CD Projekt RED isn't ready to release its next mainline entry into The Witcher series just yet, as The Witcher 4 was absent from recent shows like The Game Awards and won't arrive until "at least" 2027 according to CDPR. That said, we are getting a new Witcher game much sooner than next year, with Reigns: The Witcher, a new "swipe'em up" game from developer Nerial and publisher Devolver Digital, arriving on PC and mobile devices on February 25, 2026.
Reigns: The Witcher takes you back through Geralt's adventures, though not exactly in the same way they played out in the original story. Instead, all of his adventures are told through the bard, Dandelion. You'll swipe left or right at different points in the adventure to steer the story one way or another, before the tale ends with Geralt faced with an untimely demise, in one way or another.
At the end of every run, Dandelion adds to his log of tales to be told on stage, increasing your ability to string together a truly gripping story, even if it's one that doesn't exactly stay true to how you remember it happening originally.
This is the sixth entry in Nerial's Reigns series, which will officially be a full decade old this coming August 2026. After the initial Reigns title and its Her Majesty follow-up, Nerial immediately started applying the formula to other franchises, to great success, with Reigns games based on Game of Thrones and Three Kingdoms. The studio also has a sci-fi variant called Reigns: Beyond, which was the most recent release before the upcoming The Witcher variant.
Nerial is also the same studio behind one of 2022's more intriguing indie games, Card Shark, which turned plenty of heads with its striking visual style and deceitful gameplay.
Even though we'll have to wait until 2027 for The Witcher 4, hopefully, this spin-off Reigns title isn't the last we hear about The Witcher in 2026, and we'll have an official word on the rumoured The Witcher 3 DLC that is said to arrive sometime this year.
About the author: David has been writing about videogames, technology, and culture since 2020, with a focus on reporting daily news across multiple publications, including GameDaily.Biz, GameSkinny, and PlayStation Universe before joining Wccftech in 2025. David started contributing as Canada/US reporter for Wccftech's gaming section in 2025. Besides being up-to-date on the industry's movements, he loves interviewing developers, reviewing games, and writing intricate essays about the symbolism and layered meanings to be found in rich narratives as he's done for publications like GamesIndustry.Biz, LostInCult, and others. Outside of games he loves movies, music, theatre, his hometown, and his family, though not necessarily in that order.
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