Baldur’s Gate 3 breaks into the top ten most played games on Steam

After spending a couple of years in early access, Larian officially launched Baldur's Gate 1.0 last week to great success. Over the weekend, the game rose to the top of the Steam charts, garnering a hugely impressive 800,000 concurrent players over the launch period. 

Larian founder, Swen Vincke, admitted that the number of concurrent players has caught the studio off guard. Swen expected around 100,000 players at max, but the final figure came in at 814,000 players.

This peak concurrent player number puts Baldur's Gate 3 in the top ten most played games on Steam of all time, coming in just behind Hogwarts Legacy, and a bit further behind the likes of Elden Ring and Cyberpunk 2077. The top four spots are dominated by free to play titles like Dota 2, Lost Ark, CS:GO and PUBG.

Baldur's Gate 3 has very impressive graphics but it is ultimately an old-school style cRPG with D&D mechanics, including dice rolls. Games like this have been popular in the past but are still considered to be niche. With that in mind, Baldur's Gate 3 has blown away all expectations, and that's just with the PC version. Next month, the game will also come to PS5 and at some point, it should land on Xbox too after some extra development time.

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KitGuru Says: Baldur's Gate 3 appears to be a huge hit so far. Have any of you picked up the game already? What do you think of it so far? 

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