The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered has been available to play via GeForce NOW since October 1, 2026; Ultimate members automatically receive RTX 5080 cloud performance. Along with five other titles, this marks the launch of a new GFN Thursday, as NVIDIA announced on its blog. According to NVIDIA, around 20 more games will be added throughout the month, including Gears of War: E-Day, Planet Zoo 2, and Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2.
TL;DR: The most important information about GeForce NOW in October 2026
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered has been playable on GeForce NOW since October 1, and Ultimate members receive RTX 5080 cloud performance.
- In addition to the Witcher remaster, five more games are being added this week, including Minecraft Dungeons II and Planet Coaster 2.
- Performance and Ultimate members can claim an exclusive CONTROL Resonant reward through November 1.
- Later in October, titles such as Gears of War: E-Day, Planet Zoo 2, Total War: SHOGUN 2 – Complete Edition, and Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 will be added.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered: RTX 5080 Performance from the Cloud
The remastered version of The Witcher 3 was released on September 29 and can be played via Battle.net, the Microsoft Store, or Xbox Play Anywhere. Since October 1, the title has also been available in the GeForce NOW streaming catalog. This is especially worthwhile for Ultimate subscribers: According to NVIDIA, they are automatically allocated computing power on par with an RTX 5080, without needing to upgrade their own hardware.
All new games on GeForce NOW this week (October 1–6)
In addition to The Witcher 3 Remaster, NVIDIA is expanding its library this week with five more titles:
| Game | Available starting | Store |
|---|---|---|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered | September 29 (standard), October 1 (GeForce NOW) | Battle.net, Microsoft Store, Xbox Play Anywhere |
| Minecraft Dungeons II | September 29 | Xbox / Game Pass |
| Nivalis Nights | September 29 | Steam |
| Bookshop Simulator | This Week | Steam |
| Megastore: Tidy Up Together | this week | Steam |
| Planet Coaster 2 | This Week | Xbox / Game Pass |
CONTROL Resonant: New Reward for Performance and Ultimate Members
Anyone streaming CONTROL Resonant via GeForce NOW who has at least a Performance or Ultimate subscription can claim an exclusive bonus reward from October 1 through November 1 (11:59 p.m. Pacific Time): a “Third Ice Baseball Cap” for their in-game character. The game itself has been available in the streaming catalog for both membership tiers for some time now, so the cap is purely a bonus for existing players.
The Rest of October: From Gears of War to Planet Zoo 2
The new additions in the first week of October are just the beginning. According to NVIDIA’s roadmap, the following titles—among others—will be added later this month:
| Game | Available starting |
|---|---|
| Gears of War: E-Day | October 6 |
| STAR WARS: Galactic Racer | October 6 |
| Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival | October 8–9 |
| Order of the Sinking Star | October 8–9 |
| Silver Pines | October 8–9 |
| Permafrost | October 8–9 |
| Deep Dish Dungeon | October 13–14 |
| Planet Zoo 2 | October 13–14 |
| Total War: SHOGUN 2 – Complete Edition | October 13–14 |
| Valor Mortis | October 13–14 |
| Among the Trolls | October 13–14 |
| Over the Hill | October 13–14 |
| Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 | October 13–14 |
| Beyond These Stars | October 16 |
| Tenebris Somnia | October 16 |
| Dimraeth, Graveyard Keeper 2, Solasta II, Tyr | Sometime this month, exact date to be announced |
The mix of genres is striking: The shooter reboot *Gears of War: E-Day* is followed by two revivals of established series—*Planet Zoo 2* and *Total War: SHOGUN 2*—along with several smaller indie titles such as *Deep Dish Dungeon*, *Among the Trolls*, and others. Our reports on how Activision Blizzard once had all of its games removed from GeForce NOW and how Bethesda Softworks later left the service as well demonstrate that streaming catalogs can shrink again. That’s a good reason not to get too attached to individual titles in the catalog.
Just in early September, NVIDIA delivered one of the most jam-packed GFN Thursdays in recent memory with the early access launch of WARDOGS.
Conclusion
With *The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered*, GeForce NOW is adding one of the biggest PC re-releases of the fall directly to its streaming lineup, and Ultimate members get the performance of an RTX 5080 included. Together with Minecraft Dungeons II, Planet Coaster 2, and a jam-packed October lineup—including Gears of War: E-Day and Planet Zoo 2—the cloud gaming service will thus remain closely in step with major PC releases throughout the fourth quarter of 2026.
Source: NVIDIA Blog
