Baldur's Gate 3 and Larian Studios lead Swen Vincke declares that single-player games are, in fact, not "dead" at all – "they just have to be good"

Baldur's Gate 3 screenshot showing Astarion, a pale male elf with short curly white hair and red eyes, looking over his shoulder with a smirk on his face.

As Larian Studios wraps up its work to release the long-awaited Patch 8 for Baldur's Gate 3, CEO Swen Vincke has shared some much-needed wisdom with the broader gaming community – no, single-player games are not "dead."

Vincke makes the declaration in a recent online post, explaining that people just need to "use your imagination" and try to see the bigger picture – single-player games are still very much alive indeed, but, unsurprisingly, they've got to be good to actually gain significant traction. "That time of the year again when big single-player games are declared dead," writes the lead. "Use your imagination. They're not. They just have to be good."