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Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance cover art

Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance

Square One Games Inc. · Interplay Entertainment Corp. · 2021-12-17

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ActionRPG

Franchise: Dungeons & Dragons, Forgotten Realms · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Nov 18, 2002 (Nintendo GameCube), May 20, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), May 07, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Dec 17, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 17, 2021 (Mac), Dec 17, 2021 (Linux)

A new legacy begins...

Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance is an Action and RPG game released in 2021, priced at $39.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 1024 reviews) and an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000.

3
playing now
82%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (89 ratings)
4.68★
PlayStation Store rating (1,438 ratings)
14h
to beat · rushed 8.3h · completionist 32h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance is a 2001 action role-playing video game developed by Snowblind Studios and published by Interplay Entertainment subsidiary Black Isle Studios for the PlayStation 2 and the Xbox consoles, with High Voltage Software handling the GameCube port and Magic Pockets developing the Game Boy Advance version. CD Projekt was developing a version for Microsoft Windows, which was ultimately cancelled.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 54 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (218 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 27,607 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 20k–46k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,024 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$29.99
GOG$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $20.99 at GOG (2022-12-12)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 28 of 66 observed days · $19.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
18118120212026Week of 2021-12-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1502026-09-15 03:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 11 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 7 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 15 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 12 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 10 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 7 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 14 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1536Dec 2021Aug 2026Dec 2021 — avg 153 · peak 316Feb 2022 — avg 27 · peak 61Apr 2022 — avg 24 · peak 50Jun 2022 — avg 20 · peak 55Aug 2022 — avg 26 · peak 78Oct 2022 — avg 13 · peak 36Dec 2022 — avg 23 · peak 86Feb 2023 — avg 11 · peak 39Apr 2023 — avg 12 · peak 33Jun 2023 — avg 8 · peak 25Aug 2023 — avg 12 · peak 32Oct 2023 — avg 9 · peak 22Dec 2023 — avg 14 · peak 46Feb 2024 — avg 8 · peak 25Apr 2024 — avg 7 · peak 22Jun 2024 — avg 9 · peak 35Aug 2024 — avg 8 · peak 25Oct 2024 — avg 7 · peak 18Dec 2024 — avg 12 · peak 36Feb 2025 — avg 9 · peak 21Apr 2025 — avg 7 · peak 17Jun 2025 — avg 8 · peak 25Aug 2025 — avg 7 · peak 17Oct 2025 — avg 8 · peak 25Dec 2025 — avg 9 · peak 34Feb 2026 — avg 8 · peak 21Apr 2026 — avg 6 · peak 19Jun 2026 — avg 6 · peak 21Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 18
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$20.992021-12-172026-10-142021-12-17 — best price $29.992022-03-15 — best price $29.992022-11-14 — best price $29.992022-12-01 — best price $29.992023-01-03 — best price $29.992023-05-18 — best price $25.492023-07-04 — best price $29.992023-07-25 — best price $29.992023-09-19 — best price $29.992023-11-02 — best price $29.992023-12-21 — best price $20.992024-01-16 — best price $29.992024-03-21 — best price $29.992024-05-23 — best price $29.992024-07-22 — best price $29.992024-09-19 — best price $29.992024-12-12 — best price $23.992025-02-10 — best price $23.992025-03-04 — best price $23.992025-05-15 — best price $23.992025-07-10 — best price $29.992025-09-11 — best price $29.992025-10-07 — best price $23.992025-11-04 — best price $31.992026-01-03 — best price $39.992026-02-12 — best price $31.992026-06-17 — best price $31.992026-08-28 — best price $39.992026-09-01 — best price $39.992026-09-05 — best price $29.992026-09-09 — best price $39.992026-09-13 — best price $39.992026-09-17 — best price $39.992026-09-21 — best price $39.992026-09-25 — best price $31.992026-09-29 — best price $31.992026-10-03 — best price $29.992026-10-07 — best price $39.992026-10-11 — best price $39.992026-10-14 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6242202026-05-31 — 293 pageviews2026-06-04 — 258 pageviews2026-06-08 — 355 pageviews2026-06-12 — 302 pageviews2026-06-16 — 246 pageviews2026-06-20 — 273 pageviews2026-06-24 — 267 pageviews2026-06-28 — 390 pageviews2026-07-02 — 220 pageviews2026-07-06 — 296 pageviews2026-07-10 — 346 pageviews2026-07-14 — 336 pageviews2026-07-18 — 459 pageviews2026-07-22 — 378 pageviews2026-07-26 — 336 pageviews2026-07-30 — 336 pageviews2026-08-03 — 322 pageviews2026-08-07 — 320 pageviews2026-08-11 — 597 pageviews2026-08-15 — 389 pageviews2026-08-19 — 292 pageviews2026-08-23 — 348 pageviews2026-08-27 — 335 pageviews2026-08-31 — 302 pageviews2026-09-04 — 268 pageviews2026-09-08 — 268 pageviews2026-09-12 — 280 pageviews2026-09-16 — 279 pageviews2026-09-20 — 274 pageviews2026-09-24 — 298 pageviews2026-09-28 — 311 pageviews2026-10-02 — 254 pageviews2026-10-06 — 248 pageviews2026-10-10 — 233 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)1,75833%10
PS4 (PlayStation)69356%5
Switch (Nintendo)390%0

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

Player tags

3DPvERPGCRPGMagicActionCombatFantasyIsometricAction RPG

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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