Summary
A drive to try and raiseBaldur’s Gate 3’s concurrent players on Steam above one million is being made by the RPG’s community over the weekend. The success of Larian Studios' now fully launched game has shocked everyone, including the developers.Baldur’s Gate 3has sold millions of copies and has seen concurrent player totals approaching one million. But the game’s community wants to see even more and is rallying players to try and make the one million concurrent players on Steam achievement happen.
If everyone stopped playingBaldur’s Gate 3tomorrow, it will have already accomplished something incredibly impressive. Despite only being available for PC,Baldur’s Gate 3is a striking success. According to Steam’s player tracking,Baldur’s Gate 3reached a peak of 814,666 concurrent playerson Sunday, August 6. As if that wasn’t impressive enough, reports claim thatBaldur’s Gate 3accounted for 27.5% of all playtime on Steam on August 6. There are few games it can be compared to.
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NowBaldur’s Gate 3players are pushing for the community to reach an even more impressive achievement. There’s currently a call within the community forBaldur’s Gate 3playersto log in and play between the hours of noon and 7:00 PM PT on Saturday, August 12. The hope is that with enough of a push,Baldur’s Gate 3may reach one million total concurrent players on Steam.
There’s no reward for reaching one million concurrent players on Steam. This isn’t a push from Larian itself, either. It’s just a loving portion ofBaldur’s Gate 3’s community that thinks the game deserves to reach this milestone, securing its place as one of the most-played games on Steam. At its current number,Baldur’s Gate 3is ranked 9th on Steam for lifetime concurrent player totals. Bringing that number up to a million would raise it to 6th, justaboveElden Ringand belowCyberpunk 2077.
A push to reach one million concurrent players forBaldur’s Gate 3may not even be necessary. It’s entirely possible thatBaldur’s Gate 3will reach that number naturally. Some games, likeCyberpunk 2077, reach their peak immediately and lose players thereafter. Other games, likeElden Ring, are popular to start but gain a short burst of momentum through word of mouth and review quality.Baldur’s Gate 3could absolutely be that kind of game.
Regardless of whether it reaches one million concurrent players on Steam or not,Baldur’s Gate 3has already established itself as a unique and special game release. It doesn’t have anything else to prove. But ifBaldur’s Gate 3players do choose to play between noon and 7:00 PM PT this Saturday, Larian Studios wouldn’t mind the extra push toward one million concurrent players on Steam.
