Baldur’s Gate 3 Could Be Getting an Unexpected Crossover

If the words of Baldur’s Gate 3 director Swen Vincke are anything to go by, the award-winning RPG could soon get some sort of crossover with Vampire Survivors. Given that both games are rooted in fantasy, a crossover between the two would make sense.

Baldur’s Gate 3 and Vampire Survivors are two successful games in their own right. While the former is a AAA title that bagged multiple Game of the Year awards last year, the latter is an indie game that achieved way more success than was initially thought possible.

Larian boss Swen Vincke’s latest tweet has teased a potential coming together of two popular games, Baldur’s Gate 3 and Vampire Survivors. On Twitter, he posted a poll asking whether the two games should collaborate with the only two options being “Yes” and “F— yes,” hinting that the poll result was inconsequential to the actual decision which seemed to have already been made.

At the time of writing, over 18,000 votes have been polled with 51.1% of users picking the “F— yes” option with just a few hours left to go. In the comments section of the poll, Vincke also shared a cryptic picture of him and what appears to be Luca Galante, the main man behind Vampire Survivors. After this, the post was swarmed with excited fans of both games. Some fans expressed their desire to see the popular Baldur’s Gate 3 character Asterion in Vampire Survivors. Another user said, “Would kill to play as Peppino in BG3.”

A Baldur’s Gate 3/Vampire Survivors Crossover Could Be Mutually Beneficial

While Baldur’s Gate 3 is still quite popular, averaging over 90,000 concurrent players on Steam over the past month, it is the first time this stat has dipped below a six-digit value since the game’s launch. On the other hand, Vampire Survivors has also seen its numbers stagnate over the past year after last crossing 10,000 average concurrent players in April 2023.

Clearly, each game could use some new content to boost their player engagement, and this year seems to be the perfect time for an injection of new players for certain reasons. In the case of Larian Studios, the speculated crossover could rejuvenate the Baldur’s Gate 3 community ahead of the game’s physical release in Q1 2024. Similarly, the crossover would also benefit Vampire Survivors developer Poncle in drawing more fans as work continues on an animated TV series adaptation of its game that was originally announced last year.

Baldur’s Gate 3

Baldur’s Gate 3 is a Dungeons and Dragons inspired RPG developed and published by Larian Studios. Featuring both a single player and cooperative element, players create their character by selecting a starting class, take on quests, level up, and engage in turn-based combat using the D&D 5th edition rule set.

Franchise

Baldur’s Gate

Released

August 3, 2023