The classic returns. Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition restores the full adventure, now polished with quality‑of‑life upgrades for a smoother D&D journey.
Gather Your Party
Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition brings you back to the golden age of 90s cRPGs, steeped in the world of Dungeons & Dragons. Customize your hero, gather a band of memorable companions, and roam the Sword Coast in search of adventure, fortune, and long‑buried truths.
75+ Hours of Adventure
Enjoy over 75 hours of classic Baldur’s Gate gameplay, including the full original campaign, the beloved Tales of the Sword Coast expansion, and a new arena mode for those who crave a challenge.
Classic Campaign: The original Baldur’s Gate adventure, faithfully preserved
Expansion: Tales of the Sword Coast, the iconic 90s add‑on
Classic‑Style Challenges: The Black Pits, a new arena of tactical battles
Refined Difficulty Options: Story Mode for relaxed exploration; Legacy of Bhaal for veterans seeking a brutal, old‑school test
Epic Characters
The Enhanced Edition preserves the depth and charm of a true 90s RPG, offering a rich spread of character options and companions, both iconic and newly introduced, while keeping the focus on story, choice, and timeless role‑playing.
Classic Class Variety: 11 core classes and dozens of subclasses
Legendary Companions: Recruit fan‑favorites like Minsc (and his brave hamster Boo!) and Jaheira—perfect for players who want to discover the roots of their stories after meeting them in Baldur’s Gate 3
New Heroes to Discover: Neera the Wild Mage, Dorn Il‑Khan the Blackguard, and Rasaad yn Bashir the Monk join the adventure
Hero Customization: New voice sets let you shape your character with even more personality
Story‑Driven Play: Your choices matter, shaping your journey across the Sword Coast in true classic fashion
Classic Gameplay
2D Isometric Graphics: The classic perspective that defined an era
Real‑Time‑with‑Pause Combat: Strategic battles in the style longtime fans remember
2nd Edition AD&D Rules: Faithfully adapted for that authentic tabletop‑inspired experience
Enhanced for Modern Platforms
The 1998 classic returns with thoughtful refinements that make it smoother to play today while keeping its soul untouched.
Thousands of Improvements: Fixes and enhancements to the original game
Modern Display Support: Native widescreen and high‑resolution options
A Classic Reborn: Optimized for modern macOS adventurers
Story‑Rich Gaming Experience
Your journey begins as all great cRPG tales once did: quietly, within the walls of home, before fate tears everything open.
Forced from the safety of Candlekeep under mysterious circumstances, you’re thrust into a conflict that threatens to ignite the Sword Coast. Your world has always been limited to the fortress library’s ancient halls, where your foster father, Gorion, worked tirelessly to shield you from dangers you never understood.
All of that is about to change, setting you on the path that made Baldur’s Gate a legend.
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Set graphics options at the beginning
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The game does not scale itself to the screen correctly. You have to manually set the graphics options. Otherwise seems good. They need to fix the graphics issue, however.
Excellent Experience on Big Sur after Enabling macOS Setting
MarkMKC
I had some reluctance given some other reviews about crashing but really wanted this to work, in anticipation of the full release of BGIII. I run a 16" 2019 MBP on Big Sur (v 11.0.1).The KEY piece is I needed to go to Finder → Applications, right-click on "Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition", select "Get Info". In the window that appears, under "General", be sure to set "Open in Low Resolution" to TRUE.It then worked perfectly. Before I did that, I had issues getting past the main menu. It now runs beautifully and incredibly smoothly. It even takes up my entire ultra-wide monitor in-game for a more cinematic feel!I've only experienced a couple slowdowns but it was due to other apps eating up all my RAM (looking at your Google Backup and Sync). Check Activity Monitor for culprits, as Big Sur compatibility, as of right now in Dec 2020, can still be rough for some apps.IMPORTANT UPDATE: January 2020. If you plan to play the Siege of Dragonspear (SoD) DLC—which I strongly recommend by the way—I suggest you actually buy the whole set through Steam, as I haven't seen a way to get SoD through the App Store. I had completed BG:EE on the App Store, then realized this...So I re-purchased BG:EE on Steam, then dug into the Library files on my Mac, copied my Save folder from where the BG:EE App Store put it and, pasted it where the BG:EE Steam expects it. I could then Import my BG:EE game into SoD no problem.
Crashes constantly about half way through campaign.
_EricS_
Although the game brings back many fond memories from playing the original, I can’t recommend the game due to a couple of issues. The first is just annoying, that the pop-up text boxes for items and areas in the map have microscopic font that is completely unreadable. I could live with this. However, the game frequently crashes when travelling from area to area. Once I got to the Baldur’s gate bridge, I could no longer travel to any area at all, making any further progress in the game impossible. Given that the last update to this game was 2 years ago, it seems unlikely that these bugs will ever be fixed.
Good game, crap port
Sheridan42694
The game itself is absolutely amazing. But the port to mac just isn't. The amount of time it crashes is just annoying, and due to the nature of the game, if you don't save often, you lose your progress. Which makes the crashes just that much more unacceptable. If they're trying to charge as much as they are for this game, it would be nice if they would at least fix their bugs. Good game, but the bugs are unacceptable.
Developer Response
Hello! We've encountered some difficulties submitting the next update (2.6 patch) to the Mac App Store and are still working on it.
Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition 2.7 patch improves the overall quality-of-life experience, bringing native Apple Silicon support, dynamic language support, and more.
Patch Highlights:
Added Apple Silicon support — With native support for Apple Silicon, you can expect faster app launch times, overall improved performance, and faster rendering. In addition, laptops will benefit from lower power consumption while playing, leading to longer battery life.
Dynamic language support — We made changes to allow easier language updates and additions in the future.
Chinese font change — At the request of the Chinese localization volunteers, we have changed the font for Chinese.
Font Size saved per font language — The Font Size zoom setting is now saved per font language.
Indexing Fix — Resolved an off‑by‑one error in rebuilt BIF files that affected some community tools.
Version 2.7.3
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