Cyberpunk 2077 hits 40 million sales — six years after one of gaming's worst launches

Cyberpunk 2077 has sold over 40 million copies, CD Projekt RED announced via the game's official account on X. That number covers both the base game and the Ultimate Edition, which bundles in the Phantom Liberty expansion. For context: the game launched in December 2020 in such poor shape that Sony pulled it from the PlayStation Store entirely.

The recovery

The studio spent more than $100 million on patches, fixes, and post-launch development — a figure comparable to what some studios spend building a sequel from scratch. Early versions on last-gen consoles were effectively unplayable. The gap between the pre-release marketing and the shipped product was stark enough to trigger refund campaigns and regulatory scrutiny. CD Projekt RED's stock dropped sharply and the studio's reputation took damage it's still working to repair.

What changed the trajectory wasn't a single patch but a sustained, multi-year effort. The 2.0 update in 2023 overhauled core systems, and the Phantom Liberty DLC — released alongside it — gave returning players a reason to come back. The anime series Cyberpunk: Edgerunners on Netflix also drove a significant wave of new buyers in 2022, a cross-media effect the studio has leaned into ever since.

Still selling in 2025

Nearly five years after launch, Cyberpunk 2077 still appears regularly at the top of Steam's weekly sales charts — though per VGChartz the figure stood at 35 million as of November 2025, suggesting the jump to 40 million came in the months since. Discounts are doing a lot of the work: the game is currently 70% off in Steam's Summer Sale. Not many six-year-old titles can still move copies at that pace.

The game is available on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2, and Mac.

What's next

A sequel — internally codenamed Project Orion — entered pre-production in May 2025. CD Projekt RED has indicated the development cycle will run four to five years, putting a realistic release no earlier than 2029–2030. In the shorter term, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Season 2 is scheduled for Q4 2026 on Netflix, which will likely give the base game another sales bump when it arrives.

The Cyberpunk 2077 arc is now frequently cited alongside Final Fantasy XIV's rebuild as evidence that a disastrous launch doesn't have to be the end of the story — provided the studio has the resources and the will to fix it.