Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales

Story-driven fantasy RPG with card battles and difficult decisions

CD PROJEKT RED · Released Nov 9, 2018

Reviews: Very Positive; 90% of 17K
Recent reviews: Mostly Positive; 75% of 45 in 30 days
Playing now: 76; right now
Steam Deck: Verified
Last update: 7 years ago; Feb 18, 2019

What is Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales?

This single-player, isometric RPG follows Queen Meve of Lyria and Rivia as Nilfgaard threatens her kingdoms in the world of The Witcher. You explore regions, gather resources, develop a camp and recruit units. Battles use cards, and some encounters are puzzles.

For you if...

+you want a character-focused story about leading a kingdom
+you enjoy alternating between card battles and tactical puzzles
+you like gathering resources to strengthen your army camp

Not for you if...

−you want action combat instead of card battles
−you expect unrestricted deckbuilding and mostly standard matches
−you dislike slow exploration between story encounters

What players say

90% of 17,370 reviews are positive · 75% of 45 in the last 30 days

Players praise the writing, voice acting, art and music. Common complaints focus on the slow pace and card encounters that rely heavily on puzzles or restrict deck choices.

Screenshots and trailer

Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: 7 / 8 / 8.1 /10 (64bit)
Processor: Intel Celeron G1820 | AMD A4-7300
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 | Radeon R7 240
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 8 GB available space

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 39
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Verified

All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese.