Baldur's Gate 3
Larian Studios · 2023 · CRPG
Did the studio keep supporting this game after launch? This page is the evidence.Twenty months of free patches, eight major updates, and an honest handoff to modders — the stewardship benchmark.
01Score breakdown
Five categories, 20 points each, 100 total. Full method on the methodology page.
02The evidence
Baldur's Gate 3 launched August 3, 2023 in strong shape for an RPG of its scale, with real but minor bugs. Larian shipped hotfixes within days and eight major patches over twenty months, adding an epilogue, Honour Mode, an official mod toolkit, cross-play, photo mode, and twelve new subclasses — all free. The roughest stretch was the Xbox launch, where a Microsoft firmware bug wiped saves for five weeks; Larian communicated honestly and shipped a cross-save workaround. Patch 8 (April 2025) was the final content update; with no DLC planned, Larian handed the game's future to modders.
- Eight major patches across twenty months delivered thousands of fixes plus free features — epilogue, Honour Mode, mod toolkit, cross-play, photo mode, and twelve new subclasses.
- Launch hotfixes arrived within days, and Larian's Community Updates explained changes in plain, candid language.
- When a Microsoft firmware bug wiped Xbox saves, Larian said so plainly and shipped a cross-save workaround within weeks.
- The minuses: Act 3 performance problems lingered for months, and there will be no paid DLC or Larian-made sequel despite enormous demand.
03Sources
04Audit record
- Launch date
- Aug 3, 2023
- Evidence coverage through
- Oct 4, 2026
- Methodology
- v1.0
- Audit confidence
- Medium
- Why this confidence
- The patch-by-patch record is well covered by press quoting Larian's official notes, but minor post-final hotfixes are sparsely documented and launch-era bug severity relies on contemporary reporting.
- Score band
- Excellent (Tier A)