Baldur's Gate 3 Trailers

Official Baldur's Gate 3 trailers and Larian's animated shorts in release order – from the 2019 announcement and the opening cinematic to The Final Patch.

Updated 3 November 20265 sources
Image: Larian Studios / YouTube

Larian Studios announced Baldur's Gate 3 in June 2019, launched it in Early Access in October 2020 and released the full game on PC in August 2023, with consoles following. Since then Larian has made a series of funny animated shorts starring the companions. Below are 9 official videos from the Larian Studios YouTube channel, numbered in release order. Click any video to play it here.

Reveal and Early Access2Full release2Animated shorts5

Reveal and Early Access

2019–2020
Official Announcement TrailerJune 2019
Baldur's Gate 3 Opening CinematicFebruary 2020

Full release

2022–2023
The Game Awards TrailerDecember 2022
Launch TrailerAugust 2023

Animated shorts

2023–2025

The Greatest Foe is listed last because its exact release date could not be confirmed.

Launch Party – An Animated Short2023
Christmas Gift – An Animated ShortDecember 2023
Modding Mayhem – An Animated ShortSeptember 2024
The Final Patch – An Animated Short2025
The Greatest Foe – An Animated Short

All videos are official uploads from the Larian Studios YouTube channel, embedded with YouTube's privacy-enhanced player.

Where to start

Start with the openingThe opening cinematic shows the mind flayer attack that kicks off the whole story.
Meet the partyThe animated shorts are light-hearted adventures with the Origin companions.
Then playReady to jump in? Our Beginner's Guide covers your first hours.

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Reference page written by AI (Claude) and checked against the sources above. Games change with every patch – the patch this page was last checked for is shown at the top.