If your Baldur's Gate 3 download is moving like a hungover glacier, you're in good company. The long-awaited full release of the mammoth RPG has seemingly done a number on Steam's servers, and eager fans are reporting download times ranging from six hours to six months.
Developer Larian Studios has even chimed in. At 11:29 am ET, the studio's director of publishing shared a screenshot of the Steam results on the tried-and-true Downdetector, with user reports indicating possible problems at Steam. As of 12:17 ET, the results are the same, and there's a monumental spike in reported issues starting at Baldur's Gate 3's exact launch time.
