CD Projekt Red‘s latest financial report confirms that Cyberpunk 2077 has sold over 35 million copies worldwide since its December 2020 launch. The milestone positions the game among the best-selling single-player RPGs ever made and marks a remarkable commercial turnaround for what became one of gaming’s most controversial releases.
Cyberpunk 2077 launched in a state that players and critics widely described as unfinished and broken. Performance issues plagued console versions so severely that Sony temporarily pulled the game from the PlayStation Store and offered blanket refunds. Microsoft added warnings to its storefront and expanded its refund policy.
The base PS4 and Xbox One versions suffered catastrophic frame rate drops, frequent crashes, and severe visual downgrades. PC players reported better experiences but still encountered widespread bugs, broken quests, and systems that felt half-implemented. The backlash led to class-action lawsuits and regulatory scrutiny.
CD Projekt committed to a multi-year overhaul strategy. Early patches through 2021 focused on stability and bug fixes. Patch 1.5 in February 2022 delivered proper PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S versions with major performance improvements.
The real transformation came in September 2023. Patch 2.0 completely rebuilt the game’s perk trees, cyberware systems, police AI, and vehicle combat. It arrived alongside Phantom Liberty, a paid expansion featuring new story content in a fresh district called Dogtown with Idris Elba joining the cast.
Players who picked up the game after these updates report a dramatically different experience. Builds that felt broken or useless at launch now work as intended. Quest-blocking bugs have been largely eliminated. Performance on current-gen hardware runs smoothly.
The September 2022 Netflix anime Cyberpunk: Edgerunners also drove a massive sales spike. The critically acclaimed series introduced Night City to new audiences and brought lapsed players back. Steam concurrent player counts jumped to all-time highs during and after the show’s release.
What this means for CD Projekt
The 35 million figure demonstrates that even severely damaged launches can recover with sustained support and quality updates. Deep discounts, the anime’s cultural impact, and positive word-of-mouth about the “fixed” version all contributed to sustained sales years after launch.
CD Projekt has stated that Phantom Liberty and patch 2.0 represent the final major updates for Cyberpunk 2077. The studio is now developing a full sequel codenamed Project Orion while also working on multiple Witcher titles.
