Those who have been paying attention to the gaming world these past few days won’t be surprised to learn that Baldur’s Gate 3 is currently doing quite well for itself. In fact, when last checked, the game had hit a pretty big milestone, showing more than 800,000 concurrent players on Steam.
To get a bit more specific, according to SteamDB (a website that tracks and monitors all things related to the Steam client), the new Baldur’s Gate experienced a peak of 814,666 players within the last 24 hours.
Bearing in mind, the game only came out last Thursday, so who knows whether this number could yet be beaten.
Take THAT, 97 other games
Going one step further, Baldur’s Gate 3 is currently the third most-played game on Steam, just behind Dota 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Given that these other titles were either developed or published by Valve, you can safely say that BG3 is the most non-Valve-played game at the moment.
Larian Studios’ release had an impressive launch when it came out on August 3, scoring pretty big on PC. At the time of writing, it’s sitting pretty with a Metacritic score of 95 and a user score of 9.2.
It’s been nearly 23 years since the last major installment in the Baldur’s Gate series (though we’ve had expansions and enhanced editions), so fans of the previous games have no doubt been massively anticipating this third entry.
It’s hard to say whether this hype will continue, or whether we’re seeing its peak already. After all, Sons of the Forest was a major overnight success, selling two million copies in just one day. Now, you don’t really hear much from the co-op horror title. Then again, the Baldur’s Gate name is likely to carry more weight in the AAA scene.
Published: Aug 7, 2023 09:20 am