Not long after the introduction of the latest update, Larian Studios recently shared the latest stats for Baldur's Gate 3 today on their own X account (formerly Twitter). As of the game's release, they revealed statistics on how many players have completed the game, the total gameplay duration, the most popular classes, time spent on character creation, and various other quirky stats.
- The game has seen 1.3 million completed playthroughs.
- Custom characters were created by 94% of players.
- An astounding 8,196 years have been collectively spent in the character creator.
- 124,000 players have been transformed into a sentient wheel of cheese.
- Among players who opted for Origin characters, Gale is the most favored, followed by Astarion.
- The preferred classes are Paladin, sorcerer, and fighter, in that order.
- Elves are the most popular race, followed by humans and half-elves.
- The top subclasses are Berserker Barbarian, College of Lore Bard, and Tempest Domain Cleric.
- Survivors of dinosaur attacks number 2 million players.
- A staggering 84 million fireballs have been cast by players.
- Scratch, the character, has been petted 4.85 million times.
- Players have interacted with over 113 million corpses since the game's launch.
- Shadowheart is the most sought-after romantic interest, with 51% of players completing her romance arc, followed by Karlach and then Lae'zel.
- 14.4 million players have met their fate, being disintegrated into a fine grey dust.
- 1.2 million players have involuntarily danced.
- Given the option, 66% of players prefer Halsin baring all—not bearing all.
- By Act 2, 30.4% of players have embraced their illithid side and flexed their powers.
- The total gameplay time across all players is an astounding 452,556,984 hours, surpassing 51,662 years.
- Honour mode saw over 15.8 thousand playthroughs initiated.
- 34,000 players have met their demise in Honour mode challenges.
- 464 player teams have successfully completed Honour mode.