Polish developer CD Projekt Crimson has introduced that it is employed greater than 200 individuals previously yr, and that almost all of the brand new hires got here aboard to work on The Witcher 4.
As a part of CD Projekt’s latest earnings report, joint CEO Michał Nowakowski stated greater than 220 individuals joined the corporate’s numerous groups previously yr. “Most” of the brand new hires at the moment are engaged on The Witcher 4 to “assist enhance the standard and scale up” the venture.
Particularly, he stated the brand new workers can be engaged on “options” from the Unreal Fest tech demo for The Witcher 4 and attempting to implement these items “throughout your complete recreation.”
As of February 28 this yr, The Witcher 4 had 499 individuals engaged on it, which was up from 447 on the finish of October 2025 and 411 on February 28, 2025. As you’ll be able to see within the graph beneath, nearly all of the developer’s workers are engaged on The Witcher 4, with Cyberpunk 2 (149 builders) rating second relating to recreation improvement. Extra individuals (169) are engaged on the corporate’s “shared providers” groups, although. This includes the localization, high quality assurance, information, insights, and motion-capture.
One other notable replace from the earnings report pertained to CD Projekt’s new IP, which is within the works beneath the codename Hadar. Nowakowski stated the studio has now “established the foundations” of the sport. “We’re designing particular components that could be included within the recreation, creating a number of prototypes and implementing them straight in Actual Engine,” he said.
As of February 28 this yr, Hadar had 26 individuals engaged on it, down from 29 on the finish of October, however up from 17 a yr in the past.
One other recreation within the works at CD Projekt now’s a recreation codenamed Sirius. That is the venture on the firm’s The Molasses Flood division close to Boston that has undergone some upheaval. The recreation had 71 individuals engaged on it as of February 28, up from 56 in October and 49 in February of final yr.
Cyberpunk 2, in the meantime, noticed its improvement workers rise to 149 by February 28, up from 135 on the finish of October and 84 in February 2025.
Additionally within the earnings report, CD Projekt stated it spent 513 million złoty ($139.2 million) in 2025 on future video games, with the majority of the cash going to fund the event of The Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2. The firm additionally stated 2025 was CD Projekt’s second-best yr ever by way of web earnings.
Earlier this yr, CD Projekt raised its revenue projections, setting an “formidable” goal, the corporate stated. The firm could be feeling optimistic about future development due partly to the plan to launch The Witcher 4, 5, and 6 inside a six-year window.