The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

In this open world RPG, players take the role of Geralt, a Witcher, searching for Ciri to save her from the Wild Hunt. Players will explore a large fantasy world filled with a wide variety of monsters, ghouls, and witches, and will frequently engage in bloody combat with magical violence. Themes of war, famine and poverty, hauntings, violence against women, and fantasy racism and persecution are prevelant in the narrative.

• Release date: 8-29-2016
• Developer: CD Projekt RED
• Publisher: CD Projekt RED
• Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S

Triggers for this game

Animals & Wildlife

• Aggressive Animals

  Wolves, bears, and wild dogs will attack Geralt throughout the game

  • Can't be avoided

• Arachnids

  • Can't be avoided

• Dogs

  Players must kill enemy dogs and wild dogs

  • Can't be avoided

• Fictional Creatures

  Multiple enemy fictional creatures are found throught the game

  • Can't be avoided

• Insects

  Giant fantasy insect-like creatures are throughout the world

  • Can't be avoided

• Rodents

  Players will see rodents and on occasion must fight them

  • Can't be avoided

• Wolves

  • Can't be avoided

Crime

• Assassination

  • Can't be avoided

• Fights

  • Can't be avoided

• Hangings

  The open world is filled with bodies hanging from trees

  • Can't be avoided

• Murder

  • Can't be avoided

• Theft

  • Can't be avoided

Death & Loss

• Death of Friend

  • Can't be avoided

• Death of Loved One

  • Can't be avoided

• Death of Wild Animal

  • Can't be avoided

• Loss of Pregnancy

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  Main quest involves laying to rest the miscarried baby of the Bloody Baron

  • Can't be avoided

Diaspora

• Fantasy Groups

  • Can't be avoided

Drugs & Alcohol

• Alcohol Consumption

  • Can't be avoided

• Drunkenness

  Drunk NPCs are seen throughout cities

  • Can't be avoided

Gore

• Amputation

  • Can't be avoided

• Beheading

  • Can't be avoided

• Blood

  • Can't be avoided

• Dismemberment

  • Can't be avoided

• Guts

  Players must interact with monster guts to collect items for alchemy and crafting

  • Can't be avoided

• Viscera

  • Can't be avoided

Hate & Discrimination

• Appearance Discrimination

  Some human facial differences are applied to monsters

  • Can't be avoided

• Fantasy Racism

  • Can't be avoided

• Persecution

  Witch and other magical being persecution is part of the main narrative, burnings at the stake are shown on screen

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  Geralt must help a persecuted group flee the city as part of the main quest line

  • Can't be avoided

Horror Themes

• Witchcraft

  • Can't be avoided

• Zombies & Undead

  • Can't be avoided

Kink & BDSM

• Pain Play & Sadomasochism

  Sadism

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  A quest involves Geralt hunting for a sadist with several female victims, a main quest path involves encountering a man who tortures and kills sex workers

  • Can't be avoided

Law Enforcement

• Police Pursuit

  • Can't be avoided

• Prison & Incarceration

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  Players must help break an NPC out of lock up.

  • Can't be avoided

Mental Health

• Relationship Management

  If players choose to pursue romance, they must make choices to manage those relationships

  • Can't be avoided

Non-Sexual Abuse & Violence

• Altercations

  • Can't be avoided

• Assault

  • Can't be avoided

• Domestic Violence

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  The main quest involves helping a man who beats his wife

  • Can't be avoided

• Magical Violence

  • Can't be avoided

Phobias

• Arachnophobia

  • Can't be avoided

• Hemophobia

  • Can't be avoided

• Melissophobia

  Players must interact with bee hives to collect honey and may be swarmed

  • Can't be avoided

• Misc. Phobias

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  Cynophobia: Fear of dogs, Erotophobia: Fear of sex, Insectophobia: Fear of insects, Methyphobia: fear of alcohol, Pyrophobia: Fear of fire

  • Can't be avoided

• Necrophobia

  • Can't be avoided

• Trypophobia

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  One of the Witches of Crookback Bog will cause a strong reaction in those with trypophobia

  • Can't be avoided

Physical Health & Body Issues

• Pain & Physical Suffering

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  The main quest involves the prolonged suffering of a cursed man to extract vital information

  • Can't be avoided

Politics

• Fanaticism

  • Can't be avoided

Religion & Sects

• Fictional Religions

  • Can't be avoided

Sex & Erotica (Consensual)

• Consensual Sex

  Players can choose to engage in consensual sex

  • Is avoidable

• Implied Sex

  • Can't be avoided

• Nudity

  Multiple scenes with nude female NPCs

  • Can't be avoided

• Sex Work

  Sex workers can be found throughout cities in the game

  • Can't be avoided

Sexual Abuse

• Sexual Assault

  Numerous mentions of sexual assault throughout the game

  • Can't be avoided

Traumatic Events

• Structure Fire

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  There is a barn fire Geralt must save victims from in the main quest line

  • Can't be avoided

War & Military

• Fictional War

  The main story revolves around an ongoing war

  • Can't be avoided

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