D&D General Baldur's Gate 3 Sells Over 20 Million Copies

According to Bloomberg, Larion Studios' Baldur's Gate 3 has sold over 20 million copies. CEO Sven Vincke confirmed that 15 million copies were sold in 2024, and another 5 million in 2025.

Larion Studios, a Belgian company with over 500 staff worldwide, announced in March 2025 that the team was 'elated' not to sign up to make a sequel to Baldur's Gate 3 -- “I thought they were going to be angry at me because I just couldn’t muster the energy. I saw so many elated faces, which I didn’t expect, and I could tell they shared the same feelings, so we were all aligned with one another."

The company is now working on a title in its own Divinity series of games. Vincke also brought up the topic of AI, indicating that attempts to incorporate AI into that game were not successful and that there would be no AI in the upcoming Divinity title.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

I must also admit to some confusion, I have only completed BG 3 once but I have got to Baldur's Gate twice and romanced Gale and Shadowheart, (Gale kinda by accident), now that I remember it one early character had a night with Laz'el as well but while there were boobs visible there were no sex scenes as I would use the term. All the sex was fade to black. Am I missing something? Are there full on explicit scenes in there?

Yes. (Partial) nudity moving to fade-to-black it is. The rest is all to the richness of your imagination. (I wonder if some people using their imagination see things there that children shouldn't see, and don't realize that the children won't imagine those things because they simply lack the experience. And if they do, they probably made experiences elsewhere they weren't supposed to...)

Anyway, the winning formula for Baldur's Gate isn't as simple as "let's put in some gore and adult content". It's far more complex, and there is absolutely no guarantee that the team that will be working on Baldur's Gate 3 has the same talent, creativity and inspiration as the one that Larian did. But there is also absolutely no guarantee it won't. We can only hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

 

[Morrus]

Wow. This has to be a record for unintended complete thread swerve. I did not have multiple pages about BG3's age rating on my bingo card for this news topic!

 

[TwoSix]

I must also admit to some confusion, I have only completed BG 3 once but I have got to Baldur's Gate twice and romanced Gale and Shadowheart, (Gale kinda by accident), now that I remember it one early character had a night with Laz'el as well but while there were boobs visible there were no sex scenes as I would use the term. All the sex was fade to black. Am I missing something? Are there full on explicit scenes in there?

I think the most explicit scene is the Minthara Act 1 romance scene, and even that is more like a late-night "Skinimax movie" from the '90s than actual pornographic material.

The most provocative scene is more provocative by implication, where your character consents to getting down with the druid Halsin in wildshaped bear form.

 

[Parmandur]

Wow. This has to be a record for unintended complete thread swerve. I did not have multiple pages about BG3's age rating on my bingo card for this news topic!

Honestly seen much weirder swerves in discussion aroujd hwre.

 

[Chaltab]

I think the most explicit scene is the Minthara Act 1 romance scene, and even that is more like a late-night "Skinimax movie" from the '90s than actual pornographic material.

The most provocative scene is more provocative by implication, where your character consents to getting down with the druid Halsin in wildshaped bear form.

Yeah, I was gonna bring up 69ing with Minthara as the most explicit but even that requires an evil playthrough IIRC so it's very avoidable.

 

[Gradine]

Honestly seen much weirder swerves in discussion aroujd hwre.

Sure, but by post #2?

 

[UngainlyTitan]

Yeah, I was gonna bring up 69ing with Minthara as the most explicit but even that requires an evil playthrough IIRC so it's very avoidable.

Which is probably why I will never see it.

 

[Parmandur]

Sure, but by post #2?

I mean, it is still fairly on topic? I've seen wacky things.

 

[TwoSix]

Sure, but by post #2?

Much like the companions in BG3, some people don't require a lot of interaction to get their crank turned.