Blood of Dawnwalker beats Cyberpunk 2077 longer than The Witcher 3

Dawnwalker blood According to developer Rebel Wolves, it will take up to 70 hours to complete. The image shows a significantly larger game than originally advertised and suggests a single Dawnwalker blood playthrough could be longer than Cyberpunk 2077 or The Witcher 3.

In August 2025, Rebel Wolves Lead Quest Designer Rafał Jankowski told GameRant that Dawnwalker blood will take approximately 40 hours, citing internal estimates. Jankowski cautioned that the figure is preliminary and could still change as the open-world RPG nears release. Eight months later, it now appears that such a shift has occurred.

Blood of Dawnwalker artwork featuring the protagonist standing in front of an eclipse against a red sky with a sword in his right hand and cuts on his left forearm.

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Rebel Wolves has nearly doubled the playtime estimate for The Blood of Dawnwalker

In a new interview published on the PlayStation Blog in late April 2026, Rebel Wolves CEO Konrad Tomaszkiewicz shared an updated play count estimate, suggesting that the completed version of the game Dawnwalker blood it can take 55 to 70 hours to complete. This number is based on the last round of internal testing of some employees of the Polish studio. At the high end of the estimate, 70 hours is well above the completion times of the last two games Rebel Wolves management worked on at CD Projekt Red. The Witcher 3: Wild HuntThe main quest takes approximately 53 hours to complete Cyberpunk 2077 can be completed in about half the time, according to crowdsourced data.

Unlike Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3, The Blood of Dawnwalker doesn't really have a main quest

A direct comparison of the vampire RPG Rebel Wolves with CD Projekt's last two titles doesn't tell the whole story, mainly because Dawnwalker blood takes a page from Breath of the Wild in that it does not have a mandatory main task. More specifically, protagonist Coen is on a mission to save his family and immediately knows where to go, meaning he can theoretically rush the final boss in the same way that Link heads straight for Hyrule Castle to try and save Zelda. In contrast, both The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 they require players to complete a series of tasks before they can finish the game, even if they are in a hurry.

Estimated playback time 55-70 hours for Dawnwalker blood can therefore be better compared to a complete playthrough of either of CD Projekt's two latest games, rather than focusing solely on their main quests. In this regard, a vampire RPG is unlikely to be longer than The Witcher 3although it may still take longer than Cyberpunk 2077. As with many modern open-world RPGs, Dawnwalker blood it promises to offer a number of opportunities for meaningful player choices, which could greatly increase its replay value.

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After more than four years of development Dawnwalker blood is now scheduled for release on September 3, 2026. Ever since Rebel Wolves announced their debut title, the Polish studio has framed it as the first entry in a trilogy that essentially serves as Coen's origin story. If the studio sticks to a similar timeline for subsequent entries, the second and third installments could arrive around 2031 and 2036, respectively.