Adventure · January 16, 2013

Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition (2013)

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Gather Your Party Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition is a story-driven 90s RPG set in the world of Dungeons & Dragons. Customize your hero, recruit a party of brave allies, and explore the Sword Coast in your search for adventure, profit… and the truth. 75+ Hours of Adventure The Enhanced Edition contains over 75 hours of gameplay, including the original campaign, the classic Sword Coast expansion, plus brand new challenges in the Black Pits arena! Classic Campaign: The Original Baldur’s Gate Adventure Expansion: Tales of the Sword Coast expansion New Challenges: The Black Pits, arena style battles New Difficulty Setting: Story Mode allows players to focus on story and exploration, rather than combat and survival Paid DLC Expansion Available: Siege of Dragonspear is a brand new chapter in the Baldur's Gate saga! Epic Characters 11 Playable Classes plus dozens of subclasses Recruit Classic Characters like Minsc and his brave hamster, Boo! 3 New Recruitable Heroes: Neera the Wild Mage, Dorn Il-Khan the Blackguard, and Rasaad yn Bashir the Monk New player voice sets to customize your hero Story-driven gameplay means character choices matter Classic Gameplay 2-D isometric graphics Real-time-with-pause combat Adapts 2nd Edition Dungeons & Dragons Rules Enhanced for Modern Platforms Over 400 improvements to the original game Native support for high-resolution widescreen displays The 1998 Classic, enhanced for modern Windows, macOS and Linux players! Story-Rich Gaming Experience Forced to leave your home under mysterious circumstances, you find yourself drawn into a conflict that has the Sword Coast on the brink of war. Your view of the world has been limited to the heavily fortified walls of Candlekeep. Your foster father, Gorion, has done everything in his power to protect you, and keep you out of harm’s way. All that is about to change...

Adventure releases from 2013

29 Adventure titles launched in 2013 — top 6 by review volume.

Position in Adventure

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume16.4k Steam reviewsTop 15% in Adventure
Positive rating92% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 45%
Metacritic78/100Genre average 77 — top 53% of Adventure titles
Concurrent peak378 playersTop 10% in Adventure by live player count
Engagement hours23 h averageTop 15% for session depth among Adventure

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • RPG · 907
  • Fantasy · 525
  • Dungeons & Dragons · 522
  • CRPG · 514
  • Isometric · 510
  • Party-Based RPG · 501
  • Real-Time with Pause · 478
  • Singleplayer · 472
  • Story Rich · 460
  • Character Customization · 457
  • Old School · 445
  • Adventure · 441
  • Co-op · 429
  • Multiplayer · 426
  • Magic · 422

Peer Adventure titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

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  • Spanish - Spain
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  • Czech
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Turkish

Full audio (7)

  • English
  • German
  • French
  • Polish
  • Russian
  • Ukrainian
  • Hungarian

Reception Metrics

Steam community

92%Very Positive · 16.4k reviews

15.1k positive · 1.3k negative

Metacritic

78/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

6.7/10

Curator recommendations

14.6k

Peak concurrent players

378

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • Co-op
  • Cross-Platform Multiplayer

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Press Quotes

'The writing of Baldur's Gate has always been one of its strongest aspects. The story remains unchanged and still holds up.' 8.5/10 - Destructoid 'Hammers out a multitude of bugs found in the original release, as well as introduces brand new characters, storylines, and modes to play through. 8.5/10 - Inside Gaming Daily 'Enhanced Edition has received a number of visual upgrades including support for high resolutions that provide a far more panoramic view of the game's lovely, lush backgrounds,…

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

23h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

4h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

2h

Current engagement

Achievements

129

Steam unlocks available

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Release & Availability

Release dateJan 16, 2013
DeveloperBeamdog
Base price$3.99 -80%
DLC / Add-ons5 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support

Editions & Packages

  • Buy Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition