 Pillars of Eternity is a role @-@ playing video game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Paradox Interactive . It was released for Microsoft Windows , OS X , and Linux on March 26 , 2015 . The game is a spiritual successor to the Baldur 's Gate and Icewind Dale series , along with Planescape : Torment . Obsidian started a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for it in September 2012 . The campaign raised over US $ 4 million , which was the highest funded video game at the time . The game uses the Unity engine . 
