- Publisher: CD Projekt Red Studio
- Release Date: Nov 9, 2018
- Also On: iPhone/iPad, PlayStation 4, Switch, Xbox One
User Score
Generally favorable reviews- based on 645 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 499 out of 645
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Mixed: 56 out of 645
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Negative: 90 out of 645
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Mar 22, 2019I liked Gwent into the Witcher 3 Wild Hunt, and this one is just a bunch of special effects, a braking Unity engine, micro characters, but the story is not bad.
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Oct 23, 2018Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales is a perfect game. If you are done with it, then try Gwent: The Witcher Card Game.
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Oct 23, 2018This game is just awesome. The story is amazing with interesting and engrossing characters and the gameplay is fun and surprisingly innovative. It has a lot of twists and makes you think. I just love how story and card gameplay create this epic tale in your head. Very refreshing design. Oh and the voice acting, sound and music are top notch. Im 10 hours in and can't stop playing :)
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Oct 23, 2018This game is an absolute blast. CDPR done it again. If you told me that a card game would be one of the best games of 2018, I probably would have laughed you off. However, I'm very pleasantly surprised.
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Oct 23, 2018
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Oct 23, 2018This is a perfect bonus to Gwent: Homecoming. Excellent story and more expansive than most games double its price. Can't wait for the next one but probably should as quality takes time and this game sure does reflect it.
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Oct 23, 2018Amazing voice acting. Top notch animation. However, the absolutely gorgeous artstyle, captivating story and genius game design is what makes Thronebreaker a cut above the rest. IMO more big companies should also start investing in more indie-like titles like CDPR did with this game.
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Dec 12, 2018Great storytelling and dialogue, and meaningful decision-making.
The game overstays it's welcome by about 20 hours, and the puzzles require a great deal of patience. I ended up using a walk-through for many of the puzzle encounters, as I couldn't be bothered to even attempt them. -
Jan 4, 2019Brilliant story, excellent characters, beautiful artwork and atmospheric soundtrack. Every decision you are asked to make has real consequences, that you really end up caring about when they have such an impact on the characters you grow to love. This is one of those games that stays with you long after you finish playing.
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Feb 10, 2019The core of this game is the story, and an amazing one it is. Choice & Consequence, surprises, betrayals, vengeance, redemption... fantastic.
The rest of the mechanics, Gwent and exploring, don't rise to the same level of excellence, but they are more than fine too. -
Jan 18, 2019
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Jun 4, 202050 hours of gameplay. Wonderful art. Great story. The battles are a bit repetitive.
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Jun 16, 2019I don't enjoy the card puzzles that are based on math. It's not about being witty or tactical, but dead boring calculation of what card you have to play when.
Other than that, the game is pretty great. -
Mar 27, 2020Great little game.
Card game mechanics used in an interesting way, almost to the full potential.
Story is nice and motivating, nice pacing, etc.
Good trip. -
Dec 21, 2018
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Dec 30, 2018Got it on PS4. The storytelling it up there with Witcher 3. I havent been able to put it down! MUST for people who loved Witcher 3 story.
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May 25, 2019Great story, if you like point a clicl games with a good story and interesting puzzles, and decisions that make a difference than this is a must play!
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Feb 4, 2020I think this game is very unappreciated. It has own story and interesting gameplay. As for me I don't like multiplayer games, but adore card games. And this game is exactly that I need. Singleplayer project where I can relax after hard working day
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Jul 16, 202030 horas de juego para el modo historia de gwent, con decisiones que tienen peso en la historia y buenos giros de guión, buenos escenarios, y eso que nunca he sido fan de los juegos de cartas, pero el The Witcher 3 me enganchó con ese minijuego, es buenísmo aquí el modo combate estrategia de cartas. Recomendado, vale cada euro.
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Nov 11, 2018
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Nov 14, 2018
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Nov 6, 2018
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Nov 9, 2018
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Oct 28, 2018
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Nov 16, 2018It's a visual novel with card game elements. Not even remotely a RPG.
interactive audiobook component: trivial plot offset by a very charismatic protagonist.
Card game component: some interesting puzzle but casual mechanics.
it's very similar to a mobile game, it could be a GWENT DLC. -
Dec 1, 2018
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Nov 25, 2018I love how the jealous hates rate this game as 0 meanwhile marking garbage Fallout 76 or Mass Effect 4 as 10. If your chosen series sucks at least don't try to harm others by faking the score.
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Jan 7, 2019
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Nov 11, 2018
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Oct 24, 2018I wouldn't say it's better than witcher 3, but it's great rpg, 9/10.
If you don't like the card battle system you should still buy it for the story, quests and lore. -
Nov 1, 2018Game is quite slow and boring. Very easy as well. I finished in couple of days. Only time I had to adjust my deck was for the final battle. The puzzles are quite good and only nice thing about the game. The story is painfully linear and I found myself skipping some dialogues as they add nothing to the game.
Very average game, I was expecting much more. -
Oct 24, 2018
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Nov 18, 2018
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Oct 23, 2018Was worried about card battles, but as soon as I started playing all I wanted to do is to play another battle and another one and maybe just another one... Great Job CDPR
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Oct 23, 2018Great game so far, best card game I played and story far better than in most RPGs these days :)
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Oct 23, 2018Amazing mix of Rpg, storytelling and card game. New and fresh. Good job cd projekt red.
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Oct 24, 2018Super pretty game! The story is something that takes and keeps you in this universe. Dialogues are interesting and funny here and there. Character voices are great.
Nice to change the language and here the characters talking in Japanese, Turkish and so on :)
Battles are levels appropriate and make you think how to solve the puzzles.
Would recommend the Thronebraker experience! -
Oct 27, 2018
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Oct 23, 2018Thonebreaker is awesome. Totally hooked. Way better than expected. Psyched for Cyberpunk!
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Oct 24, 2018Excellent game about tough choices and card plays :-) The best part of it is story and "puzzle" card game. Battle card game may be too easy, even in a hard mode, but for me it's not a problem. "Puzzle" card games are challenging enough.
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Oct 28, 2018
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Oct 23, 2018
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Oct 24, 2018I missed the Witcher world and now it's back in great artwork and quality. I hope there will be another Witcher Tales coming soon.
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Oct 25, 2018
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Oct 27, 2018Great game.. great story... and great idea how to show Witcher world...
For Gwent masters could be too easy -
Oct 26, 2018So good game! I spent around 50 hours there! We want to get more story about Witcher! Thx CD Project RED FOR THIS !!!!
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Oct 26, 2018
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Oct 25, 2018its great...amazing graphic...amazing gameplay...amazing meve..amazing all...
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Nov 18, 2018
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Nov 24, 2018Nice story, interesting gameplay and good graphics and sound. If you liked The Witcher books and games, Thronebreaker is a must to play.
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Nov 21, 2018I really love it. Great fun to play. Good sound. Best card game I ever played
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Nov 16, 2018
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Nov 20, 2018
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Nov 26, 2018Single player card battle with great story and campaign choices. My new favorite genre? I want more of this! The difficulty could be higher, but I'm ok with it. I enjoyed this from start to end.
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Dec 9, 2018Лучшая сюжетная компания по лучшей карточной игре. 10 довольных ведьмаков из 10
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Nov 16, 2018This is very strange game. I have decided to pre-order it and I played it from day one. In many aspect, this game is superb. Story, characters, some logic puzzle. But while I ultimately liked card combat I biggest regret is that, it was not normal combat like for example in Heroes series. Still, game is very good, one of the best I played this year
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May 22, 2019Great expansion on Witcher lore with a suitably dark tale. Shifting rulesets create unique challenges and prevent Gwent from feeling stale. Clever contextual uses of Gwent within the scope of the story. Stunning open areas that can be picked apart for secrets and additional quests. Incredibly well-written characters with exceptional voice acting. BUUUUT Can feel too easy at times.
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Oct 25, 2018Thronebreaker it looks really interesting.
The writing is exceptional, characters are amazing and there are a lot of side quests with interesting twists to them. Every battle feels unique and different. And the atmosphere is so thick it just engulfs you. The cards are also... wait, what? It’s a card game? Wtf...
Game. Is. Fantastic!!! -
Oct 23, 2018
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Oct 25, 2018I fell in love with this game.
Must have for all witcher fans
Great story and lovely characters. -
Oct 24, 2018
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Oct 23, 2018
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Oct 31, 2018
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Nov 8, 2018
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Nov 3, 2018Very nice story line, it is so interesting. But game play not so. Recommend, because story is really good.
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Oct 24, 2018Game is masterpiece. At the beginning I was sceptical about the game. but after 10 hrs in the game I am very happy I gave it a try. Game remindes me MTG duels of planewalkers I played when I was young. I am enjoying the exploration, story and puzzles served by the game. 10/10
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Oct 28, 2018
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Oct 24, 2018Great game. I belief those low scores is from competition workers. For this price it is definitle worth it.
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Oct 26, 2018
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Oct 25, 2018Great Game. Nice plot, fantastic gameplay and voice over! Like a good tale by the fire!
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Oct 23, 2018I was hoping for a bit more. The card battles aren't as good as they could be. It's still a good game but not a great game.
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Nov 7, 2018Very good, addictive game, made me play cards for the first time in my life :)
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Nov 11, 2018This game is really bad. This is just using Witcher IP for selling the game.
Card game mechanics are bad, rpg is bland it maybe buy it on 90% sale -
Nov 7, 2018
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Nov 12, 2018
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Oct 26, 2018mixed Heroes3 and Gwent, if you like them = game is for you.
This game should be released on mobile, it will be great on-the-go -
Nov 7, 2018Really great game. Splending writing, nice animation and... what can I say, I like Gwent.
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Nov 10, 2018
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Dec 13, 2018Would have been a 10/10, the minus is on the buggy-as-hell PS4 version experience. A crash can be expected every hour of my game play, should have waited for sales (so that it would be fully patched)!
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Dec 7, 2018
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Oct 26, 2018
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Oct 28, 2018Lovely game with sweet graphics and rewarding fun game play. I didnt enjoy any game this much from the last games i played
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Nov 14, 2018
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Nov 13, 2018Great gameplay, story and music. The only flaw about this game is that it is to easy (even on hardest difficulty).
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Nov 12, 2018Witcher 3 is meh, this is just bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Nov 9, 2018The story is amazing and if you don't mind there is no gameplay (I'm too old for this anyway) it'll be a 10/10 for you too.
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Oct 25, 2018My previous review was flagged out of existence, so I'll keep this review as dry and impersonal as possible: I personally find this game to be dull and distasteful, and a blatant ripoff for its asking price. If you like it, good on you and I'm happy for you. For everyone else: spend your money elsewhere.
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Dec 24, 2018Overrated cash grab. With pixel hunting and bad puzzles.
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Oct 23, 2018I am unable to go to the main menu due to video black screen, audio and subtitles works fine.
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Nov 23, 2018Very good mix of card-game and some RPG features
Cons:
Story
Puzzle battles are unique
Areas and characters
Some choices do matter
Pros:
very small pool of cards
looting becomes tedious after a while
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Nov 25, 2018
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Nov 16, 2018I'm not very big fan of ccg, but availability of plot makes this game not such boring
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Nov 14, 2018
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Nov 16, 2018Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales is a very rare deck building RPG. The game’s temporary exclusivity to GOG certainly didn’t help at release. Yet the game's story, aesthetics and solid gameplay mechanics push it to way above an average game and in to a worthy spin off of the Witcher franchize.
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Feb 23, 2019Perfect card game exist! I think next i start play Gwent.
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Jan 23, 2021Such a great game. Graphically it looks very appealing, story wise it's very intriguing, and the gameplay is awesome. Gwent is a great game, which is very easy to understand, but still manages to create plenty of depth to play around with. The only downside to this game is the ending, which was basically unbeatable for me because of a horrible setup in the game.
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Awards & Rankings
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CD-ActionFeb 13, 2019Thronebreaker is a feast for those collectible card games fans who don’t care for online play or tournaments and instead would like to follow a well-written story that introduces an array of vivid characters and presents you with tough choices. [12/2018, p.56]
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Jan 18, 2019Overall, Thronebreaker is a revolutionary game within the CCG genre, and I hope other companies take note. With a 40-hour story to support an engaging card game, there's nothing else quite like it, and its unique nature is to its overall benefit. It's made me realize how much I can and do enjoy card games when they're done right.
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Jan 2, 2019A singleplayer version of Gwent, that sounds boring, but it actually is amusing. It's written very well and tactical it knows how to challenge a gamer.