‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Sees A Major Rise In Active Players Since Last Year

Baldur’s Gate 3 daily users are up 20% since last year, and the game’s publishing director, Michael Douse (“Cromwelp” on X) is excited to share more details on the improving activity.

After releasing over a year ago in August 2023, Baldur’s Gate 3 has earned a loving and loyal fanbase alongside a 10/10 rating on Steam. Recently, the game is seeing more active players than ever before, perhaps with thanks to the introduction of mod support in the recent Patch 7 update. 

Regardless of the exact reason, Douse recently posted a thread on X detailing Baldur’s Gate 3’s rise in popularity. The game director joked about how the current sales chart for Larian Studios “looks like the heartbeat of a happy little guy.” He also shares some impressive statistics about Baldur’s Gate 3 like how the “average daily peak concurrents are up 3% this year over last year,” and that Larian Studios’ “average daily active ‘users’ are up 20% over last year.” Douse added to his thread that “mods are good,” commenting on the fact that mods significantly contributed to these big increases.

Even Steam Deck, a platform that is more difficult to mod on, is seeing a significant increase in activity as “average daily Steam Deck users are up 61% over last year.” This is also likely due to the Patch 7 update which made modding on Steam Deck easier. In addition to the 61% increase of Steam Deck players, Douse also shares that Baldur’s Gate 3 has been played for a collective 17 million hours just on Steam Deck alone. That’s nearly 2,000 years of playtime all together. 

Douse also observed that Baldur’s Gate 3 activity is increasing in the Vatican of all places. He humorously wrote, “I am also happy to announce we have achieved 1 (one) more sale in The Holy See, the Vatican itself. Thank you, Mr Pope, and enjoy the game.” This one sale makes a total of three copies sold within the Vatican and one remaining wishlisted.

Larian Studios certainly deserves congratulations on these improvements. It certainly is nice to see a good game thriving well after its release date.