One of the best CRPGs ever, still holds up
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“One of the best RPGs ever made, a true golden standard to measure the rest of the genre against”
Steam review · 125.4 h played ↗
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 92%Very Positive · 92%Beamdog2013CRPG · Party-Based RPG · RPG
$19.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A towering classic CRPG with superb story, companions and villain, but built on dated AD&D rules, clunky UI and bad pathfinding. Skip it if you want modern play.
Great for
Patient CRPG fans who love deep stories, companions and old-school D&D rules
Main risk
Dated AD&D mechanics, clunky UI and pathing may frustrate anyone expecting modern RPGs
What players love
Gripping story and great villain
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The plot is excellent. The gameplay is very good. Why did they stop making games like this?”
Steam review · 81.5 h played ↗
Memorable companions and banter
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The companions are great, and the banter between them and the PC is the best part of the game.”
Steam review · 132.4 h played ↗
Huge content and replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Game has hours and hours of content that has serious replayability.”
Steam review · 166.3 h played ↗
Story mode and mods ease the learning curve
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“If you ever get caught up just switch to story mode then switch back to the difficulty you want.”
Steam review · 44.5 h played ↗
Deep tactical combat and character building
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“The game combines exploration, character building, spell preparation, party management, and tactical combat”
Steam review · 18.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Crashes and bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“the constant, constant crashing has driven me to the point of posting a negative review”
Steam review · 24.6 h played ↗
Beamdog changes and new companions disliked
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“all the beamdog addon stuff is SUPER low quality and sticks out like a sore thumb.”
Steam review · 345.1 h played ↗
Dated, clunky UI, controls and combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“The controls are clunky at best, and usually very inconvenient.”
Steam review · 1.6 h played ↗
Brutal balance and tedious DnD systems
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“The magic immunity system is way too complicated.”
Steam review · 290.6 h played ↗
Bad pathfinding and party AI
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“Developers have not even fixed abysmal pathfinding algorithm, which irritates immensely.”
Steam review · 106.3 h played ↗
Broken multiplayer
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“multiplayer server are not playable.”
Steam review · 56.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable4 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7, 8.1, 10, 11 64 bit
ProcessorDual Core Processor
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsOpenGL 2.0 compatible
Storage4 GB available space
OSWindows 7, 8.1, 10, 11 64 bit
ProcessorDual Core Processor
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsOpenGL 2.0 compatible
Storage4 GB available space
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