Baldur's Gate III

Awards

• The Game Awards 2023
  • Game of the Year - Won
  • Best Game Direction - Nominated
  • Best Narrative - Nominated
  • Best Score and Music - Nominated
  • Best Performance (Neil Newbon as Astarion) - Won
  • Best Community Support - Won
  • Best RPG - Won
  • Best Multiplayer - Won
  • Player's Voice - Won
• GameSpot
  • Game of the Year 2023 - Won
• Golden Joysticks 2023
  • Best Storytelling - Won
  • Best Visual Design - Won
  • Studio of the Year (Larian Studios) - Won
  • Best Game Community - Won
  • Best Supporting Performer (Neil Newbon as Astarion) - Won
  • Best Supporting Performer (Amelia Tyler as the narrator) - Nominated
  • PC Game of the Year - Won
  • Ultimate Game of the Year - Won
• Hollywood Music in Media Awards
  • Video Game Song, 2020 ("Weeping Dawn" composed by Borislav Slavov and performed by Vesela Delcheva and the Budapest Studio Orchestra) - Nominated
  • Video Game Song, 2021 ("I Want to Live" composed by Borislav Slavov and performed by Ilona Ivanova) - Nominated
  • Video Game Score, 2023 (Borislav Slavov) - Nominated
• 27th D.I.C.E Awards (2024)
  • Outstanding Achievement in Story - Won
  • Role-Playing Game of the Year - Won
  • Outstanding Achievement in Game Design - Won
  • Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction - Won
  • Outstanding Achievement in Character (Astarion) - Nominated
  • Outstanding Achievement in Character (Karlach) - Nominated
  • Game of the Year - Won
• 24th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2024)
  • Game of the Year - Won
  • Best Audio - Nominated
  • Best Design - Won
  • Best Narrative - Won
  • Best Technology - Nominated
  • Innovation Award - Nominated
  • Social Impact Award - Nominated
  • Audience Award - Won
• 2024 BAFTA Games Awards
  • Artistic Achievement - Nominated
  • Best Game - Won
  • Multiplayer - Nominated
  • Music - Won
  • Narrative - Won
  • Performer in a Leading Role (Amelia Tyler as the narrator) - Nominated
  • Performer in a Leading Role (Neil Newbon as Astarion) - Nominated
  • Performer in a Leading Role (Samantha Béart as Karlach) - Nominated
  • Performer in a Supporting Role (Andrew Wincott as Raphael) - Won
  • Performer in a Supporting Role (Tracy Wiles as Jaheira) - Nominated
  • EE Player's Choice - Won

Cancelled Black Isle Studios' version

By 2002, Black Isle Studios was developing a game titled Baldur's Gate III (originally codenamed Project Jefferson and The Black Hound), and was to use a 3D engine and 3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons rules. It was cancelled by 2003, when publisher Interplay lost the Dungeons & Dragons license to Atari.

Sales

During its 3 year-long early access period on Windows and Macintosh, the game sold 2.5 million copies according to studio lead Swen Vincke.

Baldur's Gate III had the second-biggest launch day on Steam in 2023, with approximately 470,000 concurrent players on 3 August 2023. The number of concurrent Steam players in general would peak at 875,343 on 13 August 2023 at 19:55:05 UTC, which was the 9th all-time highest peak on the platform according to SteamDB.

Note: At the time, the only other storefront the game was available from was GOG.com, for which there is no publicly available sales data.