A standalone single-player expansion, Gwent: Rogue Mage, released in 2022 to mixed reception.
The goal is to win two of three rounds by playing cards to gain points called "power" on the board.
Round wins go toward daily quests and Gwent's battle pass system, Journey.
A standalone, single-player campaign mode, Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales, was also released alongside Gwent.
A single-player roguelike deck-building expansion titled Gwent: Rogue Mage was released for Windows, iOS, and Android on 7 July 2022.
The game combines roguelike, deckbuilding, and strategy elements with the mechanics of Gwent card battles.
In March 2019, CD Projekt Red announced that Gwent would be launching on mobile devices later that year.
The team said that they were close to implementing every card idea that they had for the game, and felt it was best to shift to maintenance mode from 2024 on, with support from the community.
[21] Community supports entailing voting on up to 30 changes per month in various categories, with a patch automatically being produced.
Speculated reasons for end of support include the fact that the game had limited growth whilst balancing increasing complexity and lower development staffing,[22] as the game lacked a rotation system, less cards were released through drops year-on-year and powercreep became a prevalent issue to ensure newer cards were viable (i.e. held up against all previous meta decks), despite efforts of Homecoming to try bring a more sustainable design space.
Another avenue of possibly renewing interest was The Witcher 4, however it is rumoured that the game will not feature any Gwent minigame [dubious – discuss].
Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales also did not do as well as commercially hoped,[28] but had much more positive player reception (including those outside of Gwent experience), but fell within a completely different sub-genre (a narrative-driven experience contrasted to a roguelike that was intended to be more replayable) and came alongside Homecoming years prior.
[29] After laying off dozens of employees, CDPR released one final update with several card rebalances, including a system whereby the community will be able to maintain the balance of the game democratically.
[30] Esports in Gwent is a prominent focus of the game, with sizeable prize pools that are distributed among participants.
Notably, Pro Rank is the first stage of the game where match-making and progression is done solely on a Elo rating system/Matchmaking-rating system.
The game has monthly themed seasons that rotate, and correspondingly reset the Ranked ladder.
This reset is additionally tied to a "Monthly Patch" where game upgrades occur, alongside balance changes, and potentially new cards are added even outside of expansion drops.
Similar to qualifiers, matches are usually played in a best-of-five format, and features deck-banning for each series.