Baldur's Gate 3
Last updated: 2025-12-23
- Impactful narrative choices shape gameplay experience
- Deep character development enhances immersion
- Strategic turn-based combat offers depth
- Prevalent bugs and performance issues frustrate players
- Complex mechanics confuse new players
- Rushed third act disappoints story progression
Emotions
Frustration19%Excitement13%Joy8%Disappointment7%Satisfaction7%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 810,569
- Positive
- 784,97496.8%
- Negative
- 25,5953.2%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 54,836,039
- Estimated revenue
- $3,289,613,980
- Game price
- $60
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 2220.21%
- Estimated copies lost
- 15,019
- Estimated revenue lost
- $900,990
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 2230.2% Avg playtime 1.1h | 3290.3% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 3,9963.7% Avg playtime 148.1h | 103,58195.8% Avg playtime 266.2h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 56.8 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 496.5 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 4,577.4 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,903.7 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
108,129 total
Organic purchasers92,88385.9%
Voted up: 96%
Key activations15,24614.1%
Voted up: 96%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
108,129 total
First impression0-2h8450.78%
Voted up: 69%
Mid game2-10h7,1316.59%
Voted up: 89%
Late game10-20h6,7736.26%
Voted up: 92%
Endgame20h+93,38086.4%
Voted up: 97%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
95.4%
Global baseline 96.1%
1,369 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 810,569 total.