New Baldur’s Gate 3 player stats reveal how many people banged the bear

75 million companions were also smooched

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Larian Studios has shared brand newBaldur’s Gate 3statistics to celebrate the game’s first anniversary.

The developer revealed the stats in a series ofX / Twitterposts, showing the many ways players have contributed to their playthrough’s one year after the launch of the popular role-playing game.

There’s plenty to sort through, but one of the more notable stats comes in regards to the game’s Honour Mode. According to Larian, only 141,600 players have beaten the permadeath mode, while 1,223,305 playthroughs were unsuccessful.

Baldur’s Gate 3is known for its memorable companions, and even lets you play the game from their perspectives as one of the Origin characters. Astarion, in particular, has proven to be one of the most popular, with 1.21 million players choosing to play as the vampire. He’s followed closely by Gale at 1.20 million, with Shadowheart taking third place at 86 million.

However, as Larian points out, over 93% of players chose to play as their very own custom character, while only 15% picked Dark Urge.

It’s been a year since Baldur’s Gate 3 was released, and you know what we’ve realised?Over a quarter of you can’t be trusted to not pick a fight with a djinni, and a surprising amount of you enjoy bear sex and tentacles.Who’d have thought? pic.twitter.com/kU9fAH6tnZAugust 7, 2024

Romance is also a massive part of any playthrough as Larian notes a staggering 75 million kisses across all companions. Overall, it seems that Shadowheart has captured everyone’s heart, as she leads with 27 million kisses, followed by 15 million for Astarion. Minthara is apparently the least popular, only garnering 169,937 kisses from players.

Larian also made it a point to share some less than conventional romance stats, too. While not the most popular companion, it’s revealed that 658,000 players slept with the druid Halsin, 70% in his human form, while 30% chose his bear form.

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As for the Emperor, 1.1 million players romanced the Mind flayer, although 37% chose to stick to their tentacle form.

There are plenty of other highlights, but one of the more shocking stats comes at the end of the thread. Only 34 players who played as Lae’zel chose to kill themselves at the end of the game after Vlaakith rejected their ascension, which Larian’s publishing directorMichael Dousefound quite funny.

Despite the game’s massive success and numerousgame of the year awards, Larian has confirmed that it ismoving away from theBaldur’s Gateseriesto focus on other projects.

This also means that the RPG won’t receive any expansions in the future, but afinal major content patchfor the game will be dropping next month.

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