Baldur's Gate 3 Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-10
- High replayability and vast content
- Well-developed companions and characters
- Deep and satisfying turn-based combat
- Meaningful choices with consequences
- Game has many bugs
- Act 3 is disappointing
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMpositiveWindows 12-15GB VRAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 856,844
- Positive
- 829,30396.8%
- Negative
- 27,5413.2%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 35,828,740
- Estimated revenue
- $2,149,366,113
- Game price
- $60
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 30.06%
- Estimated copies lost
- 125
- Estimated revenue lost
- $7,499
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 30.1% Avg playtime 1.6h | 130.2% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 2484.6% Avg playtime 149.6h | 5,13095.1% Avg playtime 293.1h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 2.5 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 44.3 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 134.9 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 2,164.7 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
5,394 total
Organic purchasers4,64086.0%
Voted up: 95%
Key activations75414.0%
Voted up: 95%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
5,394 total
First impression0-2h290.54%
Voted up: 86%
Mid game2-10h2234.13%
Voted up: 85%
Late game10-20h2274.21%
Voted up: 88%
Endgame20h+4,91591.1%
Voted up: 96%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
93.3%
Global baseline 95.3%
90 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 856,844 total.