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Larian Studios

Based in Ghent, Belgium Founded 1996

Larian Studios is a Belgian developer and self-publisher of role-playing games, best known for Baldur's Gate 3 and the Divinity series, with a new Divinity game announced in December 2025. It makes money by selling its games outright; Baldur's Gate 3 received free updates after launch rather than paid expansions.

Track record FairWorst badge: Good practice
On the record 4dated events, each with a source
In the guide 1game it made or published

Track-record badges

What stands out, worst first

  • Pay-once house

    Pay-once house

    Baldur's Gate 3 is sold once; Larian released major free patches through April 2025 and said in March 2024 it would not make paid DLC or expansions for it.
  • Independent

    Independent studio

    Founder-run and self-publishing its games since 2012; Tencent is reported to hold a minority stake, but no publisher or platform owner controls it.

Track record

What's on the record, newest first

  1. Other

    Said it would not use generative AI for Divinity concept art

    After a December 2025 Bloomberg interview about Larian's use of generative AI tools prompted criticism, Swen Vincke said no concept art had been made with generative AI, that the studio would stop using such tools in concept art development, and that any generative model used for in-game assets would be trained only on data Larian owns.

    GamesIndustry.biz
  2. Good practice

    Released the final free Baldur's Gate 3 patch

    Larian released Patch 8, the final major update for Baldur's Gate 3, adding cross-play, a photo mode and 12 new subclasses. It followed earlier free patches, including official in-game mod support in September 2024; in March 2024 Larian said it would not release DLC or expansions for the game.

    GamesRadar+
  3. Labour

    Said staff did 'a bit of crunch' on Baldur's Gate 3

    Speaking at the Digital Dragons conference, Swen Vincke said the team did not 'overly crunch' but did some overtime to finish Baldur's Gate 3, that overtime was paid, and that offices were mostly empty by 8pm and rarely used at weekends.

    GamesIndustry.biz
  4. Other

    Moved to self-publishing its games

    Founder Swen Vincke said Larian would self-publish its future games, starting with Divinity: Dragon Commander, handling publishing, distribution and marketing in-house rather than through an outside publisher.

    GamesIndustry.biz

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Games in the guide

What Larian Studios made or published

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Last checked 1 November 2026. Sources: www.gamesindustry.biz, www.gamesindustry.biz, www.gamesradar.com, www.theverge.com, www.ign.com, www.gamesindustry.biz, www.gamesindustry.biz, en.wikipedia.org. Spotted something wrong or missing? Send a correction.