Baldur's Gate 3 Gains Momentum: Surpasses Expectations, Targets Top Chart Position, and Earns Player Acclaim
Baldur's Gate 3 continues its triumphant journey, surpassing expectations and records, while rallying its player community to climb the ranks.
All these weeks following the launch of Baldur’s gate 3, We've extensively discussed how the game’s exceptional debut has surpassed both records and the anticipations of its developers, as well as the players. Despite attempts at review bombing (which is an inevitable hurdle to tackle in the gaming world), the game's progress remains untouched.
Quickly approaching the two-week mark since its release, the player base of Baldur's Gate 3 is progressively expanding due to its intriguing storyline and amazing graphics. This expansion was initially prompted by the game's community, aiming to surpass 1 million concurrent players, following the game's rise to 9th position on Steam's historical chart of top 10 concurrent players.
Although Baldur’s Gate 3 remains in the 9th position on the chart, it's now merely under 4,000 concurrent players short of surpassing Hogwarts Legacy and claiming the 8th spot. Hogwarts Legacy, featuring the adventures of Harry Potter and a fever dream come true of all potterheads was all set to aim for the top spot as well. A Reddit post was created to commemorate the initial achievement of breaking the record, and in response, players are motivating each other to make another concerted effort to be their game at a higher position when it comes to the competition.
A Baldur’s Gate 3 hasn't yet reached the one million milestone just yet, it did surpass its previous record of 814,666 over the past weekend. At present, the game's highest player count has reached 875,343, and the loyal fans are determined to continue pushing for even higher rankings in the coming weeks. It isn’t an unknown fact that if the game is groundbreaking from the get go, it will easily grab a loyal fanbase which will compete against all odds to make the game get more recognition.
Numerous players are already claiming Baldur’s Gate 3 as their individual Game of the Year. Despite the fact that 2023 is slated to see the launch of prominent titles such as Starfield and Spider-Man 2, the accomplishment of Baldur’s Gate 3 and its incredibly favourable reception from both players and critics in the gaming community is an applause worthy contender that will be hard to surpass. The concerted effort by the game’s community to reach 1 million concurrent players could potentially solidify its position even further, who knows; only time will tell.
