Larian Studios is a Belgian independent video game developer and publisher founded in 1996 by Swen Vincke.

Larian has studios in 6 other countries around the world: Quebec City (Canada), Dublin (Ireland), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Guildford (United Kingdom), Barcelona (Spain), and Warsaw (Poland).

[8][9] Larian's first project was called The Lady, the Mage and the Knight, a game set in the world of The Dark Eye.

As a result, The Lady, the Mage and the Knight soon evolved into a collaborative project between Larian Studios and Attic Entertainment Software, who release the previous The Dark Eye computer games (under the name Realms of Arkania).

[16][17][non-primary source needed] Original Sin was originally budgeted at €3 million, twice the amount of cash Larian had on hand, but by the time the game released Larian spent a total of €4.5 million on it; according to Swen Vincke, Larian delayed tax payments and pulled resources from Dragon Commander's development in order to fully fund and complete Original Sin, and the company would have gone bankrupt if the game had not been a success.

[23] Larian Studios developed Baldur's Gate 3, a role-playing video game for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5.

It is the third main game in the Baldur's Gate series, itself based on the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop role-playing system.

[27] Following the release of Baldur's Gate 3, Larian began work on downloadable content for the title but canceled it.