Baldur's Gate 3 Launch Sees Big Numbers on Steam and Twitch, and They're Climbing Rapidly – IGN

Larian Studios’ new RPG has been out for just a few hours and it’s already up to 340k concurrents on Steam.Posted: Aug 3, 2023 6:57 pmBaldur’s Gate 3 is off to a big start on Twitch and Steam. The highly-anticipated new RPG by Larian Studios excited early access earlier today, whereupon it quickly rocketed to a strong 308,000 concurrents on Steam and has since risen to 340,000. Not too bad for a hardcore RPG that had been broadly overlooked by the mainstream gaming population during its early access period.It’s a similar story on Twitch, where it currently sits at around 480,000 viewers thanks to the support of prominent streamers such as CohhCarnage and sodapoppin. Steam rocking 59.3 Tbps right now in NA. Folks thirsty for Baldur’s Gate. pic.twitter.com/Dg4M7DfkUe— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) August 3, 2023 A strong start for Baldur’s Gate 3Baldur’s Gate 3’s launch numbers are partly owed to the interest spurred by the news that it will be possible to romance a bear (or should we say, a Druid in bear form). Interest in Baldur’s Gate 3’s romantic options propelled it up Steam’s best-sellers list, suddenly making it one of the hottest releases of the summer. It was aided
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