A game or DLC announcement for a well-established franchise is usually good news. Under normal circumstances, it's a win-win: longtime fans getting their hands on new content, while tapping into a wave of new players curious enough to try something. So, ahead of the wait The Witcher 4a new DLC for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt should on paper only be good news. A reason to celebrate, considering it's been 10 years since the 2015 Game of the Year recipient received any substantial content.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is one of the most beloved RPGs of the last decade. It's a game that already feels complete yet endlessly replayable. Any reason to return to the continent sounds like a gift – especially so many years after Geralt of Rivia last rode off into the sunset and the facade of retirement. But if the rumors are true, and CD Projekt Red is indeed preparing new story content for The Witcher 3it might not be a victory lap. It could be a farewell. Not just for Geralt as a playable protagonist, but for Geralt point.
Rumor: The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt could be more DLC
A new rumor suggests that CD Projekt Red may be working on a secret project to deliver additional DLC content for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
A Witcher 3 DLC this late in the game makes me worry about Geralt
This wouldn't be the first time The Witcher 3 got extra content. Far From It: Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine were widely embraced as excellent additions to Geralt's story. However, the timing matters.
Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine arrived when Geralt's story was still actively developing. Blood and Wine in particular served as a graceful exit: a final monster contract, a sun-drenched vineyard in Toussaint, and the opportunity for Geralt to finally lay down his swords, whether with Yennefer, Triss, or alone with his thoughts.
That ending mattered because it allowed the player to fill in their own narrative blanks. Geralt could retreat, but the game never forced the issue. He could still be a Witcher, just on his own terms. That ambiguity is what made Corvo Bianco feel deserved. A new DLC, released years later and placed in the shadow of The Witcher 4wouldn't have the same luxury.
The Witcher 4 completely changes the stakes
CD Projekt Red has already confirmed two important things about the future of the franchise:
That uncertainty makes a lot of work. If Geralt still roamed the continent as an active Witcher, his presence would i The Witcher 4 would be straightforward. Mentor, ally, or an occasional monster-slaying backup. Instead, the studio has been careful with its language, signaling commitment without promising relevance. This is where someone's mind goes into overdrive, and new Witcher 3 DLC is getting worrisome.
What to do next after finishing all Witcher games
The Witcher series has three games, and for hardcore fans hungry for more, there's still plenty of content to dive into.
A new one Witcher 3 expansion would not exist in a vacuum. Its primary function would likely not be to give Geralt “one more adventure” for the hell of it, but to bridge the gap between The Witcher 3 and The Witcher 4. And bridges don't just connect, they transition. That transition can take many forms, but some of them aren't very comforting:
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A story that shows Geralt becoming physically unable to continue the path
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A catastrophic event that takes him out of active play
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A final choice that closes the ambiguity of his retirement
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Or, most grimly, a story that positions Geralt's death as imminent, inevitable, or already written
Geralt doesn't have to die on screen for the outcome to feel final. All it takes is the removal of the opportunity: the confirmation that his wandering days are over for good.
Geralt was never meant to fade silently
What makes this possibility sting is how carefully Blood and Wine avoided it. Geralt's retirement was not portrayed as weakness or failure. It was framed as an election. He survived a world that rarely allows Witchers to do so, and he was given peace without being stripped of his dignity. A late-stage DLC risks redoing that ending. Not as a victory, but as a pause before potential loss.
And before you ignore this concern just because of the confirmation that Geralt comes back for The Witcher 4: memories are a narrative device that CD Projekt Red has used before in both The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077. About Geralt's role in The Witcher 4 ends up being a flashback, a memory, or a figure already sidelined by injury or age, then this rumored DLC may exist to explain why.
Great for The Witcher/Potentially Bad for the Witcher
For all players, a new one Witcher 3 DLC would be a gift: more writing, more monsters, more time with a character that defined a generation of RPGs. For the franchise, it could provide crucial narrative glue as CD Projekt Red passes the torch to Ciri. For Geralt, however, it probably means something completely different.
The end of the road does not always look like a final battle. Sometimes it looks like a final story – told not because there is more to say, but because it is time to say goodbye. If The Witcher 3 really has a story left to tell, maybe it's less about adventure and more about finishing the White Wolf book for good.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
9/10
- Released
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19 May 2015
- ESRB
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M for Adults: Use of alcohol, blood and grime, intense violence, nudity, strong language, strong sexual content
