 4, followed by two sequels that will complete Ciri’s story arc.
Studio leaders said the change to Unreal Engine 5 is a major part of why they believe the release schedule can work. The Witcher 4 has been in development on the engine for several years. CD Projekt Red stated that the next two entries will benefit from work already done on tools, systems, and pipelines. Once the first game is complete, the team expects development on the sequels to move more quickly since they will not need to rebuild core features from scratch. The studio described this as the most unified development environment it has created for a Witcher project.
For fans, the timeline offers a very different pace compared to the original trilogy. Those games spanned over eight years, and each entry required a lengthy production cycle. The new plan tightens the window significantly. CD Projekt Red said the six-year schedule begins only after The Witcher 4 launches. The company also confirmed that the first entry will not arrive in 2026. That places its release sometime after 2026, with 2027 viewed as the earliest possible target. If that timing holds, the sequels would need to land between roughly 2030 and 2033 in order to fit inside the six years.
Modern role-playing games are among the most complex projects in the industry and require large teams, long testing periods, and detailed world-building. The studio said the primary reason it can set a schedule like this is its confidence in the tools, workflow, and structure it has built. It also pointed to the experience gained from Cyberpunk 2077’s long support period, which helped shape stronger production processes across the company.
While the studio avoided giving specific release windows for the second and third games, it stressed that the trilogy approach requires a consistent rhythm. Once The Witcher 4 is complete, the team expects to move straight into full production of the next entry without long downtimes between projects. For now, CD Projekt Red is focused on finishing The Witcher 4 and preparing the foundation for the sequels. The studio said more updates will come once the first game moves closer to launch.
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