CDPR reveals third Witcher 3 expansion, Songs of the Past, for 2027

CD Projekt Red is sending Geralt of Rivia back into the field for a third time, a move that says as much about the business of big RPGs as it does about The Witcher 3 itself. Songs of the Past is slated for 2027 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, with Fool’s Theory co-developing the expansion and more details due in late summer 2026.

The pitch is straightforward: CD PROJEKT RED is treating a 2015 release like a living platform, not a finished product. The Witcher 3 has sold more than 60 million copies and collected more than 250 Game of the Year awards and 1,000 industry awards, numbers that make it one of the safest bets in the studio’s catalog. Hearts of Stone arrived in October 2015, Blood and Wine in May 2016, and now Songs of the Past will extend that run more than a decade after the original launch.

That long tail is not just nostalgia. CD PROJEKT said in its 2024 review that The Witcher 3 still produces a stable revenue stream, even as The Witcher 4 entered full-scale production in late 2024. The company’s 2024 results backed up the strategy, with 985 million PLN in sales revenue and nearly 470 million PLN in net profit. In other words, the old monster hunter is still helping pay for the new one.

The timing also lands in a market where publishers keep squeezing value out of prestige back catalogs. Square Enix said the combined worldwide shipments and digital sales of Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake and Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake topped 4 million units, with Dragon Quest III alone crossing 2 million in under a month. That kind of performance underlines why CD Projekt Red keeps circling back to Geralt: a proven name can still move serious units while a future sequel is still years away.

Songs of the Past looks like more than a victory lap. It is CD Projekt Red using The Witcher 3 as a bridge, a revenue engine, and a reminder that for a handful of prestige RPGs, the credits do not really roll when the base game ships.