Baldur’s Gate 3, Larian Studio’s latest RPG, launched on PC on August 3 after spending some time in Early Access. Already, there are signs that the game has had a monumentally successful launch.
TheSteamDBcharts reveal thatBaldur’s Gate 3hit a peak of 472,136 within 24 hours, giving it the second-biggest Steam launch of 2023. It has since clung onto a steady player count and continued rising today, August 4.Baldur’s Gate 3has also been performing well on Twitch, where it reached a massive peak of 481,523 views on launch day at an average of around 156k (viaStreamCharts).
Baldur’s Gate 3 arrives with a bang
Originally slated for an August 31 release,Baldur’s Gate 3was pushed up to August 3 for PC players. It has overtakenSons of the Forest, which hit a peak of 414,257 players at launch, to become the second-biggest Steam launch of 2023. OnlyHogwarts Legacysits ahead of it, and with a peak of 879,308 at launch, it will take a lot to defeat it. The game’s success can also be illustrated when looking at its download stats on Steam where the total bandwidth used on it skyrocketed to 146.3 Tbps.
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Baldur’s Gate 3has “Overwhelmingly Positive” reviews on Steam, where it joins an exclusive club of games that have gained over 450,000 concurrent players at launch.Hogwarts Legacyis the only other title to achieve this feat in 2023. In 2022,Elden Ringmanaged to do this, whileNew Worldentered the club upon release in 2021.
Over on Twitch,Baldur’s Gate 3continues to rake in high stream numbers. Its popularity has been boosted bystreamers such as Cohhcarnage,whose broadcasts have been receiving tens of thousands of views.
Baldur’s Gate 3has a chance to boost its popularity yet again on September 6 when the PS5 version is released. The studio isalso targetingSeptember 6 for its Mac release, though an official release date has yet to be confirmed. Xbox players haven’t been left out in the cold, and they’ll be able to join in on the fun“when it’s ready” for the Series X/S.
