Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
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Baldur's Gate 3
Developer Larian Studios
Baldur's Gate 3 (also known as BG3 and Baldur's Gate III) is a role-playing video game by Larian Studios. It is the third installment in the Baldur's Gate series. The game's full release for Windows happened on August 3, 2023, with PlayStation 5, macOS, and Xbox Series X/S later in the same year. In the game's narrative, the party seeks to cure themselves of the Illithid parasites infecting their brains. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
1,149 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
93
LovedLoved
866 positive · 65 negative
95% range 91–94%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 866 | 65 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 53 | 6 | 114 |
| Lemmy * | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| Mastodon * | 5 | 0 | 15 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Overwhelmingly Positive
491,332 of 507,540 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
95% recommend · 274 yes, 15 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 289 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Overwhelmingly Positive (833,673 of 861,373 positive).
Players praise the game's freedom, storytelling, and replayability. [1][2][3] Some reviewers report game-breaking bugs, especially in Act 3. [4][5] A few players find the inventory system and character writing lacking. [6][4]
Liked
Representative posts
- [6]
The game is so close to being a masterpiece but there are some terrible design decisions I can't get over. So much item / inventory spam. I really just don't like most of the characters- they do feel like they're right out of a horny theater kid DND instead of having weight, imo. Lot of folks will understandably love it though.
- [1]
After having spent about 700 hours and having unlocked every achievement in the game, I figured I should write a review about one of my favorite, if not my favorite game, Baldur's Gate 3. (This will be a spoiler-free review) The developer's previous game (Divinity: Original Sin 2) was my favorite CRPG, so when I got into the early access of BG3 I wasn't expecting it to be that good in comparison, and boy was I …
- [2]
In a world where generic bloat games rule the industry. One game makes a stand as a fully feature complete game for full price, and not have aggressive scummy monetization practices. I vote with my wallet on this one.
- [3]
If you had told me I’d spend 60 hours in Act 1 alone, I wouldn’t have believed you—but that’s the magic of Baldur’s Gate 3. After dozens of hours explored, I can confidently say this is the best RPG I have ever played. Larian Studios has created something that feels less like a video game and more like a living, breathing world that actually reacts to your presence. Total Player Freedom The sheer volume of choices …
- [7]
Very good game. The story is good, the gameplay is too, and you get extreme freedom in your approach to pretty much everything. For example, I made a pact with a devil to obtain a powerful weapon meant to be used against the final boss. But since I had no intention of honoring the pact, I opened a portal to the devil's hellish manor, stole the contract, looted his private version of a British colonial museum, took …
Summarised from 34 of the 393 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Baldur's Gate 3 sits at 93% positive across 931 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
According to review aggregator website Metacritic, Baldur's Gate 3 received "universal acclaim" from critics, with 98% of critics recommending the game on aggregator OpenCritic. Critics praised the game's detail and scope, with several comparing the studio to a gracious dungeon master, and describing the game as faithfully emulating the tabletop Dungeons and Dragons experience. The Guardian's Nick Rueben said the game enabled players to solve problems creatively. Several reviews praised the game's production quality, citing the cinematics, performance capture, and fully voiced cast. Polygon's Gita Jackson described the game as a "masterpiece" with limits imposed by a flawed tabletop…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 1,149 · most liked firstBaldur's Gate 3 is such a toxic game. I am halfway my second play through and I am already thinking about my 3rd one (probably finally doing dark urge). Like how I am I supposed to ever play another game 😭
positive · AI labelView post →fell down a rabbit hole, apparently the most thorough guides for Baldur's Gate 1&2 are written by a woman who has been thoroughly blogging all her video game opinions since the 1980s. she gave Baldur's Gate 3 a 2.1/10 rating and scathingly calls it a reddit RPG lilura1.blogspot.com/2024/01/Redd...
neutral · AI labelView post →Still playing Baldur's Gate 3 and gotta be said, this thing probably has the best character development of any game I've ever played, and not sure it's close either. Phenomenal work.
positive · AI labelView post →So with almost all digital game stores being based in the US,this could seriously fuck up the type of games we can release. We're not talking about small titles either. We're talking about Baldur's Gate 3, Disco Elysium, Cyberpunk and so on. 1/2
neutral · AI labelView post →Play as paladin. Choose in dialog. Game crashes. Immersive oathbreaking experience.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just left character creation. Excited to see what the game has in store!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Baldur's Gate 3 is a game about you and your bisexual friends trying to find adequate healthcare for a preexisting condition.
positive · AI labelView post →After having spent about 700 hours and having unlocked every achievement in the game, I figured I should write a review about one of my favorite, if not my favorite game, Baldur's Gate 3. (This will be a spoiler-free review) The developer's previous game (Divinity: Original Sin 2) was my favorite CRPG, so when I got into the early access of BG3 I wasn't expecting it to be that good in comparison, and boy was I wrong. Graphics First of all, and the main reason BG3 gave so much visibility to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Halsin the druid from Baldur's Gate 3. Who is your favourite romance in the game?
neutral · AI labelView post →This game has a unique ability to make you think about your next play through while you're still playing your current one. It's awesome.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →On some level I think these guys are residually mad that they could not call Baldur's Gate 3 a failure because that's a way gayer game by every objective measure.
neutral · AI labelView post →BALDUR'S GATE 3 IS NOT AN INDIE. EXPEDITION 33 IS NOT AN INDIE. DAVE THE DIVER IS NOT AN INDIE. If you're making an Indie game of the year list, PLEASE consider the scope, funding, team, publisher, and contractors involved. Rant over.
neutral · AI labelView post →Started a playthrough with friends one day, wanting to see it through the end. Now, one year later we're not done because we can never get together to keep the campaign going. 10/10, it truly is a perfect video game representation of a pen and paper role-playing campaign.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have too many hours in this game. This has been my favioute game for several years now. I even finished honour mode. It is high time I left a review. Absolute cinema - everything out of 10. Perfection.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →'Baldur's Gate' TV series is in the works • Craig Mazin ('The Last of Us') is the showrunner • Story takes place immediately after the events of 'Baldur's Gate 3' • Will feature characters from the game (via Deadline)
neutral · AI labelView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☑ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☐ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Get half way through act 3. Want to try something different. Start a new run. Get half way through act 3. Want to try something different. Start a new run. Get half way through act 3. Want to try something different. Start a new run. Still haven't finished the game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You know, I still haven't actually finished Baldur's Gate 3, but I have finished the Shadowheart questline which was probably the real main game for me.
positive · AI labelView post →To be completely honest, I uninstalled Baldur’s Gate 3 twice before the game finally clicked for me. At first, the overwhelming amount of systems, turn-based combat, and the feeling of being completely lost in the early levels almost beat me. To make matters worse, my first choice was a Bard a class that initially makes you feel more like a bystander than a hero. The game felt too punishing, overly complex, and the temptation to quit won twice. But everything changed when I hit Level 4.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Baldur's Gate 3 is the greatest game ever made
positive · AI labelView post →Game Over Lae’zel | Baldur’s Gate 3 Lae’zel by Frau_Haku Ph by Dio Edit by KIRA #BaldursGate3 #BaldursGate3Cosplay #Laezel #LaezelCosplay
neutral · AI labelView post →In a world where generic bloat games rule the industry. One game makes a stand as a fully feature complete game for full price, and not have aggressive scummy monetization practices. I vote with my wallet on this one.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 8 Stress Test Now Live - includes cross-play and Xbox Series S split-screen co-op baldursgate3.game/news/communi...
neutral · AI labelView post →Update to the latest version of Baldur's Gate 3 to enjoy a crash-free experience when starting the game through the GOG Mac launcher, safely create map markers on PS5 without getting booted, and grow slightly less patchy beards. Game Version: 4.1.1.7631656
neutral · AI labelView post →You think you have free will in this life until a virtual 20-sided die decides your entire destiny. Still, where else can you miss a 99% hit on a sleeping goblin but successfully gaslit a demon lord into committing suicide? Best game ever.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Good 💎 🔵 Accessibility features galore. 🔵 Amazing storytelling. 🔵 Extremely replayable. 🔵 Incredible characters. 🔵 Memorable experiences. 🔵 Supportive game developers. The Bad 🧨 🔴 Can be addicting. 🔴 Will make other games look bad. 🏅 9.6/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Baldur’s Gate 3 understands people better than most RPGs do. It understands that people are complicated. They carry pride, shame, fear, desire, hope, resentment. They want love, freedom, power, revenge, forgiveness, sometimes all at once. That is why the companions feel real. They do not feel like polished archetypes. They feel like people shaped by wounds, faith, longing, survival, and the weight of what life has done to them. That is why the choices matter. This game does not give you tidy…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very good game. The story is good, the gameplay is too, and you get extreme freedom in your approach to pretty much everything. For example, I made a pact with a devil to obtain a powerful weapon meant to be used against the final boss. But since I had no intention of honoring the pact, I opened a portal to the devil's hellish manor, stole the contract, looted his private version of a British colonial museum, took out his pleasure slave, and freed his most important prisoner. When the devil…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Have you spent the past three years gleefully unravelling every plot thread in Baldur's Gate 3? Then you may be one of the few who've experienced some of the rarer scenes in the game! Let us know which one surprised you the most: www.youtube.com/watch?v=92pf...
neutral · AI labelView post →I first stumbled across BG3 back in 2023 when it randomly popped up on my Steam page. I'd already sunk hours into the Divinity Original Sin games before that, so the moment I saw gameplay clips on YouTube, I was hooked instantly. Everything about it felt familiar yet somehow more alive. Here's the part I'm not proud of, though. At the time I was completely broke, no job, no income, so I downloaded a pirated copy just to see what the hype was about. I ended up playing close to 300 hours on that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Game Awards statue was for Larian's new game, Divinity, a new RPG that's "even larger than Baldur's Gate 3 www.eurogamer.net/larian-annou...
neutral · AI labelView post →My wife and I played through the game twice in split-screen. It was a lot of fun and exciting
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Baldur’s Gate 3 is truly a labor of love and still worth playing in 2026 and beyond if you haven’t already. I’ve been stalling on writing a review because I didn’t know how to put into words everything I feel about this game, and you only get one chance to do it justice. I’ve decided not to go into detail about the gameplay or story. Instead, I’ll just tell you how I got here. Last year, I got a sudden itch to play something fantastical, with cool creatures and an engaging story. My…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →anyway I started up Baldur's Gate 3 again and I swear this time I'll finish the game and not stop playing after 60 hours for no reason 😅
positive · AI labelView post →A Great Game Both Solo & With Friends ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☑ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☑ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you had told me I’d spend 60 hours in Act 1 alone, I wouldn’t have believed you—but that’s the magic of Baldur’s Gate 3. After dozens of hours explored, I can confidently say this is the best RPG I have ever played. Larian Studios has created something that feels less like a video game and more like a living, breathing world that actually reacts to your presence. Total Player Freedom The sheer volume of choices is staggering. I’ll be honest: it’s overwhelming at times, but in the best…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Baldur’s Gate 3 is the only game where I can heroically save a village, accidentally set myself on fire, romance a vampire, and politely ask a squirrel not to murder me—all before lunch. Truly, a role-playing masterpiece. The amount of freedom in this game is absurd. I tried to solve one quest with diplomacy, failed miserably, and ended up throwing a pair of boots at someone. The game not only allowed it… it encouraged it. Peak design.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The designer of this naked smurf game from 40 years ago also worked on Baldur's Gate 3 swashbucklingadventure.net/lawrence-sch...
neutral · AI labelView post →More Than a Game, an Adventure I Will Remember Some games entertain you. Some games impress you. A very small number of games stay with you long after the credits roll. Baldur's Gate 3 belongs to that last category. After completing the game 100%, earning every achievement, and spending well over a hundred hours in the Forgotten Realms, I can honestly say that this has become one of the most memorable gaming experiences I have ever had. It's not simply one of the best RPGs I've played.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Baldur's Gate 3 is a game about making hard choices in an expansive fantasy world while wearing a stupid fucking hat
positive · AI labelView post →My pal failed to have sex with a bear. And he started collecting child corpses in his personal chest. He says - that it’s an orphanage. When he logs out of the game, we lock his character in the closet.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Baldur's Gate 3 is the only game where I spent 45 minutes customizing my character’s jawline just to immediately get seduced by a vampire with better hair. I set out to be a noble hero and somehow became a loot-hoarding menace who quicksaves before every mildly suspicious dialogue option. The dice decide my fate, which is great because now I can blame “RNG” for flirting failures just like in real life. Every quest spirals into chaos, every companion needs therapy, and I wouldn’t have it any…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →well you can kill a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ elden brain and have sex with mindflayer or a bear... which is pretty realistic, but something unrealistic is that you can talk to a girl
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i love this game. it has become a huge comfort to me over the years, and genuinely changed the way i play games - it made me strategize much more, and made me appreciate little details. i don't think i will ever grow tired of it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Realizing that healing in Baldur's Gate 3 is a waste of time in combat has made the game so much easier.
positive · AI labelView post →my debut on the absolutely wonderful Stacks (@thestacks.ca) is an interrogation on the sexuality of Baldur's Gate 3. We all know about the memetic Bear Sex, and how horny the game is, but what is Baldur's Gate 3 actually doing with sex? i'd be delighted if you read on to find out...
neutral · AI labelView post →My goal is to play a game that is NOT Baldur's Gate 3 this weekend. Will it happen?? Signs point to ...... unlikely.
positive · AI labelView post →I have put way too many hours into this game. After unlocking every achievement and completing my 7th playthrough, I think it's finally time to say goodbye. I highly recommend it to any RPG fan—it is incredible. Hope I never play it again though. 10/10.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bg3 really has something for everyone - good roleplay if you're into that, cool combat if thats what you're looking for, great story, etc. Totally worth the hype, and I even recommend giving it a shot if you think you'll be thrown off by romance options or similar stuff, it's basically all optional. Also! As a DM who's played hundreds of hours of dnd, this game replicates the feeling sooo well. Spoiler-free Tips: - Explore the map. The whole thing. The game is so much more fun when you do…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →happy 2 anniversaries to our beloved game Baldur's Gate 3! i painted this one for @dbtrartbook.bsky.social 's project 😋 #BG3 #BaldursGate3 #BG3Artbook #BG3fanart
neutral · AI labelView post →I have over 1500 hours in this game and I could easily put another 500 or more easily into it. I've played by myself, with my brother, and with a group of different friends. The characters, the story, the customization options both in the base game and with mods, the gameplay. They all add to the replayability of this game. I haven't even seen everything the game has to offer either. This game swept through gaming awards the year it came out, and for good reason. I love this game and cannot…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I think this might be my new favourite game of all time. I honestly don’t think I’ve ever played a game with this level of complexity in its interconnected stories, dialogue choices, consequences, characters, and factions. It’s truly astonishing. I loved the world, the story, and every single location all beautifully handcrafted with passion and incredible attention to detail, literally around every corner. The level of interactivity is also insane you can move objects, place them, throw them……
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Baldur's Gate 3 from the OG devs didn't happen despite years of trying because the money people thought "It's a single-player RPG, it's not going to do that big in numbers". Beamdog tried and failed before Larian got the opportunity
neutral · AI labelView post →The game that proved me completely wrong. I used to always skip this game. I honestly didn't understand how people could enjoy this specific genre and I refused to believe the perfect review scores. Even when it won (Game of the Year) I thought to myself that it had to be an exaggeration. However curiosity eventually got the better of me. I made the decision to buy it and see what the hype was all about. To be perfectly honest I did not enjoy it during the first half hour. But I decided…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Best Sports/Racing Game goes to Mairo Kart World Best Community Support - Baldur's Gate 3 Best AR/VR Game - The Midnight Walk Best RPG - Clair Obscur Expedition 33
neutral · AI labelView post →the mystery statue for the Game Awards? It's the Hellstone, and it's part of Larian's new Divinity game that will be "even larger than Baldur's Gate 3"
neutral · AI labelView post →A game in which a random book/rune you read at your first hours can change the outcome of a conversation you are making near your last hours. Splendid, a must play if you are interested in RPG! Also you can pet animals which is enough just by itself
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Here's how it works for them: Game is bad = "go WokE gO brOKe" Game is good = Not woke See: Baldur's Gate 3, Expedition 33, etc, etc...
neutral · AI labelView post →Been trying to start it 4 times, not getting past the goblin camp before dropping. It just wasn't clicking for some reason. Started a fifth time, and HOO BOY did it click. Best game of 20s so far. If you're in the same boat, just get to level 5. Thank me later. Also, Karlach best girl.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →reminds me of playing dnd except im not the dungeon master and i can bang hot companions and make beautiful player characters
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