The next Witcher spin-off game is about Dandelion sharing his version of Geralt's adventures with the world: 'you might encounter a stuffed unicorn'

The next Witcher spin-off game is about Dandelion sharing his version of Geralt’s adventures with the world: ‘you might encounter a stuffed unicorn’ | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these RPG ‘We lost things such as physics in games:’ The dev behind my most anticipated RPG thinks players are craving more interactive games, not just ‘moving around in a static 3D environment’ The Witcher Lead story designer on the first Witcher game just rolled credits on a full playthrough, and you can watch the whole thing on YouTube The Witcher Original Witcher story lead says the surprise twist at the end ‘was a mistake,’ because instead of focusing on Geralt the sequel was forced into ‘a story about witchers who are killing kings for some reason’ Horror Reanimal review: Astonishingly bleak and oblique survival horror Horror Burglin’ Gnomes is the next great friend-slop game that everyone with a PC and at least one other friend should check out RPG Warhammer 40k: Dark Heresy might just have everything I want from a CRPG Roguelike Cult of the Lamb Woolhaven presented a great opportunity to make the game harder, but the devs promise they weren’t ‘necessarily trying to stress players out’ Card Game The Killing Stone combines occult contract law with card-battling in an isolated 17th century mansion Card Game If you’ve ever had a crippling Vampire Survivors or Slay the Spire habit, avoid Vampire Crawlers at all costs The Witcher Witcher 3 mod restores a darker ending for the Hearts of Stone expansion that was cut during development RPG The best Elder Scrolls game that isn’t an Elder Scrolls game is getting a big patch in February and free DLC in March RPG Larian reveals Divinity, its ‘biggest game ever,’ that will be ‘even larger than Baldur’s Gate 3’ RPG The mystery of The Game Awards statue in the desert may be solved, and I have to admit I did not see this one coming The Sims Of course there’s a tiny Bridgerton reference in The Sims Royalty & Legacy expansion because it’s basically a Lady Whistledown simulation The Witcher Ambitious The Witcher 3 restoration mod adds yet more cut dialogue to the game, including a new Yennefer romance scene and extra choices for its most famous quest PopularNEW: PC Gamer Clips!Arc RaidersBest PC gearFalloutGame Quizzes Games Card Game The next Witcher spin-off game is about Dandelion sharing his version of Geralt’s adventures with the world: ‘you might encounter a stuffed unicorn’ Features By Jody Macgregor published 19 February 2026 Reigns: The Witcher is being made in collaboration with CD Projekt Red. 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From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we’ve got you covered. Signup + Once a month SFX Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month! Signup + An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter Nerial is the French indie studio behind Card Shark and the Reigns series, and not immediately the team you would pick for a Witcher game—unless it was a singleplayer Gwent story like Thronebreaker perhaps. Instead, Nerial is adapting the Reigns series to Geralt’s adventures, having had what they call “great success” with a Game of Thrones version in 2018. A conversation with CD Projekt Red at GDC a couple of years ago got the ball rolling, and later this month they’ll be releasing Reigns: The Witcher.”The games were our first point of reference, as we’re working with CDPR”, creative director Francois Alliot and narrative designer Oscar Harrington-Shaw say, answering my questions via email as a gestalt. “So you’ll meet familiar characters such as Yen, Triss, and Regis who more closely resemble their character in the games rather than the books, and we’ve adapted many popular quests and iconic moments—you might encounter a stuffed unicorn, or a mute druid.” (Image credit: Devolver)While this game’s cartoon versions of everyone from Dandelion to godlings are faithful to The Witcher 3, Nerial has added to the lore as well. Playing a preview build I was eaten by a tarasque—not the D&D monster with two Rs in its name, but the lion-headed dragon-turtle of French mythology. As Alliot and Harrington-Shaw say, “we love how [Witcher creator Andrzej] Sapkowski poached from lots of disparate strands of mythology to inspire the books, and so we also took this approach when writing new storylines, taking inspiration from Euripidean tragedies, the lais of Marie de France and even Provençal fol