Baldur’s Gate 3 has exceeded all expectations, becoming a massive success. Surpassing even its developer Larian’s predictions, the game reached 500,000 concurrent players, making it the third most played game on Steam. This is a surprising achievement, considering it is a single-player, hardcore RPG. Baldur’s Gate 3 has also entered the top 10 peak playercounts in Steam history, nearing the record set by Hogwarts Legacy earlier this year. It is a detailed, turn-based RPG, a genre that has fallen out of fashion with publishers and developers, but clearly not with the general public. The game’s sales are not known yet, but it has a serious chance of being considered for Game of the Year.
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