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Baldur's Gate 3 is #44 on Steam with a 24h peak of 45,126; 31,631 playing when sampled at 23:40 UTC. Latest official patch in our feed: Hotfix #36 Now Live! (Mar 26, 2026). As of Oct 22, 2026.

Latest official update

· Steam · Official

Hotfix #36 Now Live!

Hey folks, Our last small update, which aimed to resolve corrupted savegames affecting a number of players, seemed to have also introduced some performance issues that triggered crashes. Thank you for your patience while these were investigated! A fix is now rolling out for all…

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Data from Steam · Last updated Oct 22, 2026 · Refreshed daily

Steam rank
#44
24h peak
45K
Steam weekly chart change
−4 places

Weekly change is vs last week on Steam's chart. History below compares exact dates in our recorded snapshots.

Latest updates & patch notes

0 English-language official updates in the last 90 days.

  1. Patch Steam · Official

    Hotfix #36 Now Live!

    Hey folks, Our last small update, which aimed to resolve corrupted savegames affecting a number of players, seemed to have also introduced some performance issues that triggered crashes. Thank you for your patience while these were investigated! A fix is now rolling out for all…

    Read on Steam →

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  3. News Steam · Official

    Community Update #36 A Very Moddy Christmas

    Hello friends, The days are getting colder, the holiday decorations are creeping out early, and honestly? We’re leaning into it. It’s been a long year, one that saw Baldur’s Gate 3 receive twelve new subclasses, full cross-play support, and the arrival of photo mode - the last…

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  4. Patch Steam · Official

    Hotfix #35 Now Live!

    Hello folks, We’re dropping by to serve up a small hotfix today! Focusing mainly on improving performance, this update should resolve some crashes on consoles and address certain issues on the Steam Deck. We’ve also gone ahead and bumped the default Upscaling Type from FSR 1 to…

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  5. Patch Steam · Official

    Hotfix #34 Now Live!

    Update 02/10/2025: We've rolled out a fix which aims to resolve issues with freezing on PS5 when accessing party management. As this fix involves tweaks to controller input, it will need to be deployed on all platforms and it has now been deployed on PC. Cross-play remains…

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  6. News Steam · Official

    Community Update #35 Baldur's Gate 3 Turns Two

    Happy birthday, gang! Baldur's Gate 3 turns two - hard to believe, isn't it? It feels like only yesterday we were streaming our launch-day Panel From Hell from a cathedral in Ghent and earning a TikTok ban in the process for our druidic love crimes. But time flies. Two years…

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  7. Patch Steam · Official

    Room Temperature Fix #33 Now Live!

    Hello friends, how art thou? While Patch 8 may have been the last major game update as we head into development on our next game, we’re still very keen to ensure you can enjoy the best possible Baldur’s Gate 3 experienceWhich means we’re still fixing things, and although more…

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  8. Patch Steam · Official

    Community Update #34 - Connecting With Cross-Play & Hotfix #32

    As we celebrate the final major patch for Baldur’s Gate 3, we have nothing but gratitude for all the support you've shown along the way. While this marks the end of one chapter, it's also the beginning of an exciting new journey ahead - and we can't wait to share more with you…

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  9. Patch Steam · Official

    Hotfix #31 Now Live!

    Hey everyone, Been tripping hard? It’s not you, it’s us. (Probably.). Today’s hotfix aims to tackle the kaleidoscope of colours that appear when changing locations, as well as various other bugs that have made their way into the game. We’re still fixing a few things, and will…

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  10. Patch Steam · Official

    Hotfix #30 Now Live!

    Hey everyone, A small hotfix is now rolling out, bringing multiple cross-play fixes and patching up some instances of crashing. Certain betentacled individuals will now be more amenable to having their picture taken – give us a smile, petal! While Patch 8 was the last major…

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  11. Patch Steam · Official

    The Final Patch: New Subclasses, Photo Mode, and Cross-Play

    Patch 8 is now live! For the full patch notes, please click here. Well folks, This is it. Our final major game patch for Baldur’s Gate 3. You’ve helped us make BG3 a bigger success than any of us could’ve ever hoped for, and that passion could keep us tweaking things and making…

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  12. Patch Steam · Official

    Community Update #33 - Patch 8 Stress Test Now Live

    Hiya hiya, If you want to stay in the loop on all our news and updates, we’re now shouting into the void from even more corners of the internet. You might have noticed our slumbering BlueSky account is dusted off and now active. Then our Community Team took the next most natural…

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  13. Patch Steam · Official

    Community Update #32 Get Ready For The Patch 8 Stress Test!

    Good news, everyone! It’s January. The world has finished another lazy rotation around the Sun, and as you’re gazing into the murky horizon of 2025 like a groundhog in search of Spring, we’re hard at work to bring you your next excuse to return to Faerûn. Patch 8 is still moving…

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Last 14 days on Steam

Tracked since Aug 13, 2026 · best observed rank #30 (Aug 17, 2026) · 65 recorded days.

As of . 27 of the last 30 days recorded.

Rank changes compare with our own dated snapshots: the 7-day figure is vs our snapshot 7 days ago. Steam’s weekly chart comparison uses a separate source.

Rank vs yesterday
Unchanged
Rank vs 7 days ago
Down 2 places
Rank vs 30 days ago
Down 11 places
30-day best peak
72,542
30-day average peak
55,810
24-hour player peaks · min 45,126 · max 68,983 players · gaps are not interpolated
Last 14 calendar days · rank and 24-hour concurrent player peak
Date (UTC)Rank24h peak
No snapshot
#4445,126
#4349,096
#4264,652
#4560,321
#4748,823
No snapshot
#4247,314
No snapshot
#4158,751
#4268,983
#4562,454
#4651,648
#4349,401

27 peak samples in the 30-day average. Missing, excluded and unobserved days are not counted; chart absence does not prove zero players.

In the news (12)

Third-party reporting, separate from official developer announcements.

  1. PCGamesN

    BG3's Swen Vincke's response to BioWare's closure breaks my heart. "BioWare won't show up anymore when discussing upcoming RPGs."

    EA has confirmed that it has shut Dragon Age developer BioWare and canceled its upcoming Mass Effect title, leaving the industry stunned. Read the full story on PCGamesN: BG3's Swen Vincke's response to BioWare's closure breaks my heart. "BioWare won't show up anymore when…

    Read on PCGamesN →
  2. PC Gamer

    I am here to save us all time by determining which of our most-played videogames would be more efficiently completed if you had a gun

    If there's one thing I know about the age of information, it's that none of us have time for anything anymore, nor the attention spans to see them through. If I'm not getting a constant jitterbug hit of dopamine every two seconds from my doomscrolling, am I really awake? Don't…

    Read on PC Gamer →
  3. Rock, Paper, Shotgun

    "Getting sidetracked doesn’t feel too unnatural": Baldur's Gate 3 Act Two Expansion modder on how they seamlessly fit a "detour" to fight an army into the RPG's plot

    Midway through September, modder SquallyDaBeanz released a solo-developed custom campaign for Baldur's Gate 3 in beta, adding an extra chapter to the RPG's main story. Neatly nestled between the RPG's second and third acts, the mod sends you and your party on a trip through The…

    Read on Rock, Paper, Shotgun →
  4. PC Gamer

    I'm starting my Baldur's Gate 3 Dark Urge run (again)

    This is it. I'm finally going to do it. I'm finally going to start a new Baldur's Gate 3 save as the Dark Urge and see it through to the end. I'm supposed to be updating our BG3 mods list (which I swear I'll get to), but I've tacked on the additional sidequest of 'find mods I…

    Read on PC Gamer →
  5. SteamDB

    Steam Global Top Sellers for week of 15 Sep — 22 September 2026

    * WARDOGS ; * EA SPORTS FC™ 27 ; * Diablo® IV ; * Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter ; * Baldur's Gate 3 ; * RuneScape: Dragonwilds ; * Dimraeth ; * How to Fish ; * Steam Deck ; * Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced ; * excluding free to play games View top 100 on SteamDB

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  6. PCGamesN

    This Baldur's Gate 3 mod adds a whole new region before Act 3

    A new Baldur's Gate 3 mod adds a huge detour between Act 2 and Act 3, with a new region and dozens of fiendish foes to defeat with your party. Read the full story on PCGamesN: This Baldur's Gate 3 mod adds a whole new region before Act 3

    Read on PCGamesN →
  7. PC Gamer

    An ambitious fanmade expansion for Baldur's Gate 3 is out after almost two years in development

    Baldur's Gate 3 is pretty great right out of the box, but it could be argued that its second act lacks some variety. If you aren't endlessly dazzled by shadowy forests and J. K. Simmons, you might have wished you could hang out after the family drama in the Shadow-Cursed Lands…

    Read on PC Gamer →
  8. PCGamesN

    Baldur's Gate 3's Astarion teams up with The Blood of Dawnwalker's Coen to ponder "the ennui of immortality"

    Two of gaming's most prolific vampires come together as the Baldur's Gate 3 and Blood of Dawnwalker actors discuss their biggest influences. Read the full story on PCGamesN: Baldur's Gate 3's Astarion teams up with The Blood of Dawnwalker's Coen to ponder "the ennui of…

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  9. Rock, Paper, Shotgun

    Baldur's Gate 3's Mizora becomes a fully-fledged companion thanks to a new mod, just in case you fancy adding a calculating cambion to your crew

    Not content with just adding to the questlines and interactivity of Baldur's Gate 3 's established gang of companions or working on their own for custom campaigns , modders have even started turning other characters from the game into recruitable buddies. The latest to get this…

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  10. PC Gamer

    If you're desperate for more Baldur's Gate 3, here's a 6-hour mini-campaign all about Astarion with 4 different endings and 6 new companions

    We don't really need more Baldur's Gate 3 , given how vast and replayable Larian Studios' RPG already is. That said, I'd never say no to more adventures within Larian's highly flexible adaptation of the Forgotten Realms. And while Larian itself has sworn off expanding BG3 any…

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  11. PC Gamer

    RPG companions need to be hateable, otherwise nobody's going to love them

    In my Honour Mode playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3 , I romanced Gale— you can see my full thoughts on our under-appreciated wizard boy here . What solidified him as one of my all-time RPG romances, however, wasn't his wit or his very nice hair. It was a conversation in which he…

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  12. PC Gamer

    BioWare veteran says Baldur's Gate 3 was such a great sequel because it didn't try to be too much like Baldur's Gate 2

    Mark Darrah was a programmer on the original Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate 2, along with Neverwinter Nights and Jade Empire, and served as executive producer of the Dragon Age series from Origins through Inquisition before leaving in 2020—and coming back in 2023 to kick in on…

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Game overview

Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power.

Steam rank
#44 ▼
Peak (24h)
45K
Genre
Adventure, RPG, Strategy
Developer
Larian Studios
Released
Aug 3, 2023
Price
$59.99
Metacritic
96
Recommendations
759K

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About Baldur's Gate 3

Gather your party and return to the Forgotten Realms in a tale of fellowship and betrayal, sacrifice and survival, and the lure of absolute power. Mysterious abilities are awakening inside you, drawn from a mind flayer parasite planted in your brain. Resist, and turn darkness against itself. Or embrace corruption, and become ultimate evil. From the creators of Divinity: Original Sin 2 comes a next-generation RPG, set in the world of Dungeons & Dragons. Choose from 12 classes and 11 races from the D&D Player's Handbook and create your own identity, or play as an Origin hero with a hand-crafted background. Or tangle with your inner corruption…

Game details

System requirements (minimum)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Intel I5 4690 / AMD FX 8350 / Snapdragon X Elite Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 970 / RX 480 / Intel Arc A380 / Qualcomm Adreno X1 (4GB+ of VRAM) DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 150 GB available space Additional Notes: SSD required
Languages
English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Portuguese - Brazil, Italian, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian, Korean, Japanese * languages with full…
Controller
Full controller support
DLC
2 available on Steam
Official site
baldursgate3.game

Frequently asked questions

Is Baldur's Gate 3 free to play?
Baldur's Gate 3 is listed at $59.99 on Steam.
What is the latest Baldur's Gate 3 update?
The most recent official update in our feed is "Hotfix #36 Now Live!" (Mar 26, 2026), categorized as Patch. Hey folks, Our last small update, which aimed to resolve corrupted savegames affecting a number of players, seemed to have also introduced some performance issues that triggered crashes. Thank you for your patience while these were investigated! A fix is now rolling out for all…
How many people play Baldur's Gate 3?
Baldur's Gate 3 is #44 on Steam with a 24h peak of 45,126; 31,631 playing when sampled at 23:40 UTC. Latest official patch in our feed: Hotfix #36 Now Live! (Mar 26, 2026). As of Oct 22, 2026.
When was Baldur's Gate 3 released?
Baldur's Gate 3 was released on Aug 3, 2023 by Larian Studios.
What kind of game is Baldur's Gate 3?
Baldur's Gate 3 is a Adventure, RPG, Strategy game, featuring single-player, multi-player, co-op.

24-hour peak player counts and update notes are pulled from Steam's public data and refreshed daily (last refresh: Oct 22, 2026). Official announcements and third-party reporting are labelled separately; follow the source links for full notes. Baldur's Gate 3 and all related assets are trademarks of their respective owners.