About r/BaldursGate3
In its own words:
A community all about Baldur's Gate III, the role-playing video game by Larian Studios. BG3 is the third main game in the Baldur's Gate series. Baldur's Gate III is based on a modified version of the Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition (D&D 5e) tabletop RPG ruleset. Gather your party and venture forth!
Community guide
r/BaldursGate3 (#306, about 3.4 million) covers Baldur’s Gate III by Larian (D&D 5e-based RPG). Rules require civility/respect, relevance, spoiler/NSFW tags, flairs for memes/screenshots/fanart; ban spam, Tav/build/LFG outside megathreads, piracy (esp. 5e material), exclusive 3rd-party-wiki talk, AI content, code/account begging, bigoted mods; English posts; cosplay on Sundays. Text/Image (~91.5 ppd).
BG3 discussion with spoiler care
Keep posts relevant; mark Act spoilers; builds/Tav/LFG belong in megathreads.
No piracy or AI art
No pirated 5e/game material; no AI-generated content; cosplay posts are Sunday-gated.
Practical pointers
Mixed text/image/video; Act spoiler flairs common in samples.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on May 30, 2019, which makes it 7 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 2,580 subscribers (+0.08%). It sits just behind r/languagelearning (#305) and ahead of r/TrueCrime (#307) in our ranking.
What sets r/BaldursGate3 apart
For its size it is unusually busy: about 26.8 new posts a day per million members, more than 81% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (17:00 UTC) sees about 3.1× as many posts as the quietest (06:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/BaldursGate3 grew from 3,395,991 to 3,410,969 subscribers (+15K, +0.44%). That is about 340 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/BaldursGate3 talks about
Across 606 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “game”, “mode”, “act”, “bg3” and “run”. Other frequent themes are help, honor, karlach, astarion, durge and fight. Recurring phrases include “honor mode”, “baldur gate”, “mode run” and “honour mode”. By format, 49% are text posts, 23% are images and 14% are videos.
Popular post flairs: Act 3 - Spoilers (55), Videos (42), Artwork (39), Act 1 - Spoilers (37), General Discussion - [NO SPOILERS] (35), General Questions - [NO SPOILERS] (34).
Activity and best time to post
r/BaldursGate3 gets about 92 new posts a day. The public archive holds 598,930 posts and 10,324,230 comments in total, about 17.2 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Tuesday (106 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (67). Posting peaks around 17:00 UTC and is lowest around 06:00 UTC.
Rules of r/BaldursGate3
The moderators of r/BaldursGate3 list 15 rules. In short:
- Be civil to one another.
- Respect the opinions of others.
- Keep your posts relevant.
- Tag spoilers and NSFW content.
- Memes, screenshots, and fanart must be flaired.
- No Spamming
- No Tav, Build/Multiclass, or LFG Posts outside of their megathreads
- No piracy allowed. No posting pirated material of any kind but especially 5e material
- Use modmail for issues or giveaways - don't mention/link or directly message the Mods
- No discussion exclusively about 3rd Party wikis
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/BaldursGate3 and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How big is r/BaldursGate3?
r/BaldursGate3 has 3,410,969 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #306 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 14,978 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/BaldursGate3?
r/BaldursGate3 was created on May 30, 2019, so it has been around for 7 years.
How active is r/BaldursGate3?
Very active: r/BaldursGate3 gets about 92 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 598,930 posts and 10,324,230 comments. In a sample of 606 recent posts we counted 442 different authors.
When is r/BaldursGate3 most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Tuesday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 17:00 UTC, with the fewest around 06:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/BaldursGate3 about?
The community describes itself as: “A community all about Baldur's Gate III, the role-playing video game by Larian Studios. BG3 is the third main game in the Baldur's Gate series. Baldur's Gate III is based on a modified version of the Dungeons & Dragons …” Recent post titles often mention game, mode, act, bg3 and run. Most posts are text posts (49%).
Is r/BaldursGate3 safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/BaldursGate3 as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/BaldursGate3?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/BaldursGate3 accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 15 posted rules, starting with: “Be civil to one another.”; “Respect the opinions of others.”; “Keep your posts relevant.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/BaldursGate3?
Communities with similar topics include r/DnD (4.3M), r/Documentaries (20.4M), r/videos (26.9M), r/marvelstudios (4.9M) and r/Overwatch (6.2M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/BaldursGate3.