Adventure · November 15, 2013

Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition (2013)

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The Classic Adventure Continues Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition is the beloved RPG classic, enhanced for modern adventurers. Continue a journey started in Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition , or customize a new hero to forge your path. Campaign Content The Enhanced Edition includes the original Shadows of Amn campaign, the Throne of Bhaal expansion, plus brand new challenges in the Black Pits II arena! Classic Campaign: The Original Shadows of Amn Adventure Expansion: Throne of Bhaal New Challenges: The Black Pits II: Gladiators of Thay, arena style battles New Difficulty Setting: Story Mode allows players to focus on story and exploration, rather than combat and survival Epic Characters 11 Playable Classes plus dozens of subclasses Recruit Classic Characters like Minsc and his brave hamster, Boo! 5 New NPCs: Neera the Wild Mage, Dorn Il-Khan the Blackguard, Rasaad yn Bashir the Monk, Hexxat the Thief, and Wilson the Bear New player voice sets to customize your hero Upload Characters from Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition , or forge ahead with a brand new hero Classic Gameplay 2-D isometric graphics Real-time-with-pause combat Adapts 2nd Edition Dungeons & Dragons Rules Enhanced for Modern Platforms Hundreds of bug fixes and improvements to the original game Native support for high-resolution widescreen displays Cross-play multiplayer support for Windows, Linux, and macOS A Story-Rich RPG Kidnapped. Imprisoned. Tortured. The wizard Irenicus holds you captive in his stronghold, attempting to strip you of the powers that are your birthright. Can you resist the evil in your blood and forsake the dark destiny that awaits you? Or will you embrace your monstrous nature and ascend to godhood as the new Lord of Murder?

Adventure releases from 2013

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

Peer Adventure titles

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

Position in Adventure

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume10.0k Steam reviewsTop 23% in Adventure
Positive rating92% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 45%
Metacritic78/100Genre average 77 — top 53% of Adventure titles
Concurrent peak279 playersTop 11% in Adventure by live player count
Engagement hours41 h averageTop 7% for session depth among Adventure

Community Tag Signals

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

  • RPG · 694
  • Dungeons & Dragons · 523
  • Story Rich · 509
  • CRPG · 505
  • Fantasy · 498
  • Party-Based RPG · 492
  • Open World · 468
  • Tabletop · 466
  • Character Customization · 466
  • Real-Time with Pause · 465
  • Choices Matter · 462
  • Multiplayer · 455
  • Adventure · 455
  • Magic · 436
  • Online Co-Op · 433

Reception Metrics

Steam community

92%Very Positive · 10.0k reviews

9.2k positive · 803 negative

Metacritic

78/100 critic aggregate

Open Metacritic page

Metacritic user score

7.4/10

Curator recommendations

9.0k

Peak concurrent players

279

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (9)

  • English volume_up
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Italian
  • Korean
  • Polish
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Russian
  • French volume_up

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • French

Press Quotes

“Baldur’s Gate II lives up to its reputation as one of the all-time best RPGs, and if you’re looking for a no-fuss way to play it, Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition is exactly that.” 85 – Destructoid “Baldur’s Gate stands tall among the classics. The Enhanced Edition takes all that (and then some) and wraps it in a much more visually pleasing package that will be more acceptable to modern gamers.” 90 – Hardcore Gamer “Whether it's chitchatting with a…

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

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

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

41h

substantial (40–100 hours)

Median

3h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

43h

Current engagement

Achievements

93

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateNov 15, 2013
DeveloperBeamdog
Base price$3.99 -80%
DLC / Add-ons2 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support

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Editions & Packages

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