The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Hacker ApprovedRanked 7 of 78 video games by recommenders
Recommended for its story, Novigrad and side quests, and its strong modding support, though its length and mod conflicts draw criticism.
Recommended for its story, Novigrad and side quests, and its strong modding support, though its length and mod conflicts draw criticism.
30 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 25
- criticize it
- 5
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 9 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 25 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 9 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Strong story, side quests and world
“Novigrad is a fantastic city and I loved to immerse myself in the game”
Comment from 4 Aug 2026 in “Cyberpunk Video Games” “side stories that are as fleshed out as other full-sized games”
Comment from 4 Aug 2026 in “Cyberpunk Video Games” “I loved the land, story and feeling of Toussaint”
Comment from 24 Oct 2026 in “EA is shutting down BioWare” - Comment from 30 Jan 2026 in “PlayStation 2 Recompilation Project Is Absolutely Incredible”
Widely acclaimed masterpiece
“it's extremely rare that any studio could repeat a masterpiece like Witcher 3”
Comment from 10 Sep 2026 in “Blizzard Workers Win Historic Union Contract” “gaming peaked, for the type that I play, with the Witcher 3”
Comment from 22 Jan 2026 in “Ubisoft cancels six games including Prince of Persia and closes studios” “made the highly acclaimed Witcher 3 in 2015”
Comment from 10 Sep 2026 in “Blizzard Workers Win Historic Union Contract” Trust in CD Projekt Red
“CD Projekt RED did exactly that with both Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077”
Comment from 30 Dec 2025 in “GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder: What it means for you” “CD Projekt Red treats their customers with respect”
Comment from 29 Sep 2026 in “The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered Available Now” “CDPR got huge amount of trust after Witcher 3”
Comment from 29 Dec 2025 in “GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder: What it means for you” Brilliant and tight despite length
“Witcher was great because even if long, it was rather tight.”
Comment from 19 Oct 2026 on Hacker News “it could have been a bit shorter and still brilliant”
Comment from 19 Nov 2025 in “The Cities Skylines Paradox: how the sequel stumbled”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Wayland, launcher and release problems
“The only problematic one is Witcher 3 which insists on Wayland which breaks everything else”
Comment from 8 Dec 2025 in “Wayland Nvidia” “which was a complete shitshow on release as well”
Comment from 30 Dec 2025 in “GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder: What it means for you” “It's things like the Witcher 3's launcher.”
Comment from 28 Jun 2026 in “If You Can't Hold It, You Don't Own It” Long and dialogue-heavy
“Dialog heavy, good story, but surely there are other witchers across the lands.”
Comment from 14 Nov 2025 in “SIMA 2: An agent that plays, reasons, and learns with you in virtual 3D worlds” “it could have been a bit shorter and still brilliant”
Comment from 19 Nov 2025 in “The Cities Skylines Paradox: how the sequel stumbled”
Other video games people recommend
The four most recommended other video games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helldivers 2 | 50 | 34 | 60% | 10 | 1.9 yrs3 owners | — |
| GPU building game | 49 | 16 | 75% | 2 | — | — |
| Triple-A Minesweeper | 40 | 25 | 62% | 1 | — | — |
| Quake II | 33 | 8 | 80% | 10 | — | Approved |
| The Witcher 3: Wild HuntThis page | 25 | 5 | 83% | 9 | — | Approved |
What people said
27 of the 32 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I loved the land, story and feeling of Toussaint”
“The Witcher 3 just got a free remastering”
“Witcher was great because even if long, it was rather tight.”
“CD Projekt Red treats their customers with respect”
“it's extremely rare that any studio could repeat a masterpiece like Witcher 3”
“made the highly acclaimed Witcher 3 in 2015”
“great in terms of how much stuff is easily moddable, but a complete nightmare in terms of how the mods have to deal with conflicts”
“The Witcher 3 doesn't do much for me, but I will try again after the recent free update”
“Novigrad is a fantastic city and I loved to immerse myself in the game”
“Witcher 3 never quite got there either”
“side stories that are as fleshed out as other full-sized games”
“The Witcher 3 is great in German. It actually suits the game a lot better than English imo.”
“A bunch of the most beloved games have absolutely awful movement mechanics”
“It's things like the Witcher 3's launcher.”
“so marvelously monumental, they inspire me to improve in my craft”
“but I cannot pause that scene so I had to miss it”
“other AAA games like RD2 and Witcher1-3 run without issue”
“You can have a good game and an epic story”
“gaming peaked, for the type that I play, with the Witcher 3”
“I was able for play every single game I tried including”
“CD Projekt RED did exactly that with both Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077”
“which was a complete shitshow on release as well”
“CDPR got huge amount of trust after Witcher 3”
“I love playing Beat Hazard 3, Fallout 4, Skyrim and The Witcher 3 on it.”
“The only problematic one is Witcher 3 which insists on Wayland which breaks everything else”
“it could have been a bit shorter and still brilliant”
“Dialog heavy, good story, but surely there are other witchers across the lands.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.