Baldur’s Gate 3 surpasses Apex’s peak player count as it continues to smash records

It just keeps getting more impressive.

Shadowheart in Baldur's Gate 3 stands with her arms out in front of her.
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Just two days after launch, Baldur’s Gate 3 has officially surpassed that all-time peak players for Apex Legends while also making it into the top 10 highest concurrent number of active players for any game on Steam ever. And as impressive as this already is, Baldur’s Gate 3 is still climbing.

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The massive success of Baldur’s Gate 3 has been beyond what anyone was expecting, even the game devs themselves, but it continues to impress with a record-shattering performance that currently has no end in sight, especially with the official console release on the horizon.

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Each time Baldur’s Gate 3 sets a new concurrent number of players, this record is broken once again not long afterward. Shortly following the RPG’s official surpassing of Apex’s highest concurrent players, it has already reached a new peak, with the latest number of concurrent players being 645,461 as of 11am CT on Aug. 5.

On Steam overall, Baldur’s Gate 3 is currently holding the second spot for the most players overall, with only CS:GO managing to stay above it.

Most of the other peak concurrent player records for Steam were set years ago and haven’t changed much since which makes it especially impressive that Baldur’s Gate 3 managed to swoop in and claim a top spot. It’s currently sitting at number nine, but since the player base has consistently been rising and smashing records left and right, there’s certainly a decent chance it could knock out Goose Goose Duck at number eight with 701,898 concurrent players, since it’s not too far off from that.

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Kacee Fay
Staff Writer at Dot Esports covering new releases and a wide array of topics including Minecraft, Disney Dreamlight Valley, Phasmophobia, general gaming, streaming, and more. She has been avidly writing and gaming her whole life and now spends her time combining the two. Kacee graduated from San Diego State University in 2021 with a Bachelor’s Degree in English and a Certificate in Creative Editing and Publishing. She then joined Dot Esports as a Freelance Writer in 2022 before transitioning to a Staff Writer in 2023. In her spare time, she enjoys buying more books than she can read, gaming alone or with friends, drinking too much tea, attending concerts, fangirling over movies and television, listening to music, and spending time with her family, friends, and pets, who are the most important parts of her world.