The Witcher 3 Hits New High Player Count

A tweet from Marcin Momot has word from the CD Projekt RED community lead that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has now achieved a new high in concurrent players. The game is now four years old, so it seems apparent that this is due to the new Netflix series featuring the property. The Official Steam Game and Player Statistics Page puts today's peak number of players at 88,496, but according to the calculations on Steam Charts, the game peaked at 94,601 concurrent players. According to Polygon the previous high-water mark for the RPG sequel was 92,268, which was when it launched in May 2015. Word is The Witcher: Enhanced Edition is also seeing a bump, and is now on the list of the 100 most played games on Steam.