The Witcher 3 surpasses 100,000 players on Steam
For the first time since its original release in 2015, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was reported by Steam to have surpassed 100,000 concurrent players, which is far greater than the number of concurrent players the game received in the first week of its launch. The sudden upsurge in the game's popularity has been attributed to the massively popular Netflix Witcher show coupled with heavy discounts on Steam.
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