Baldur's Gate statistics: BG3 sales, Steam peaks & franchise history

Larian Studios’ Baldur’s Gate 3 (August 2023) redefined what a CRPG launch could look like on PC and console — record Steam concurrency, years of Early Access momentum, and D&D-level depth. In December 2025, CEO Swen Vincke said the game had sold more than 20 million copies worldwide, the highest verified lifetime unit figure on this page. Older titles in the BioWare/Larian lineage still matter for franchise context, but BG3 dominates modern Baldur’s Gate statistics. See also video game industry statistics.

Baldur’s Gate key statistics

• 20 million+ copies — Baldur’s Gate 3 lifetime sales per Swen Vincke (December 17, 2025).
• 875,000 — peak concurrent players on Steam at full release (August 2023).
• 10 million+ hours — played during the launch weekend after 1.0 (August 2023).
• 5.2 million+ — Steam units alone cited in industry estimates before the 20M CEO update (2023).
• ~$743M — estimated Steam gross revenue for BG3.

Baldur’s Gate 3 — 20 million+ copies (December 2025)

• Vincke confirmed 20M+ lifetime units while discussing Larian’s next RPG Divinity (revealed at The Game Awards 2025).
• Larian had earlier said sales were “way over” 10 million; press estimates near 15 million circulated in late 2024 before the CEO milestone.
• BG3 launched August 3, 2023 on PC and later on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S in the same year.

Launch engagement (2023)

• Launch weekend: 10M+ hours played; Larian reported 368 players had already finished the full campaign in that window.
• Steam peak: ~875K concurrent users at release — third among all-time Steam peaks at the time, briefly ahead of Dota 2 on launch day.
• Early Access (2020): 1M+ copies in six days; Steam strain at EA launch.

Classic franchise sales (pre-BG3)

Twitch (2023 window)

• 20.2 million hours watched within ten days of release; peak viewership 480,983.