The development team for The Witcher 4 is twice as big as its prequel, reveals CD Projekt Red

CD Projekt Red has revealed that The Witcher 4 currently has 513 developers actively working on it, which is more than double the size of the team that built The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt back in 2015. The figure came out of CDPR's Q1 2026 earnings call, where joint CEO Michał Nowakowski provided an update on the studio's current project allocation.

For reference, The Witcher 3 was built by roughly 240 developers, and the game has now sold over 65 million copies globally, a milestone Nowakowski also highlighted during the call. That kind of legacy sets the bar extremely high for The Witcher 4, and the large developer headcount tells us just how seriously CDPR is taking the project.

It is also worth noting that Cyberpunk 2077's team peaked at a similar number during its development, a production that ended in a notoriously troubled launch. As we have previously covered, CDPR has been vocal about not repeating the same mistakes with its upcoming titles. Cyberpunk 2, which is also currently in development, saw its team grow slightly this past quarter.

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The sheer volume of what CDPR is expected to ship in the coming years is staggering. As we have reported before, the company has outlined plans to release three Witcher games within a six-year period. During the earnings call, Nowakowski acknowledged that this schedule is simply too packed to also fit proper expansions for The Witcher 4, telling investors it would be difficult to add something on the scale of Blood and Wine to the trilogy's timeline.

With 513 developers deep into what Nowakowski called the most intensive phase of development, crunch will inevitably be a talking point. CDPR has made public commitments to healthier working conditions since the Cyberpunk 2077 fallout, and the studio will be under a microscope to hold to those promises as the pressure builds.

As for what is coming up first, the newly announced Witcher 3 expansion Songs of the Past, co-developed with Fool's Theory, is set to launch in 2027 on PS5, Xbox Series X and S, and PC, with a showcase reportedly planned for Gamescom. The Witcher 1 Remake is also in the pipeline. The Witcher 4 itself still lacks a release date, though with over 500 developers on the job, that window is presumably narrowing.