It’s no secret that Cyberpunk 2077 is a successful game. It did have its own good chunk of drama way back when, but even at that point the game sold like hotcakes, continuing to grow as CDPR started fixing and patching and updating it.
Today, the company shared that Cyberpunk 2077 has officially crossed 40 million copies sold since it launched in December 2020. That puts it well on the list of the 20 best-selling games of all time, with CDPR having another contender, The Witcher 3, in the number eight spot with 65 million copies shipped to date.
The contrast is that The Witcher 3 took 11 years to get to this point, whereas Cyberpunk has only had six. It’s too early to call one more successful than the other, but at this rate, 2077 could easily become CDPR’s most valuable franchise, so long as its sequel isn’t a dumpster fire like the original game was on release (in terms of its technical issues, the story was always 10 out of 10).
CDPR’s retrofuturistic RPG shares the 40 million milestone with Hogwarts Legacy, Payday 2, and Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) and is just behind, you’ve guessed it, several Call of Duty titles, because those are quite numerous on this list of best-selling titles. At any rate, CDPR can now easily be classified as one of the most successful studios of all time, having sold over 130 million copies across both of its franchises.
I hope it’ll continue to grow and improve and bring us unforgettable RPGs for many years to come, as well as avoid all the mistakes it made during the development of both The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077.
