'The Witcher 3' could receive a new expansion ten years after its release

A decade after its release, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is back in the spotlight. A report that emerged in Poland has reignited rumors about a new paid expansion planned for 2026, conceived as a direct prelude to The Witcher 4.

The possibility excites fans and also the market. The goal would be to reactivate the saga, recapture players, and prepare the ground for the next main installment.

The report that reignited the rumors

The information comes from an article published by Strefa Inwestorów, where Mateusz Chrzanowski, an analyst at Noble Securities, is cited. According to his projections, CD Projekt would release a new DLC for The Witcher 3 in May 2026.

The analyst estimates sales close to 11 million copies, with an approximate price of 30 dollars and a production budget of about 52 million zlotys (around 14.5 million dollars).

A key move toward The Witcher 4

According to Chrzanowski, this expansion would not be simple additional content. It would function as the start of the marketing campaign for The Witcher 4, whose release the same analyst places in the fourth quarter of 2027.

That timeframe matches what CD Projekt had already hinted at, since it clarified that the new installment would not arrive before 2026.

Fool's Theory and the precedent of the leakers

The rumors are not new. The leaker Borys Nieśpielak has been claiming for some time that new downloadable content would be in development at Fool's Theory.

That studio is currently working on the remake of the first The Witcher and has key names from the saga, such as Jakub Rokosz, a quest designer on The Witcher 2 and 3.

As a not insignificant detail, CD Projekt recently confirmed that The Witcher 3 will receive one last patch, also planned for 2026. For many, this technical update reinforces the idea of a major expansion on the way.