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Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales
Discover a brand new RPG from the creators of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Facing an imminent invasion, Meve — war-veteran and Queen of Lyria and Rivia — is forced to once again enter the warpath and set out on a dark journey of destruction and revenge.
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
49 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“An unexpected masterpiece. I thought it was just a solo game published as an "ad" for Gwent Online. But Thronebreaker is way more than that, with a great story, great gameplay (battles and puzzles), and great characters.”
“The visuals, art style, voice acting, and music are all top-tier. If you’re into that medieval power fantasy where you play as a monarch making tough, meaningful decisions and actually feel like one because people…”
“Gwent with a story. It goes through a fictionalized recap of the Nilfgaard second invasion that is in the books and how queen of Rivia fought back. All fights are gwent battles, with a lot of puzzle battles, which stops…”
48 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Would I say this is a must play for Witcher fans? Maybe not, but it's certainly interesting and fleshes out more of the world. Lore nerds will like this. Story is fun to follow and mold, with political intrigue,…”
“Thronebreaker is a good game, provided you enjoy story-driven titles. I described it to a friend as having 5/10 gameplay and a 9/10 story. The plot is frankly brilliant. It is consistently well written, with believable…”
“An unexpected masterpiece. I thought it was just a solo game published as an "ad" for Gwent Online. But Thronebreaker is way more than that, with a great story, great gameplay (battles and puzzles), and great characters.”
19 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“short review 8.5 i really liked it even tho i thought it got a little repetitive near the end like last 5ish hours Pros: voice acting characters art music choices vibes Cons: dragged near the end no multiple saves wish…”
“The visuals, art style, voice acting, and music are all top-tier. If you’re into that medieval power fantasy where you play as a monarch making tough, meaningful decisions and actually feel like one because people…”
“If you like the Witcher and more importantly Gwent this is for you, the game play is nothing alike but the character depth, immersive world building and voice acting is the same level of stellar also just the charm of…”
12 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“short review 8.5 i really liked it even tho i thought it got a little repetitive near the end like last 5ish hours Pros: voice acting characters art music choices vibes Cons: dragged near the end no multiple saves wish…”
“The visuals, art style, voice acting, and music are all top-tier. If you’re into that medieval power fantasy where you play as a monarch making tough, meaningful decisions and actually feel like one because people…”
“very good take on the gwent card game, story is good, art is great.”
3 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Really great game, if you like Gwent or the Witcher universe. It's guaranteed fun even at full price!”
“Decent - good game. Good story. Voice acting. It's like GWENT but a sort of spin off/modified version. It's chill. Relaxed. I got it on CD key for £2-3, so for me well worth the price :P Took about 72 hrs to complete…”
22 of the 104 reviews raise this · 13 of them still recommend the game.
“Would I say this is a must play for Witcher fans? Maybe not, but it's certainly interesting and fleshes out more of the world. Lore nerds will like this. Story is fun to follow and mold, with political intrigue,…”
“Thronebreaker is a good game, provided you enjoy story-driven titles. I described it to a friend as having 5/10 gameplay and a 9/10 story. The plot is frankly brilliant. It is consistently well written, with believable…”
“short review 8.5 i really liked it even tho i thought it got a little repetitive near the end like last 5ish hours Pros: voice acting characters art music choices vibes Cons: dragged near the end no multiple saves wish…”
5 of the 104 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“If you like the Witcher and more importantly Gwent this is for you, the game play is nothing alike but the character depth, immersive world building and voice acting is the same level of stellar also just the charm of…”
“I love The Witcher series, so this game was a must for me (I am from Poland, duh). The story is really great, animations and voice acting (I played the Polish version) are top notch. The game creates a nice balance by…”
“A gwent with a twist. Interesting story about queen Meve with mentioning of characters from the book who did not make it into videogames. Music is fine. My only gripe is the final battle, which to me seems too unfair.…”
4 of the 104 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“I liked the game but the it does NOT explain itself so well... Need to study online walkthrough to understand it a bit better. Still learning”
“I wanted to like this game, but it presents challenging tactical battles that only people very proficient with GWENT would win. There's no way to understand what to do; it's not logical. You need a walkthrough to get on…”
“of all the luck , steam didnt save my review of this game. basically the UI is horrible is you want to use a mouse. its hard to click on things, it wants you use use a controller.”
4 of the 104 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“The story is great and I like the characters, but Gwent as the main driving form of gameplay sucks the joy out of everything in this game. The AI is incredibly stupid and has no chance in "standard" battles, instead…”
“regret buying this even for those 4€. not much freedom of choice, feels like totally scripted scenarios each time, not so fun puzzles as you're expected to do them perfectly.. expected something better, it could be…”
“I wanted to like this game, but it presents challenging tactical battles that only people very proficient with GWENT would win. There's no way to understand what to do; it's not logical. You need a walkthrough to get on…”
4 of the 104 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“I will start off by saying that this game IS fun to play and has an enjoyable story and gameplay loop, however, it has one major flaw: One simple mis-click can ruin your entire story. There is no way to revert to an…”
“The issue I have is simple in war you use all your resources to win battles. Not so in this game, you are hamstrung in a lot of battles and because of it you lose. If I had been given all my resources I could have won…”
“♥♥♥♥ game... the tutorial literally breastfeeds you and you dont even know it you cant reload saves before you misclicked or ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up genuinely absolutely ♥♥♥♥ game... so dissapointed”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 88.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“if you're into the witcher series I recommend this game, it's very well done. even if you're hesitant about the gameplay like I was, give it a try. It pulled me in and I'm glad played it through.”
— a player, Steam review · 61 hrs played“Top notch art direction and voice acting supplementing a really well-crafted epic tale that elevates a competent card battler, built on top of solid Gwent minigame mechanics with added puzzle elements, into a first-class RPG. A great story driven companion piece to the Witcher…”
— a player, Steam review · 25 hrs played“A visual novel with elements of card play. I like Gwent and enjoyed the differently themed puzzles. But the main strength of the game is definitely the AMAZING story, and not a short one, with various lesser evil type choices to make. If not another Gwent, I hope CD Projekt Red…”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:09 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
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure, RPG |
| Player tags | RPG · Adventure · Card Game · Story Rich · Singleplayer · Choices Matter · Female Protagonist · Fantasy · Strategy · Great Soundtrack · Isometric · Dark Fantasy (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Camera Comfort · Color Alternatives · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Japanese * , Korean * , Polish * , Portuguese - Brazil * , Russian * , Spanish - Latin America * , Simplified Chinese * , Traditional Chinese * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 39 |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.thewitcher.com/thronebreaker-witchertales |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: 7 / 8 / 8.1 /10 (64bit) Processor: Intel Celeron G1820 | AMD A4-7300 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 | Radeon R7 240 Storage: 8 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound card