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Alessandro Fillari

The Witcher 4 dev says it takes 5-6 years to make a game after the idea's conception - but isn't saying when The Witcher 4 was thought up

The Witcher 3.

There's been a lot of anticipationaround The Witcher 4 -and the rest of CD Projekt Red now that it has multiple projects in the pipeline for The Witcher and Cyberpunk franchises — and understandably, people also want to know when they can expect to play these new games.

During a recent end-of-year earnings call focusing on the developer's performance in 2024 and what's ahead, CDPR leadership, including Joint Chief Executive Officer Michał Nowakowski, gave some insight on the development timeline for their games, starting from the early talks of a project to full development. This gives us some insight into just how long it takes for CDPR to work on their large-scale games such as The Witcher 4 and the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel.

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