Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 soars to second biggest PC launch of the year Larian StudiosBaldur\u2019s Gate 3 is finally here. While early access has been live for more than three years, the game\u2019s official launch has now catapulted it through Steam Charts as thousands jump in with the finished product. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 has been one of the most hotly anticipated games of the year and excitement for launch has been ramping up over the past few months. Larian Studios have constructed an intriguing albeit tight pre-release hype train of bear sex and villain reveals. The game wears its horny heart on its sleeve to the point where even its own writers are taken aback. The age-old adage has proven true though, sex sells, and so does Baldur\u2019s Gate 3. Credit where it\u2019s due, Larian\u2019s game is a massively deep RPG with unparalleled freedom of choice and that\u2019s obviously contributed to its success. So much so that Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 is now officially the second biggest launch on Steam thus far in 2023. How many people are playing Baldur\u2019s Gate 3? 471,897 players were logged in at the game\u2019s 24-hour peak according to SteamCharts, and the day isn\u2019t over. It currently sits behind only Hogwarts Legacy and ahead of Sons of the Forrest in this year\u2019s top three launches. At the time of writing, it has Steam\u2019s second-highest number of concurrent players, eclipsed only by CS:GO. Just shy of half a million people are currently adventuring through the Forgotten Realms. It\u2019s an impressive feat that\u2019s not lost on fans of the game. \u201cIt would be only fair to remind everyone Hogwarts Legacy had one of the biggest marketing campaigns in years,\u201d one Twitter user said. \u201cBaldur\u2019s Gate 3 on the other hand is relying almost exclusively on word of mouth.\u201d Others in the comments were promising to bump these numbers before the day is out. \u201cDay job people like myself are about to make this number jump!\u201d one said. \u201cOnce I get off work, that number will go up by at least one!\u201d vowed another. There\u2019s no hard data on scores for Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 yet thanks to a tight pre-release media window but reviews in progress praise its intriguing stories and captivating gameplay. If you\u2019re one of the nearly half a million people playing Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 at launch and you want some helpful tips to give you an edge in the Forgotten Realms, check out our huge list of guides. Best Sorcerer build | Best Bard build | Best Fighter build | Best Ranger build | Best Barbarian build | Best Druid build | Best Warlock build | Does Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 have crossplay & cross-platform progression? | Can you play Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 on Steam Deck? | Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 voice actors for all characters | How long is Baldur\u2019s Gate 3? | Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 pre-release bonuses & edition differences | Is Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 coming to Xbox? | Is Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 single-player? | Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 Mind Flayers explained | Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 proficiency explained | Illithid powers explained<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 soars to second biggest PC launch of the year Larian StudiosBaldur\u2019s Gate 3 is finally here. While early access has been live for more than three years, the game\u2019s official launch has now catapulted it through Steam Charts as thousands jump in with the finished product. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 has been one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20812\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}