The Witcher Fans Are Officially Reviving A Major Forgotten Title

The Witcher’s Forgotten Mobile Game Is Making A Comeback Published Oct 6, 2026, 5:20 AM EDT Sam Woods is TheGamer’s Senior Reporter. He’s been in games journalism since 2020 and has undertaken a variety of roles in that time. These have included roles such as SEO Editor, Managing Editor at DualShockers, and Global Head of Gaming, and he's also been seen on the BBC. He was promoted to the Senior Reporter position in 2025 following a series of high-quality reports and exclusives for TheGamer. Since 2020, Sam has written over 3,000 articles and specializes in telling the stories of the people behind the games. He’s interviewed the biggest game directors, some of the industry’s top talents, told the stories of how indie games came to be, and spoken to players about what really makes them tick. He’s also interviewed some of the world’s biggest musical artists to find out how the medium has inspired their work, and TV and Film actors about their roles in video game adaptations. He even hosted a PAX panel in 2021 and made a documentary in 2024 surrounding the creation of a Disney game. Alongside this, Sam focuses on breaking news. He got the scoop on Perfect Dark’s cancellation, provided context on some AI drama, and revealed that Lady Dimitrescu’s actress would love to step back into the character’s giant shoes. These articles have been picked up by the biggest gaming sites, including IGN, GameSpot, and PC Gamer. He also loves to dive into the numbers behind the games. Sam’s journey in games journalism has taken him all over the world. He’s covered Gamescom in Germany, Summer Game Fest in Los Angeles, and Tokyo Game Show in Japan, each on three occasions. He’s been learning Japanese since 2024 with the intention of identifying and translating Japanese-language news and bringing it to English-language audiences first, something he’s done countless times. Sam’s first review was 2020’s Battletoads reboot, and he’s since reviewed games in The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario, and Pokemon franchises. Sign in to your TheGamer account The last month has been golden for fans reviving old video games. Super Mario Galaxy and Kingdom Hearts 358/2 were both 100 percent decompiled for the first time last week, and Halo: Combat Evolved made its way to PC in the form of a fully working browser version. Now fans of The Witcher and walking can rejoice: a fan project reviving a now-forgotten Witcher title, The Witcher: Monster Slayer, is nearing completion and is now available for download on certain mobile devices. The Witcher: Monster Slayer Is Once Again Downloadable On Your Mobile Device The Witcher: Monster Slayer launched on July 21, 2021. It came at a time when many franchises were trying to replicate the success that Pokemon Go had seen a few years earlier. Monster Slayer followed a similar premise to Go, letting players explore their real-world surroundings to hunt monsters as a Witcher. Monsters from ten different categories and three different tiers would appear depending on the time of day and your physical surroundings. The game built a loyal fanbase in its two years, but that wasn't enough to keep it going, and developer Spokko said it didn't meet business expectations, closing it on June 30, 2023. This news inevitably upset the audience the game had, and since its closure, fans have been working to revive the title. That work has now come to fruition, and a version of The Witcher: Monster Slayer is now available to download on Android devices. It's still in the early stages, and its creators are suggesting it's in the Alpha phase, but it works. In a post online, they said, "The game works fully offline, and has almost every feature working as intended (the only exception being the shop, for obvious reasons, and the multiplayer features with an asterisk)." There are some small caveats, though. To install the game, you previously had to have Monster Slayer downloaded via your Google account. It also takes between 6 and 10 GB to download, and "things will definitely break." It seems that, while not perfect yet, preservation has prevailed, and fans can once again step into the shoes of a Witcher and fight monsters in their neighborhoods. Systems Released July 21, 2021 Developer(s) Spokko Publisher(s) Spokko Engine Aurora Engine Franchise The Witcher