Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 still has ridiculous player count as one year anniversary approaches Larian StudiosBaldur\u2019s Gate 3\u2019s first anniversary will take place on August 3 and fans are still turning up in droves to play the game \u2013 even after it\u2019s been out for a year. People interested in exploring Baldur\u2019s Gate 3\u2019s Forgotten Realms had the chance to do so back in 2020, as that\u2019s when the game entered early access on PC. This version of the game only had Act I, so many chose to wait for the full launch in 2023, with console players being able to join in further down the line. While most game developers and publishers don\u2019t give active player numbers, we can glean some information from Steam charts. Unsurprisingly, the top 10 games with the highest active player numbers are primarily multiplayer titles, like Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, and Apex Legends, with Elden Ring being the main exception. Despite being a narrative game with a focus on the single-player experience, Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 is still bringing in huge monthly numbers on Steam. A thread on the game\u2019s Reddit has been created to celebrate the 100,000 average players a month despite its age. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 still hits 100k players a month on Steam alone \u201cAmazing what happens when a team puts passion into a game,\u201d one user wrote, \u201cIt\u2019s been said before, I know I\u2019m not treading new ground saying this, but BG3 is a generational game. Something like this only comes along rarely.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s been a year, I have 750 hours on it, and I\u2019m finally about to finish Act 3,\u201d one devoted user wrote, while another said, \u201cBG3 was made with a lot of passion by people who genuinely love DnD. Live service is made by companies who value money over everything.\u201d One user summed things up perfectly: \u201cThe \u201cconsequences\u201d of putting your heart and soul into developing a game. Wow\u2026who would\u2019ve thought. Looking at you, AAA games.\u201d What\u2019s even more surprising is that the game is coming to an end. Other studios would be working on paid DLC right now, but Larian is leaving Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 behind, giving players modding tools that can be used to make their own content. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3\u2019s high player count is helped by the game\u2019s sheer replayability. This is the kind of experience that demands multiple playthroughs and builds, so we\u2019re not likely to see the fanbase drifting away anytime soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 still has ridiculous player count as one year anniversary approaches Larian StudiosBaldur\u2019s Gate 3\u2019s first anniversary will take place on August 3 and fans are still turning up in droves to play the game \u2013 even after it\u2019s been out for a year. People interested in exploring Baldur\u2019s Gate 3\u2019s Forgotten Realms […]<\/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-20826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20826","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=20826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20826\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}