Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition
Game
Game2014
Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition
Developer Beamdog
Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition is a remake of the Black Isle Studios' 2000 role-playing video game Icewind Dale and its expansions Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter and Trials of the Luremaster. Enhanced Edition was developed by Overhaul Games, a division of Beamdog, and published by Atari for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, iOS, and Android. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
354 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
90
LovedLoved
169 positive · 18 negative
95% range 85–94%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 169 | 18 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 30 | 6 | 94 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Mastodon * | 2 | 2 | 12 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
2,089 of 2,329 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
91% recommend · 165 yes, 16 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 181 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (3,343 of 3,717 positive).
Players praise the game's focus on combat and dungeon crawling, comparing it favorably to Baldur's Gate. [1][2][3] Reviewers highlight the deep character customization and challenging gameplay, especially on higher difficulties. [4][5][6]
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Representative posts
- [13]
They just throw a ridiculous number of enemies at you every two meters. BG1 and BG2 had the perfect combination of dialogue and combat. But this game just throws 50 enemies at you at once with no real chance of surviving. Dragon’s Eye was the biggest 'What the heck?' moment. Am I playing an RPG or a horde game? If I wanted those enemy waves, I’d be playing Doom.
- [1]
Very similar mechanically to Baldur’s Gate, but the focus is completely different Icewind Dale is basically all about combat. You create your whole party from scratch and head into a snowy adventure filled with fighting and dungeon crawling. If you loved BG2 combat but wanted less talking and more action, this is pretty much it The atmosphere is great, the snowy landscapes and hand-painted backgrounds still look …
- [2]
tl;dr: The closest comparison is obviously Black Isle's Baldur's Gate games. It uses the same AD&D 2E ruleset, the same Infinity Engine and is set in the same Forgotten Realms universe. The biggest difference is that, whereas the Bhaalspawn Saga focuses on story, companions and Forgotten Realms lore, Icewind Dale is a combat focused dungeon crawler built around a custom party. If you enjoyed the combat in Baldur's …
- [5]
TLDR: A classic party-based RPG with a compelling campaign and strong sense of adventure. Deep customization adds flexibility, but dated rules, clunky mechanics, and weak party interaction show their age. PROS: ➕You create your own party…. ➕Good narrative ➕Feeling of adventure CONS: ➖…but creating your own party means less interesting story-driven characters ➖Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (2nd Edition) is dated and …
- [3]
Okay, so you've played Baldur's Gate right? This is basically Baldur's Gate but with a tuned-up engine. Gameplay is more fight, less talk. Cool cold setting. If that sounds like something you're into, buy it! I bet it plays well on Steam Deck w those little mousepads. You need to batch select guys pretty often so it's not so great on regular tablets.
Summarised from 34 of the 312 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 12, 2026. How summaries are made
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Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition sits at 90% positive across 187 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition received mostly positive reviews from critics. The PC version has a score of 80/100 on Metacritic based on 13 reviews while the iOS version has a score of 83/100 based on 4 reviews. Gameplanet gave it a review score of 9/10 praising it for graphic upgrade over the original, bug fixes, rule tweaks and adding in all the additional content of the game while criticizing it for its dated graphics and the unnecessary inclusion of the "Story Mode" difficulty level. Gamezebo gave the mobile version a review score of 3.5/5 praising it for its new features, being free of lags and glitches and having a customizable UI. At the same time it criticized it for being…
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Reactions
60 of 354 · most liked firstThere's a little game anniversary today, Icewind Dale's 25th. Which, yeah, releasing just a day after Diablo II did? Probably hurt it a wee bit. I have fond memories of this (and have played the EE since), and picked up on release, my excitement fuelled by my love for the Icewind Dale novels.
positive · AI labelView post →Baldurs Gate 1 is a fantastic adventure. I just finished Baldurs Gate 1 for the first time and really enjoyed it. That's why I want to share my thoughts on. I'm acutally kina fond of the genre and love games like Pillars, KOTOR, Tyranny and already tried BG1 a couple of years ago, but I gave up after some hours (more on that later). In the meantime I finished BG3 twice, played through Owlcat's Pathfinder games and now I wanted to give BG1 another go. Story: I kinda like it, but it's definitely…
neutral · AI labelView post →A two page ad from early 2000 for Icewind Dale, an RPG for PCs by Black Isle Studios Shifting from the cozy intrigues of Baldur's Gate, this standalone adventure pit players against a new, shadowy evil encroaching in the distant, and chilly, far north of TSR's Forgotten Realms campaign world!
neutral · AI labelView post →Our next hardcore game - Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden - will be premiering with character creation next Wednesday, March 12th, at 8pm EST! Your players are: Juniper, Lawlman, @lobosjr.org , TheCrownedDM and @tomfawkes.com ! Introducing a bunch of new mechanics! Can't wait to see ya!
neutral · AI labelView post →I keep thinking about the massive impact BioWare had in the CRPG world... Planescape: Torment, Icewind Dale 1 & 2, KotOR 2, The Witcher 1 and NWN2 run on tech from BioWare. NWN1 was the birthplace of countless game designers. Love for "Infinity Engine-like" RPGs fueled the Kickstarter CRPG revival.
neutral · AI labelView post →This is a classic CRPG in AD&D 2nd edition. RTwP is my favourate system and I'm familiar with AD&D 2nd edition so my journey is quite pleasant. For new players who never played BG1 or BG2 before, there's a bit of learning curve in the game related to concepts like THAC0, saving throw categories and fractional APR. On lower difficulties, you can breeze through without caring about these. On Heart of Fury difficulty, the better understanding about these concepts definitely helps. The…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →25 Years Ago: Icewind Dale was released The video game by Black Isle Studio saw the player battling fierce creatures, and unraveling ancient mysteries. A nostalgic journey that still captivates gamers today. #dnd #TBThursday #tbt forgottenrealms.fand...
neutral · AI labelView post →My valkyrja-themed druid of the stars from a cancelled Icewind Dale game. I miss her already!
neutral · AI labelView post →$2500 pc and i choose to play a isometric RPG from the year 2000
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Some of my favourite Infinity Engine game music is in Icewind Dale, inspiring you with its grand sweep. It has to be noted that Jeremy Soule composed this music, who has disappeared from the game industry following multiple sexual harassment and misogyny allegations.
positive · AI labelView post →Icewind Dale 2 completable in Infinity Engine remake GemRB, plus Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition now playable https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/icewind-dale-2-completable-in-infinity-engine-remake-gemrb-plus-baldurs-gate-ii-enhanced-edition-now-playable/ #IcewindDale2 #IcewindDale #RPG #PCGaming #OpenSource
neutral · AI labelView post →Character portraits I drew for my players. The game is set in Icewind Dale and I love that they all embraced the setting when coming up with characters
neutral · AI labelView post →A mysterious and impenetrable fog is moving across the countryside. The only way to combat the fog, to drive it back and clear the air, is to banish it with light from an ancient and forgotten Reghed cantrip. And time is running out. The players must journey to Icewind Dale and find Rudy the Reghed Deer Druid who can guide them through the fog with his magic light to find the answers they seek.
neutral · AI labelView post →simply a timeless classic, every rpg fan should play this masterpiece at least once in their life. its just as good as baldurs gate 1, but even tho it also has a linear campaign and a decent story, the main focus here is exploring dungeons. its literally one dungeon after another and the atmosphere this kind of game has is unique and incredibly immersive, from the dungeon design and creatures to the ambient sounds and music. just play it if you enjoy a good rpg, especially one with real time…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's such a tricky art... fun attrition tests in a fast-paced RTwP like Icewind Dale can be tiresome in a slow RPG like Baldur's Gate 3... Because of these per-game particulaties & high entry barriers, we never had a community as vibrant as tabletop RPGs... I feel only NWN1 & RPG Maker got close :/
neutral · AI labelView post →I've Humble Bundle'd & that means I've got Steam keys for Planescape: Torment EE Icewind Dale: EE Baldur's Gate I: EE Baldur's Gate II: EE Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous ...going spare! Priority given to people who liked talking to me before they thought they could get a free game out of it
neutral · AI labelView post →Icewind Dale 2 completable in Infinity Engine remake GemRB, plus Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition now playable #IcewindDale2 #IcewindDale #RPG #PCGaming #OpenSource
neutral · AI labelView post →Here’s a few music playlists I made for my FR campaign, which included places like Icewind Dale, Icespire Peak and the city of Waterdeep.. [Follow the artist](https://open.spotify.com/user/313hrgql36wuo6akp3kqvrcwr3di) for easy access to these and future playlist;, [this artist too](https://open.spotify.com/artist/5sConoW8LedJmL6a5nAF4n): [The Tyranny of Dragons](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7vH3aj7t67TMjcwMjqwbjl) [Icespire…
neutral · AI labelView post →End of MARCH UPDATE STREAM! 📕New game incoming? 📕Icewind Dale Hardcore! 📕IO 5e Updates: New Classes, Combat, Monster Levels, Crafting, and more! 📕New VTuber channel?? 📕Fiendish Forge Progress Update! www.twitch.tv/brettultimus
neutral · AI labelView post →Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition Yes, I recommend it. An 8/10 for me, even though I remember all the criticism the game got back in the day and still gets. It’s nostalgia for me – but not just for the game. I’ve recently replayed Baldur’s Gate, Baldur’s Gate II (BG) and Neverwinter Nights. Icewind Dale (IWD) was the obvious next step. Though the game is story light and combat heavy, as per design, and clearly not as good as the Baldur’s Gate originals, I felt a huge nostalgia for the way these…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm in a bit of an anxiety spike at the minute, so that means time for my comfort game: Icewind Dale II! This time I'll attempt a solo run with each class to see how far they can get until they die. Not all right now, one each time I get a anxious spike 😅 Our first contestant; Barb the Barbarian
positive · AI labelView post →Somehow, I played Icewind Dale before Baldur's Gate when I was younger - I think it was, sincerely, the box art that grabbed me. It was *the* game that reinvigorated my love of RPGs, and I love returning to it.
positive · AI labelView post →Icewind Dale 2 is the most surreal game to have ever been made it's got the engine that ran millions of hours of AD&D and it's got 3.0 bolted straight onto the side of it
neutral · AI labelView post →Here’s a few music playlists I made for my Forgotten Realms campaign, which included places like Icewind Dale, Icespire Peak and the city of Waterdeep.. [Follow the artist](https://open.spotify.com/user/313hrgql36wuo6akp3kqvrcwr3di) for easy access to these and future playlist;, [this artist too](https://open.spotify.com/artist/5sConoW8LedJmL6a5nAF4n): [The Tyranny of Dragons](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7vH3aj7t67TMjcwMjqwbjl) [Icespire…
neutral · AI labelView post →Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Icewind Dale, Planescape Torment, and Eye of the Beholder are great and all, but the BEST videogame adaptation of D&D ever made wasn't even a roleplaying game:
neutral · AI labelView post →Yep. And the reason we don't have Icewind Dale 2 Enhanced Edition is because the source code for that game was lost. For a while we hoped someone had it in their stuff, but they didn't. MAKE BACKUPS PEOPLE.
neutral · AI labelView post →23 Years Ago: Icewind Dale II was released. Set around 30 years after the events of the original game, its plot revolves around the players fighting the Legion of the Chimera, which threatens to overrun the Ten Towns. #dnd #TBThursday #tbt forgottenrealms.fand...
neutral · AI labelView post →Baldurs Gate 1 is a fantastic adventure. cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/35311538 > I just finished Baldurs Gate 1 for the first time and really enjoyed it. That's why I want to share my thoughts on. I'm acutally kina fond of the genre and love games like Pillars, KOTOR, Tyranny and already tried BG1 a couple of years ago, but I gave up after some hours (more on that later). In the meantime I finished BG3 twice, played through Owlcat's Pathfinder games and now I wanted to give BG1…
neutral · AI labelView post →Very similar mechanically to Baldur’s Gate, but the focus is completely different Icewind Dale is basically all about combat. You create your whole party from scratch and head into a snowy adventure filled with fighting and dungeon crawling. If you loved BG2 combat but wanted less talking and more action, this is pretty much it The atmosphere is great, the snowy landscapes and hand-painted backgrounds still look really nice, and building your own party is a lot of fun. Combat happens often…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wow. Nostalgia. I played this game years ago. Back then, my English wasn't very good and I finished it with the help of a walkthrough on a website. This enhanced edition has an incredibly high-quality Turkish translation. I was surprised and delighted to see this in a game with such long dialogues. Thank you for adding Turkish subtitles and for doing it so perfectly. Edit: It seems a new part is added, Castle Maluradek Courtyard. Its completely a different mind from the original (no clue what…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've played Icewind Dale 1 and 2, and played a premade set in it in a 5e game, and I have to admit: I fucking hate every last one of these towns, it's good that dark forces are going to destroy them
negative · AI labelView post →OK Josh Sawyer replied to a reply that means I'm playing Icewind Dale again by which I mean I'll do character creation the next two days followed by the rest of the game.
positive · AI labelView post →Morning light 🌅 Just wanted to draw the sweet boys cuddled up for their last sunrise before heading back to the perpetual dark in the Icewind Dale. Also less than 48 hours in game later they’re both in a very precarious fight and I am NOT OKAY 😩
neutral · AI labelView post →In 2005, I didn’t have a Wacom tablet, so I painted the piece on the left with a mouse, based on a scanned ink drawing. Twenty years later, my love for Icewind Dale still endures, now realized in an official D&D video game.
positive · AI labelView post →Here’s a few music playlists I made for my Forgotten Realms campaign, which included places like Icewind Dale, Icespire Peak and the city of Waterdeep.. [Follow the artist](https://open.spotify.com/user/313hrgql36wuo6akp3kqvrcwr3di) for easy access to these and future playlist;, [this artist too](https://open.spotify.com/artist/5sConoW8LedJmL6a5nAF4n): [The Tyranny of Dragons](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7vH3aj7t67TMjcwMjqwbjl) [Icespire…
neutral · AI labelView post →They just throw a ridiculous number of enemies at you every two meters. BG1 and BG2 had the perfect combination of dialogue and combat. But this game just throws 50 enemies at you at once with no real chance of surviving. Dragon’s Eye was the biggest 'What the heck?' moment. Am I playing an RPG or a horde game? If I wanted those enemy waves, I’d be playing Doom.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Botched Game Room (missed VERY juicy artifacts). Decided to restart with same party. Encounters are actually scaling in Icewind Dale 2?🤨 There was only 6 guys at 6 lvl. At higher levels games turns into Diablo. You rushed by hordes of enemies. Strategy? Just shoot fireballs and hope for the best😅
neutral · AI labelView post →These are slop, but it opens up to an interesting idea. Reverse engineering software isn't exactly an easy or quick process. AI could greatly accelerate that work. I'm not thinking for mashing two games for a quick video, but more like for Icewind Dale 2 rebuilds (the original source code is missing so no true enhanced editions exist). Or remastering old titles like Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magic Obscura or even older games like Menzoberranzan and Stone Prophet. I'm assuming the biggest…
neutral · AI labelView post →For Random Game Saturday, here's what I'm now playing when I'm not working on a video: Icewind Dale II. It's the only one of the Infinity Engine games not readily available, and I never played it before so I picked up a copy.
neutral · AI labelView post →CRPG list I stole and condensed from Reddit. cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/57203969 > Credit where credit is due: [MEGA CRPG RECOMMENDATION LIST](https://old.reddit.com/r/CRPG/comments/136zqua/mega_crpg_recommendation_list_work_in_progress/). Tasty comments full of people disagreeing on the OP's categorization. Seems to have deleted their account, so no u/ I can direct you to. I left all the recommendations and categorization alone, but took out some of the color commentary (which…
neutral · AI labelView post →Here’s a few music playlists I made for my Forgotten Realms campaign, which included places like Icewind Dale, Icespire Peak and the city of Waterdeep.. [Follow the artist](https://open.spotify.com/user/313hrgql36wuo6akp3kqvrcwr3di) for easy access to these and future playlist;, [this artist too](https://open.spotify.com/artist/5sConoW8LedJmL6a5nAF4n): [The Tyranny of Dragons](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7vH3aj7t67TMjcwMjqwbjl) [Icespire…
neutral · AI labelView post →The quality of this game is so high it makes me have insane, lovecraftian thoughts like "Maybe I should play Icewind Dale" or "Surely Neverwinter Nights *can* be fun"
positive · AI labelView post →Also drew the Autognome Forgekin duo I'll be playing with a friend for our upcoming Icewind Dale game. #dnd #ocsky #art #doodle
neutral · AI labelView post →in awe of a guy I play tabletops with buying BG3, when he didn't like NWN or Icewind Dale, and finds D&D 5e combat extremely boring, and then complaining about not enjoying the game
neutral · AI labelView post →So, my personal comfort game is Icewind Dale II. There's a lot of interesting things it does which I wish other D&D games did, but as I'm attempting a replay (solo fighter lol) it's reminded me that I love it gives items deep lore in a way I don't think has been done to the same degree since.
positive · AI labelView post →Reading Forgotten Realms lore for a game and it occurs to me, FR (and thus official #dnd) lore is very much about ‘names that describe things’ (Icewind Dale, Greypeak, High Forest) which is the exact opposite of Lord Dunsany style ‘exotic weird nonsense’ names. The former probably translates better
neutral · AI labelView post →tl;dr: The closest comparison is obviously Black Isle's Baldur's Gate games. It uses the same AD&D 2E ruleset, the same Infinity Engine and is set in the same Forgotten Realms universe. The biggest difference is that, whereas the Bhaalspawn Saga focuses on story, companions and Forgotten Realms lore, Icewind Dale is a combat focused dungeon crawler built around a custom party. If you enjoyed the combat in Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II, and wanted to experiment with very different party…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →everything from lost mine of phandelver became a retread of bits of Against the Giants, Curse of Strahd is just name recognition: the module, Icewind Dale is the same for video game nerds
neutral · AI labelView post →Made little sprites of the Icewind Dale players for a game I'm in.
neutral · AI labelView post →Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn, then and now. Final Fantasy IX a close second, though. In a truly vintage year. Also kind of wild to see BG spinoff Icewind Dale came out *the same year* as BG2. Game development was ~different~ then.
neutral · AI labelView post →This game is ridiculous. While the Story is entertaining and the areas are interesting, the fighting destroys all the fun this game could offer. The difficulty of this game is measured by the amount of enemies, that this game throws at you. In the beginning it is manageable, since you can pause the game and assign every character, but the further you get, the ridiculous it gets. Chapter 4 is a perfect example. If you don't walk one step at a time, so you don't trigger a huge group of enemies,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It was decided in last night’s D&D game that the good people of Icewind Dale talk like they’re from Fargo.
neutral · AI labelView post →What is Wyrmframe. Wyrmframe is my attempt at a system-agnostic CRPG games template for Godot Engine 4.7+. The idea is based on the classic Infinity Engine feel (Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, Planescape: Torment), but with no hardcoded rules. I want to create a flexible core (attributes, stats, status effects, equipment, RTwP/turn-based combat) that can be configured via data, not code. Do you want a D&D-style setup? Fine. Want something completely homebrew? Also fine - the architecture doesn't…
neutral · AI labelView post →And thats base game Icewind Dale wrapped up Huh! Pretty uncomplicatedly good time, dunno why i found it such a slog on my first go Liked that Siege of Dragonspear references it
positive · AI labelView post →Age verification? My first video game was Icewind Dale
neutral · AI labelView post →CRPG list I stole and condensed from Reddit. Credit where credit is due: [MEGA CRPG RECOMMENDATION LIST](https://old.reddit.com/r/CRPG/comments/136zqua/mega_crpg_recommendation_list_work_in_progress/). Tasty comments full of people disagreeing on the OP's categorization. Seems to have deleted their account, so no u/ I can direct you to. I left all the recommendations and categorization alone, but took out some of the color commentary (which to some might just be blandifying it, lol). # "Where…
neutral · AI labelView post →I got a tiefling girlie for ya! This is Bryn/ Black Ice! she's my character from our Icewind Dale game that been on a looooong hiatus, so I really miss her ;w;
neutral · AI labelView post →In shocking news, Larians new game revealed to be Icewind Dale 3 Riots ensue
neutral · AI labelView post →a lot of the systems in Pillars were "what if really good game designers took a crack at the core conceits of D&D that they worked with back in the Baldur's Gate/Icewind Dale days?" chief among them: why would you use any particular weapon over another?
neutral · AI labelView post →Reinstalling Icewind Dale 2 enhanced edition because I cannot and will not play this game in my insane "solo guy who gets all the XP and multiclasses" mode style with the quickloot bar NOT WORKING
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