Summary
Less than half ofBaldur’s Gate 3Steam players have gotten past the game’s first act. This surprising stat is yet another piece of evidence testifying to thecontent-packed nature ofBaldur’s Gate 3that can overwhelm even the most dedicated RPG fans.
While Larian’s latest title is a long game by any metric, its opening act accounts for only a fraction of the overall experience that it has to offer. This state of affairs is also reflected in the very name of the achievement awarded forbeatingBaldur’s Gate 3Act 1, which is called The Plot Thickens, signifying that the game’s story is only now hitting its stride.
50.5% of Baldur’s Gate 3 Steam Players Are Yet To Beat Act 1
And while some dedicated players have alreadyspent upward of 400 hours playingBaldur’s Gate 3, others are yet to get past its opening act. This was recently noted by Reddit user BoyThasCap, who took to the game’s largest subreddit to express their befuddlement with the fact that only 49.3% of Steam users unlocked The Plot Thickens achievement as of mid-January, five and a half months following the game’s critically acclaimed PC release. The proportion of the Steam player base who got past Act 1 grew to 49.5% as of this writing.
Meanwhile,TrueAchievementsestimates that 39% of the player base unlocked The Plot Thickens on the Xbox Series X/S. However, that figure is based on a non-representative sample of the website’s registered users, which hence cannot be used to extrapolate platform-wide trends. For added context, 90.7% ofBaldur’s Gate 3Steam players (and 95% of their TrueAchievements colleagues) have gotten off the Nautiloid, the game’s tutorial section, thus beginning the RPG’s campaign in earnest.
Whether the discrepancy between these two figures suggests that many players have dropped the game during its opening chapter or are still busy exploring all of the intricacies of Act 1 is unclear. However, the latter option is well within the realm of possibility, not least because hundreds of thousands of Steam users are still playing the game on a daily basis; according to third-party tracker SteamDB,Baldur’s Gate 3peaked at over 200,000 concurrent Steam players since the turn of the week of January 15.
The first chapter of the game is also in the running for the longest act ofBaldur’s Gate 3; while some players still end up spending more time in Act 3, the sheer volume of content packed into the opening section of Larian’s RPG is nothing to scoff at. This was previously illustrated by one inquisitiveBaldur’s Gate 3player who ended up exploring Act 1 for 89 hours, which is normally enough to beat the entire game at a fairly leisurely pace.
Baldur’s Gate 3
WHERE TO PLAY
Abducted, infected, lost. You are turning into a monster, but as the corruption inside you grows, so does your power. Forge a tale of fellowship and betrayal, sacrifice and survival, and the lure of absolute power. Caught in a conflict between devils, deities, and sinister otherworldly forces, you and your party will determine the fate of the Forgotten Realms.THE ULTIMATE D&D EXPERIENCEChoose from a wide selection of D&D races and classes, or play as an origin character with a hand-crafted background. Adventure, loot, battle, and romance as you journey through the Forgotten Realms and beyond. Play alone or as a party of up to four in multiplayer – and select your companions carefully.A CINEMATIC STORYTELLING EPICForged with the new Divinity 4.0 engine, Baldur’s Gate 3 gives you unprecedented freedom to explore, experiment, and interact with a world that reacts to your choices. A grand, cinematic narrative brings you closer to your characters than ever before, as you venture through our biggest world yet. Romance, deceive, aid, obstruct, and grow alongside your friends thanks to Larian’s next-generation RPG engine.
