Baldur’s Gate 3 PC players have already been playing for 22,000 years combined

That’s 200 million hours

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Baldur’s Gate 3players have collectively already played over 22,000 years since the game launched on PC.

Larian Studios officially releasedthe first major patchfor its turn-based RPG today, which includes a massive amount of fixes that address everything from bugs to story progression glitches, and the ability for short races to now kiss tall characters properly.

While this is exciting news, the developer also revealed some incredible statistics forBaldur’s Gate 3, including the number of hours collectively played.

“In the meantime, did you know that collectively you’ve played over 200,000,000 hours ofBaldur’s Gate 3since launch? That’s over 22,000 years!” thepatch notesread.

Larian also shared some other interesting player stats about the game, confirming that the most popular class choice right now is Paladin, followed by Sorcerer, “while the award for least popular class goes to Cleric”.

“Human and Elf characters reign supreme in Faerûn, followed swiftly and unsurprisingly by Half-Elf,” Larian added. “On the opposite end of the spectrum we find Dwarf, Gnome, Githyanki, and Halfling. We get it, they’re not exactly the most ethereal beauties of the Realms but they’d still form a rad metal band.”

Baldur’s Gate 3launched on PC on August 3 and quickly becameone of Steam’s biggest games everduring its opening weekend, joining games likeCounter-Strike: Global Offensiveamong the most-played titles and even solidifying itself asone of the best-reviewed games of the year; overtaking the likes ofThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomon Metacritic.

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ThePS5version is set to release on September 6 and, unlike PC users, players canpreload the game right now. There’s also good news for Xbox owners, asLarian Studios has officially confirmedthe game will be released on Xbox Series X|S before the end of the year.

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