Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition

Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition

Steam Deck Playable

Beamdog · CRPG · Jan 16, 2013

Yes, worth buying.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $6.99.

92%
Very Positive
18k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 147 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 33 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 29 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Interface: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 18k player reviews · updated 3 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
45% of themes are praise22% are divided33% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Recommendations:If you would like to have some quality of life improvements and additional new content and characters, play the Enhanced Edition.
147 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Gameplay: Never would have believed dnd mechanics could be translated into real time gameplay like this and work.
33 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
I love retro games and old school graphics are definitely my style.
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The OST is good, but sometimes it goes way too hard for what's happening on screen.
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 love4 themes
Story and characters147 reviews
Gameplay33 reviews
Graphics29 reviews
Audio11 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat46 reviews
83%
Difficulty29 reviews
90%
Players complain% still recommend
Interface16 reviews
75%
Bugs12 reviews
83%
Crashes7 reviews
86%

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. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

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

Prices have been lower

Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $6.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
92%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
129
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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