Baldur's Gate

Baldur's Gate

1998 · BioWare

4.26 out of 5, 354 ratings

About

Baldur's Gate is a fantasy role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published in 1998 by Interplay Entertainment. It is the first game in the Baldur's Gate series and takes place in the Forgotten Realms, a high fantasy campaign setting, using a modified version of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) 2nd edition rules. It was the first game to use the Infinity Engine for its graphics, with Interplay using the engine for other Forgotten Realms-licensed games, including the Icewind Dale series, as well as other licensed D&D campaign worlds such as Planescape: Torment. The game's story focuses on players controlling a protagonist of their own creation who finds themselves travelling across the Sword Coast alongside a party of companions, to unravel the mystery surrounding a sudden iron crisis affecting the region and attempting to discover the culprits behind it, all while uncovering dark secrets about their origins and dealing with attempts on their life.

Release date
December 21, 1998
Developer
BioWare, BioWare Edmonton
Publisher
Interplay Entertainment, Black Isle Studios
Genres
Role-playing
Themes
FantasyOpen world
Age rating
ESRB TPEGI 12GRAC 12+

Media

Platforms

Linux
PC (Microsoft Windows)
iOS
Mac

Release dates

PC (Microsoft Windows)Full release
North America · Dec 21, 1998
PC (Microsoft Windows)Full release
Europe · Jan 1, 1999
PC (Microsoft Windows)Full release
Japan · Jan 30, 1999

Engines

Infinity Engine

Expansions

Languages

LanguagesAudioSubtitlesInterface
English (US)