Developer and publisher CD Projekt RED (CDPR) has sold the GOG distribution platform to one of its founders for 90.7 million Polish zlotys (around $25 million/£18.6 million).
Michał Kiciński, one of the team who founded both CD Projekt RED and GOG (originally known as Good Old Games) is now the sole owner of GOG. The purchase was fully funded by external financing and Kiciński remains the second-largest individual shareholder of CDPR, holding 10% of the company’s shares.
The deal includes a commitment from CDPR to continue publishing its own titles, including the Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077 franchises, on the GOG platform alongside its original mission of preserving classic games. The GOG catalogue currently contains over 11,200 games according to the company’s most recent public statement. The company said that users would still retain access to all games purchased, policies would not change and any donations or direct funding would continue to support the platform directly. An FAQ published alongside the announcement states that the platform is financially stable and “had a really encouraging year”, in which it’s seen “more enthusiasm from gamers towards our mission than ever before.”
GOG was an enthusiastic supporter of Santa Ragione’s arthouse release Horses after that game was blocked from Steam and the Epic Game Store. In August its Freedomtobuy.games initiative gave away a bundle of games for free to mark the platform’s commitment to buyer choice after Steam and itch.io changed their approach to listing adult content.
“GOG and Michał Kiciński are aligned by a shared belief that games should live forever,” said Maciej Gołębiewski, Managing Director of GOG in a press release. “In a market that’s getting more crowded, more locked-in, and forgets classic games at an increasing pace, we’re doubling down on what only GOG does: reviving classics, keeping them playable on modern PCs, and helping great games find their audience over time”.
Kiciński also highlighted that “GOG has always sought out new games with a retro spirit,” saying he is “personally involved in the development of a few games like that and they will certainly make their strong appearance on GOG in 2026.”
The sale simplifies CDPR’s operations by removing a business unit that generated a very small amount of overall income. In the company’s most recent earnings statement for the period ending Q3 2025, GOG delivered $478,000 in net profit (1.7m zlotys), following a loss of $278,000 in the same period in 2024. The main CDPR business, meanwhile, delivered $53 million net profit (19.1 million zlotys) in the 2025 period.
The bulk of the company’s developers are currently working on The Witcher 4, and it is scaling up the team working on Cyberpunk 2 based out of its new North American hub in Boston. The company is also working on Project Sirius, a multiplayer game set in the Witcher universe, and a new IP called Project Hadar.
Via: gamesindustry.biz
