How much revenue did Baldur's Gate 3 make?

An estimated 335.0M to 900.7M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Baldur's Gate 3 sell?

Q: How many copies did Baldur's Gate 3 sell?

An estimated 20.3M to 33.0M copies, based on its 846k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 20.3M–33.0M; $335.0M–$900.7M net $609.1M–$1385.7M gross; from 846k reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Baldur's Gate 3 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Baldur's Gate 3's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 20.2M–33.8M

best case 36.0M (ELDEN RING)

The RPG lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 24.5M copies.

A typical game

≈ 24.5M copies

≈ $300.3M after Steam's cut

from ~475k reviews

Best case

≈ 36.0M copies

ELDEN RING · ≈ $833.9M after Steam's cut

from 1.1M reviews

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Souls-like + Open World, priced around $60.
The games you compared span 2013 to 2024, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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