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GWENT: The Witcher Card Game
Command mighty Witcher-world heroes in epic online PvP card battles!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
43 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“not bad, different scaling from main game, but not bad.”
“The most beautiful and detailed art on any card game, the strategic taking turns playing a card / orders make it feel more akin to chess and its quite refreshing. Playable on the Deck with a few tweaks (older proton…”
“100% one of the two best PvP card games in the market tied with Legends of Runeterra. The core gameplay (not drawing a new card every every turn, the round only ending after both players skip their turn, only drawing 3…”
11 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“THIS IS NOT THE GWENT FROM THE WITCHER GAME !! (Just a notice in case you are looking forward to play that one. This is basically Hearthstone with Witcher camouflage on it ..... ) +++ Nice artwork. The art design on…”
“The most beautiful and detailed art on any card game, the strategic taking turns playing a card / orders make it feel more akin to chess and its quite refreshing. Playable on the Deck with a few tweaks (older proton…”
“The cards: Layout is crisp and minimalist. Easy to read and discern which card is which. Art is definitely a top priority for development. 5/5 The Gameplay: Simple, straightforward and relatively easy to understand. If…”
6 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Been playing Gwent since the early days and i still genuinely love it. The strategy, the mind games, the atmosphere- it never gets old 10/10”
“Ahhh "f4ck" one more game. Just one more. :D”
5 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“how the hell does a free game even think that it has the right to consider maybe possibly even kind of being THIS FUN!!!”
5 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Were not for playing on release I'd not play. The UI is convoluted with premium advertisement. Achievement / quest page seem un-rewarding too large/long. Card grind is slow. Draft is daft. Seasonal quests suck and lack…”
“El juego es increible, tiene el arte de cartas mas cool que vi, la musica es buenisima, el universo de the witcher es muy rico en lore y mecanicamente tiene muchisimas combinaciones copadas de cartas para hacer. Mi…”
“It's fun and entertaining, I guess? What else can I say, this game certainly has good music design for one.”
13 of the 102 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
11 of the 102 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“most card games do it so im not surprised Gwent does it as well... Forced multiplayer. They say they find a "fitting" player for you to play against, but trust me you play against pros and a relaxing game becomes…”
“THIS IS NOT THE GWENT FROM THE WITCHER GAME !! (Just a notice in case you are looking forward to play that one. This is basically Hearthstone with Witcher camouflage on it ..... ) +++ Nice artwork. The art design on…”
“servers are no longer”
10 of the 102 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“THIS IS NOT THE GWENT FROM THE WITCHER GAME !! (Just a notice in case you are looking forward to play that one. This is basically Hearthstone with Witcher camouflage on it ..... ) +++ Nice artwork. The art design on…”
“Peapole only play sweaty meta decks not for fun but just to win, if you make your own homebrew deck its definantly fun until you get crushed by a opponent spamming meta.”
“the worst ♥♥♥♥ i ever seen, the gwent on the witcher 3 it's amazing, in this pay-to-win crap sucks.... go play the witcher 3 and ♥♥♥♥ off”
7 of the 102 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Peapole only play sweaty meta decks not for fun but just to win, if you make your own homebrew deck its definantly fun until you get crushed by a opponent spamming meta.”
“If you enjoy VSing Polish people who have never made a deck in their lives and just copy the current brainlet meta they found online, this is the game for you.”
“A game on life support with only around 400 + active players. Pretty much everyone has all cards, matchmaking is well what you would expect from a game with few people. Long queue times and someone that gets a broken…”
4 of the 102 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“2.9GB update dropped on the 15th of April 2026. The only thing that the update did is add the idiotic REDlauncher on Linux. Thanks for giving me one more unnecessary hoop to jump through if I want to play a damn video…”
“If you've played this on older accounts that auto connect to GOG/Projekt Red Accounts back in 2021, You're just SOL.”
“First at all the REDlauncher is pretty ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Second, Why Login required every time when I open this damnthing! Is this really necessary step to run? huh I don't think so.”
Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 81.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“It is a good game BUT After CDPR stopped actively updating the game, they chose a so-called “democratic” approach, letting players decide card balance. However, various small factions have since emerged. These groups maliciously manipulate card values, deliberately target and…”
— a player, Steam review · 281 hrs played“Remember playing this way back on GOG when it came out, as a standalone game based on card game in another game :)) and this plays very different than Gwent in The Witcher 3. It went through so many iterations and devs hands but in the end it became a very fun and stable game…”
— a player, Steam review · 37 hrs played“Decided to pick up the game again after a few years, but now that the development has stopped, the game is just unbearable. The spam meta abuse ruins the game. Every game you're versing meta spam decks (Every NR game you play against will be either against spam patience mages or…”
— a player, Steam review · 395 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 01:01 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Latest official news
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Patch Notes 11.10
Tomorrow we are releasing Update 11.10, which will include the final card changes made by us. This means that moving forward, you will have control over all the changes made to the cards of GWENT. For
Patch Notes 11.8
Hey everyone and welcome to the Patch Notes for 11.8! This is a patch between card drops so we are focusing on adjusting the new cards and a few old ones as well. For an overview of this patch, check
Patch Notes 11.7
The biggest card drop of 2023 is releasing tomorrow, bringing 36 new cards to the game. To support the new card drop, we are also making changes to existing cards, as found below. For a rundown of the
Patch Notes 11.6
Hey everyone and welcome to the Patch Notes for 11.6! This is another patch in between card drops so we are bringing the next batch of reworks and updates to existing cards. This time there is a gener
Patch Notes 11.5
It's May and Update 11.5 breathes new life into our roster of dragons! You can also expect another event to return and other changes to existing cards. May your lineage help you to victory! New Featur
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | RPG, Strategy, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Free to Play · Strategy · Card Game · RPG · Multiplayer · Deckbuilding · Trading Card Game · PvP · Fantasy · Singleplayer · Nudity · Turn-Based (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · In-App Purchases |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian, German * , Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish * , Russian * , Simplified Chinese * , Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America * |
| Achievements | 46 |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.playgwent.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: 10 Processor: Intel Celeron G1820 | AMD A4-7300 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 | Radeon R7 240