$44.99. That’s 25% off the $59.99 base price on Steam — and the numbers tell you whether Larian Studios earned the markdown or needed it.

They didn’t need it. Forty-two thousand players are logged in right now, as of May 2026. The game sits at #5 on Steam’s Top Sellers chart, backed by 494,172 reviews at 97% positive and a Metacritic score of 96. This isn’t a rescue discount. It’s a victory lap.

The top negative review is worth reading, if only for the comedy. A player with 96.4 hours logged writes: “for such a popular and EXPENSIVE game, theres far too many bugs to even be playable or fun.” Ninety-six hours is a strange definition of unplayable, but the critique about bugs at full price has teeth. At $44.99, the value equation shifts. Contrast with the 423.8-hour convert who called it “one of the best games i’ve ever played and i’ve always hated turn based games.”

The momentum isn’t artificial. Larian CEO Swen Vincke confirmed in January that sales surged after the studio announced its next project, Divinity, at The Game Awards 2025. BG3 hit over 110,000 concurrent players that month, according to posts on X that Vincke responded to. Divinity: Original Sin 2, the studio’s 2017 predecessor, had its best month since launch. The current 42,000 is the floor, not the ceiling.

So: buy now or hold? Twenty-five percent off a 97%-rated RPG with no microtransactions, no battle pass, and hundreds of hours of content is about as safe a bet as Steam gets. The patient gamblers might hold out for 40% off during a seasonal sale. But you’ve waited nearly three years. At some point, the discount you’re chasing costs more in lost playtime than you’ll save in dollars.

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