Steam Deck owners spent more than 17 million hours playing Baldur’s Gate 3, and the game’s buyers were found in the Vatican

Larian Studios Publishing Head Michael Douse revealed how much time Steam Deck owners spent playing Baldur’s Gate 3 and talked about the popularity of the fantasy RPG in the Vatican.

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As a reminder, Baldur’s Gate 3 has been at the top of the list of the most popular games on the Steam Deck since leaving Early Access last August. As it turned out, laptop users spent a lot of time in Feirun.

As Daus reported on his microblog, as of November 11, 2024, Steam Deck owners had played Baldur’s Gate 3 for a total of 17,223,529 hours—that’s more than 1966 years.

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As for the popularity of Baldur’s Gate 3 in the Vatican, two copies of the game were sold at the residence of the Pope. Another user from this city-state in Italy has the game on his wishlist.

«I would like to believe that the last one is the Pope, waiting for him to have a free minute. I’d like to see their list of mods. I bet they still have him,” Daus imagines.

Baldur’s Gate 3 left early access on August 3, 2023 on PC (Steam, GOG), and subsequently reached Mac, PS5, Xbox Series X and S. In March, Larian head Swen Vincke hinted that sales of the game exceed 15 million copies.