Baldur's Gate III (2023)
Baldur's Gate III is a 2023 role-playing (rpg) video game made by Larian Studios.
Something wrong is growing behind your eyes, and the city ahead may not survive it. Baldur's Gate III opens with your character abducted and implanted with a mind flayer parasite, then set loose in the Forgotten Realms to find a cure before it takes hold. Larian Studios builds it all on Dungeons and Dragons rules: roll dice for everything, gather a party of sharp-tongued companions, and solve each problem by talk, stealth, spell, or force. Choices stick, conversations branch far, and the world reacts to who you bring and what you do. It rewards curiosity and cruelty alike.
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What is Baldur's Gate III about?
Something wrong is growing behind your eyes, and the city ahead may not survive it. Baldur's Gate III opens with your character abducted and implanted with a mind flayer parasite, then set loose in the Forgotten Realms to find a cure before it takes hold. Larian Studios builds it all on Dungeons and Dragons rules: roll dice for everything, gather a party of sharp-tongued companions, and solve each problem by talk, stealth, spell, or force. Choices stick, conversations branch far, and the world reacts to who you bring and what you do. It rewards curiosity and cruelty alike.
When was Baldur's Gate III released?
Baldur's Gate III was released on 3 August 2023.
Who made Baldur's Gate III?
Baldur's Gate III was made by Larian Studios.
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A few thoughts on Baldur's Gate III
Record of Lodoss War runs on the same tabletop DNA, a party of adventurers crossing a war-torn fantasy world, and Volo's Guide to Baldur's Gate II is a lore book drawn from the Realms the game is set in. Both suit players who love the tabletop scaffolding as much as the drama on top of it.
Choice-driven RPGs where your decisions actually stick
Baldur's Gate III lets you talk, sneak, or fight your way through problems and remembers what you chose. These RPGs share that respect for player choice: The Witcher 3, the Mass Effect trilogy, Fallout New Vegas, and more, where companions have opinions, conversations branch, and decisions ripple through the rest of the story.
Deep, reactive fantasy worlds to get lost in
Between fights, Baldur's Gate III rewards wandering off the path. These open the same kind of deep, reactive fantasy world, from Skyrim's mountains to the Lands Between of Elden Ring, dense with secrets, tough encounters, and systems that let you approach a place however you like.
Dungeons and Dragons lore beyond the game
Baldur's Gate III runs on Dungeons and Dragons rules, and these carry that tabletop DNA off the screen. Forgotten Realms sourcebooks, war anthologies, and the anime and film that grew straight out of D&D campaigns let you dig into the lore, monsters, and party quests behind the dice.
Story-driven single-player adventures worth finishing
Baldur's Gate III pairs its systems with a story worth seeing through, and these deliver the same craft in single-player form. God of War, The Last of Us, Ocarina of Time, and Assassin's Creed II each build a tight, memorable adventure around one hero, the kind of campaign you play right to the end.