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Baldur's Gate 3 is a 2023 role-playing video game developed and published by Larian Studios. The game is the third main installment in the Baldur's Gate series, based on the tabletop role-playing system of Dungeons & Dragons. A partial version of the game was released in early access format for macOS and Windows on 6 October 2020. It remained in early access until its full release for Windows on 3 August 2023. The PlayStation 5 version was released on 6 September 2023, with the macOS version released shortly thereafter on 22 September. The Xbox Series X/S version is planned for release in December 2023.
Release Date 2023-08-03
Early Access Release Date 2020-10-06
Developer(s)
Larian StudiosPublisher(s)
Rating / Parents' Guide
Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Nudity, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content
This is a role-playing game in which players assume the role of a hero on a quest to cleanse an evil corruption. From an overhead perspective, players explore a fantasy kingdom, complete quests, and battle evil forces in turn-based combat. Players use weapon attacks and magic spells (e.g., poison spray, fire bolt) to defeat human-like enemies and fantasy creatures (e.g., demons, goblins, imps). Battles are sometimes frenetic, with impact sounds, cries of pain, and explosions; some attacks are depicted from a third-person viewpoint. Characters emit blood-splatter effects when hit, leaving large stains on the ground. A handful of areas depict mutilated/dismembered corpses with exposed viscera. Cutscenes contain more intense violence and gore: a man decapitated off-screen, with his severed head held up; a woman disemboweled, with exposed entrails; a character's exposed brain extracted from his skull; a bound man's eyes gouged out. In one sequence, players make dialogue choices to determin
System(s)
PlayStation 5
| Xbox Series X/S
| PC
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