The Witcher 3 Remastered Is Officially the Best-Reviewed Game of the Year
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Remastered has become the highest-reviewed game of 2026 on Metacritic, earning a 94 Metascore that places it atop the aggregator’s rankings for all new releases. CD Projekt Red’s extensive remaster sits at the top of the charts, though the score carries an important caveat: it’s based on just eight reviews, all covering the PC version.
Reviews for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Nintendo Switch 2 versions are still accumulating, but the available reviews for these platforms consistently fall in the 9-10 range, indicating critical acclaim across all platforms.
The achievement stands out given that the original game released over a decade ago in 2015. The remaster’s success reflects a broader industry pattern where substantively updated versions of classic titles frequently dominate Metacritic’s year-end rankings. The previous year’s best-reviewed game of 2025 was similarly a remaster or reissue, demonstrating that polished updates to beloved games can successfully compete with brand-new releases in critical reception.
The strong reviews highlight the quality of CD Projekt Red’s modernization work, which has apparently preserved what made the original RPG beloved while successfully bringing it to current-generation systems.