Baldur's Gate 3 dev still floored by the RPG's sustained popularity: "644,205 average daily players in the last 7 days is still so insane to me this far from launch"
Surely they're not all sticking around just for the new kiss animations
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Yeah, sure,Baldur’s Gate 3was popular last year when it became the biggest RPG out there and vacuumed up all those GotY awards, but with a zillion other games launching every day, are people still playing it? Yes, it turns out. The answer is very much yes.
Michael ‘Cromwelp’ Douse, director of publishing at Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian, revealed the game’s current player stats onTwitterthis week, saying “644,205 average daily players in the last 7 days is still so insane to me this far from launch.” That’s an extremely impressive number, especially since - as Douse notes - those players are “just on Steam,” and don’t count anybody who’s trucking through the game on PS5 or Xbox.
644,205 average daily players in the last 7 days is still so insane to me this far from launch (just on …