Larian's director for publishing, Larian, claims that Baldur's Gate 3 sold two copies in Vatican City.

According to Larian's director for publishing, who spoke to X to share his findings, the Vatican has two copies of Baldur's Gate 3 being played within its hallowed walls. This is the second notable example of gaming behaviour from the Catholic Church in this year. In July, they ordained their first gamer saint.

Michael Douse writes, "Sold two copies of Baldur's Gate 3 at The Vatican with one wishlist." "I'd love to think that the Pope is waiting for a moment of free time before he makes the decision. I wish I could see the mod list. It's a gnarly game."

Two copies may not seem like much, but it's important to keep in mind what Vatican City is. It's a 121-acre piece of land located in Rome, which is its own sovereign entity and the seat for the Catholic Church. The Vatican City has a population around 764 people, of which half don't live there. The Papal Swiss Guard is just over 100 people.

If you add The Vatican City to the homicide chart, which measures it as deaths per 100,000 people in any given year by homicide, it shows a homicide of 256 for 1998, when there were three murders.

If the statistics are accurate, then the percentage of people playing Baldur's Gate 3 in The Vatican City has just risen by 0.2%. If we were to use the method above, then 261 of 100,000 Vatican City residents would be Baldur's Gate 3 gamers. It's eerily similar to the 1998 homicide rates. A coincidence? Yes, obviously.

It's possible that a member from the Swiss Guard mentioned above has also been playing Baldur's Gate 3 during their free time. There's still something strangely pleasing about seeing a D&D game, which was the subject of a satanic hysteria in years past, being played merrily by someone on one of the most religious sites on earth without setting anything ablaze. Just... don't think about the bear-sex thing. Leviticus 18 does not forbid Constitution saves, but it certainly forbids this.