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Baldur's Gate 3

Larian Studios · 2023-08-03

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureRPGStrategy

Franchise: Dungeons & Dragons, Forgotten Realms · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen

Releases: Sep 22, 2023 (Mac), Sep 06, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Dec 08, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Oct 06, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), TBD (Google Stadia), Sep 23, 2025 (Linux)

Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power.

Baldur's Gate 3 is a 2023 Adventure, RPG and Strategy game priced at $59.99, with an owner estimate of 20,000,000 .. 50,000,000 and a review sentiment of Overwhelmingly Positive (97% of 852298 reviews).

74,316
playing now
97%
positive of 855k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
20,000,000–50,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2,166
twitch viewers (latest)
95/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
95/100
IGDB user rating (1587 ratings)
96/100
opencritic · mighty · 96% recommend
132h
to beat · rushed 128h · completionist 5650h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$59.99
steam price (US)

74,316 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Baldur's Gate 3 is a role-playing video game by Larian Studios. It is the third installment in the Baldur's Gate series. The game's full release for Windows happened on August 3, 2023, with PlayStation 5, macOS, and Xbox Series X/S later in the same year. In the game's narrative, the party seeks to cure themselves of the Illithid parasites infecting their brains. It can be played alone or in a group.

Health check

Thriving
  • · 74,316 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 43,117 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5,390/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (181,967 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 11,252 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 17M–38M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 855,293 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$59.99
Microsoft Store$69.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $41.99 at Steam (2026-07-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $69.99 · on sale 11 of 31 observed days · $18.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
175k175k20202026Week of 2020-10-01: 19,543 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2,618 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4,980 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 452 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,747 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 223 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,195 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 189 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,263 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 175 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,679 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 219 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 935 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 767 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 575 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,008 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 162 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 810 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 171 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 671 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,277 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 196 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 837 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 554 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 600 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 153 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 723 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 161 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 453 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 405 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 373 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 380 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 147 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 964 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 234 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 631 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 465 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 455 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 158 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 529 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 941 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 959 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 752 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 985 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 895 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 793 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 980 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8,513 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 386 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 174,597 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7,370 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 66,975 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2,395 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 29,420 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,081 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 87,425 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,167 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 31,852 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,282 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 29,493 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,249 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 18,164 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 801 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 14,453 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 715 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9,897 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 443 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9,534 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 420 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8,741 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 388 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 10,734 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 519 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9,390 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 403 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 11,140 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 612 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7,606 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 334 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 17,253 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 388 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 20,427 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,239 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9,109 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 427 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7,103 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 319 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7,557 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 295 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9,508 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 426 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7,820 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 366 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5,873 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 305 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6,479 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 315 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5,799 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 247 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5,672 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 334 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5,596 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 277 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11,619 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 249 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6,637 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 523 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7,202 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 503 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5,097 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 291 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5,129 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 298 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3,909 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 180 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4,248 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 270 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3,718 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 211 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4,641 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 260 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,053 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 87 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

82k27k2026-08-06 16:00 — 56,276 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 32,718 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 56,233 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 60,612 players2026-08-09 04:00 — 56,996 players2026-08-09 19:00 — 82,396 players2026-08-10 10:00 — 35,691 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 53,613 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 57,097 players2026-08-12 07:00 — 31,149 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 47,150 players2026-08-13 13:00 — 45,671 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 40,493 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 58,406 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 42,798 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 54,990 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 76,557 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 31,594 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 51,078 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 46,673 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 40,046 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 59,446 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 30,840 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 47,076 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 55,082 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 39,387 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 64,663 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 64,546 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 42,823 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 61,813 players2026-08-25 10:00 — 31,493 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 49,517 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 51,249 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 27,315 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 42,795 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 49,062 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 43,620 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 72,186 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 51,038 players2026-08-30 15:00 — 74,316 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#30#372026-08-062026-08-302026-08-06 — #322026-08-07 — #322026-08-08 — #322026-08-09 — #322026-08-10 — #322026-08-11 — #322026-08-12 — #322026-08-13 — #322026-08-14 — #352026-08-15 — #352026-08-16 — #332026-08-17 — #302026-08-18 — #302026-08-19 — #322026-08-20 — #322026-08-21 — #332026-08-22 — #332026-08-23 — #352026-08-24 — #332026-08-25 — #332026-08-26 — #332026-08-27 — #332026-08-28 — #342026-08-29 — #362026-08-30 — #37
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
2112112026-08-072026-08-302026-08-07: 204 new positive2026-08-07: 13 new negative2026-08-08: 160 new positive2026-08-08: 6 new negative2026-08-09: 211 new positive2026-08-09: 4 new negative2026-08-10: 201 new positive2026-08-10: 12 new negative2026-08-11: 181 new positive2026-08-11: 11 new negative2026-08-12: 148 new positive2026-08-12: 3 new negative2026-08-14: 173 new positive2026-08-14: 8 new negative2026-08-15: 172 new positive2026-08-15: 2 new negative2026-08-16: 189 new positive2026-08-16: 6 new negative2026-08-17: 162 new positive2026-08-17: 11 new negative2026-08-18: 142 new positive2026-08-18: 4 new negative2026-08-19: 187 new positive2026-08-19: 4 new negative2026-08-20: 155 new positive2026-08-20: 2 new negative2026-08-21: 156 new positive2026-08-21: 9 new negative2026-08-22: 163 new positive2026-08-23: 168 new positive2026-08-23: 14 new negative2026-08-24: 167 new positive2026-08-24: 8 new negative2026-08-25: 172 new positive2026-08-25: 2 new negative2026-08-26: 148 new positive2026-08-26: 7 new negative2026-08-27: 143 new positive2026-08-27: 4 new negative2026-08-28: 134 new positive2026-08-28: 7 new negative2026-08-29: 154 new positive2026-08-29: 4 new negative2026-08-30: 161 new positive2026-08-30: 6 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$69.99$41.992020-10-062026-08-302020-10-06 — best price $59.992024-01-03 — best price $59.992024-03-14 — best price $53.992024-03-21 — best price $59.992024-05-16 — best price $50.992024-06-27 — best price $47.992024-07-11 — best price $59.992024-09-05 — best price $47.992024-11-04 — best price $47.992024-11-26 — best price $47.992024-12-04 — best price $59.992025-01-02 — best price $59.992025-02-10 — best price $47.992025-03-13 — best price $47.992025-03-20 — best price $59.992025-04-07 — best price $47.992025-04-21 — best price $59.992025-05-26 — best price $59.992025-06-26 — best price $47.992025-07-10 — best price $59.992025-09-07 — best price $59.992025-09-25 — best price $44.992025-10-04 — best price $59.992025-12-18 — best price $44.992026-01-05 — best price $59.992026-03-02 — best price $59.992026-03-26 — best price $59.992026-05-04 — best price $44.992026-05-12 — best price $59.992026-06-25 — best price $44.992026-07-30 — best price $41.992026-08-06 — best price $59.992026-08-11 — best price $69.992026-08-27 — best price $59.992026-08-29 — best price $59.992026-08-30 — best price $59.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.6k1.5k2026-05-13 — 1,688 pageviews2026-05-16 — 1,687 pageviews2026-05-19 — 1,661 pageviews2026-05-22 — 1,529 pageviews2026-05-25 — 1,800 pageviews2026-05-28 — 1,720 pageviews2026-05-31 — 2,639 pageviews2026-06-03 — 2,427 pageviews2026-06-06 — 2,067 pageviews2026-06-09 — 1,883 pageviews2026-06-12 — 1,539 pageviews2026-06-15 — 1,678 pageviews2026-06-18 — 1,644 pageviews2026-06-21 — 1,721 pageviews2026-06-24 — 1,624 pageviews2026-06-27 — 1,928 pageviews2026-06-30 — 2,274 pageviews2026-07-03 — 2,021 pageviews2026-07-06 — 2,050 pageviews2026-07-09 — 2,139 pageviews2026-07-12 — 2,545 pageviews2026-07-15 — 1,767 pageviews2026-07-18 — 1,878 pageviews2026-07-21 — 1,849 pageviews2026-07-24 — 2,016 pageviews2026-07-27 — 2,008 pageviews2026-07-30 — 1,925 pageviews2026-08-02 — 2,310 pageviews2026-08-05 — 2,272 pageviews2026-08-08 — 1,974 pageviews2026-08-11 — 2,042 pageviews2026-08-14 — 1,832 pageviews2026-08-17 — 1,878 pageviews2026-08-20 — 1,829 pageviews2026-08-23 — 1,982 pageviews2026-08-24 — 1,923 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

5.1k3182026-08-17 17:12 — 4,158 viewers2026-08-18 16:12 — 3,707 viewers2026-08-19 12:12 — 3,428 viewers2026-08-24 21:12 — 3,935 viewers2026-08-26 19:34 — 2,384 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 1,782 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 1,520 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 634 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 480 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 880 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 1,478 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 2,470 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 1,833 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 1,977 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 2,120 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 1,024 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 508 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 1,139 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 1,704 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 2,073 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 2,685 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 1,576 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 1,858 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 1,063 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 424 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 726 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 5,109 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 2,075 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 1,883 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 1,332 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 1,506 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 957 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 318 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 704 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 2,166 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

54
achievements tracked
89.2%
earned "Descent From Avernus"
24.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text Size2 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Portuguese - Brazil, Italian, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)154,1092%54
PS5 (PlayStation)45,2773%55
Xbox Series, Windows (Xbox)20,2011%54

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGCRPGFantasyRomanceStrategyAdventureStory RichMultiplayerOnline Co-OpSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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