Baldur's Gate 3

Baldur's Gate 3

Steam Deck Verified

Larian Studios · RPG · Aug 3, 2023

Yes, worth buying.

At $59.99. It has been as low as $41.99.

97%
Overwhelmingly Positive
852k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 180 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 81 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 43 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 15 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 852k player reviews · updated 4 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise25% are divided25% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Your party is filled with an ensemble of interesting characters, each with their own backstory and companion questline, coupled with an outstanding voice acting performance from each one.
180 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Character creation, much like the source material, is a convoluted mess from a gameplay perspective, though props to Larian for adapting so much variation into a single game here.
81 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Your party is filled with an ensemble of interesting characters, each with their own backstory and companion questline, coupled with an outstanding voice acting performance from each one.
43 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
(+) A numerous amount of QOL improvements over DOS2, from UI, gameplay, inventory management, all the way to graphics and performance
39 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
I also played most if not all of Act I on a Multiplayer game with three other players; this is a game that can probably be very, very enjoyable to play on Multiplayer when everyone in your group has finished the game already and are eager to try some RP and take on the game as a group role-playing experience; this is not a game where you play Multiplayer like Diablo II for example, where you just rush through the story to get to the end and make an OP character build.
18 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
Multiplay/Coop: 9/10 (very good)
11 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love6 themes
Story and characters180 reviews
Gameplay81 reviews
Audio43 reviews
Graphics39 reviews
Multiplayer18 reviews
Co-op11 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat86 reviews
78%
Difficulty24 reviews
71%
Interface22 reviews
64%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs15 reviews
60%
Crashes12 reviews
50%
Performance6 reviews
67%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $59.99. The lowest we've tracked is $41.99.

6 points recordedtoday · $59.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
97%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
54
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.