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Borderlands 2

Gearbox Software · 2K · 2012-09-17

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ActionRPG

Franchise: Borderlands · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jul 20, 2016 (Android), Dec 19, 2012 (Mac), May 28, 2014 (PlayStation Vita), Sep 21, 2012 (PlayStation 3), May 29, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 24, 2014 (Xbox One)

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Borderlands 2 is an Action, RPG game released in 2012, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 10,000,000 .. 20,000,000 owners and a Very Positive (90% of 312357 reviews) sentiment.

2,793
playing now
90%
positive of 313k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
10,000,000–20,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
263
twitch viewers (latest)
29.2
viewers/channel (concentration)
81/100
critic score (17 outlets, IGDB)
84/100
IGDB user rating (1854 ratings)
440
Nexus mods (5.6M downloads)
86/100
opencritic · mighty · 86% recommend · from 24 critics
67h
to beat · rushed 31h · completionist 146h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

2,793 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Borderlands 2 is a 2012 action role-playing first-person shooter video game developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K. Taking place five years following the events of Borderlands (2009), the game is again set on the planet of Pandora. The story follows a new group of Vault Hunters who must ally with the Crimson Raiders, a resistance group made up of civilian survivors and guerrilla fighters, to defeat the tyrannical Handsome Jack before he can unlock the power of a new Vault. The game features the ability to explore the in-game world and complete main missions and optional side quests, either in offline splitscreen, single-player or online cooperative gameplay. Like its predecessor, the game features a procedurally generated loot system which is capable of generating numerous combinations of weapons and other gear.

Trailer

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Health check

Cooling
  • · 2,793 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3,412 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~427/week).
  • · Review velocity down 75% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (14,838 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 27,808 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 13M–25M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 312,869 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$4.29-79%
Steam$4.99-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.54 at MacGameStore (2025-11-24) · bundled 17×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $27.99 · on sale 192 of 196 observed days · $1.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14k14k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 879 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 557 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1,123 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1,037 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 770 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 480 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 612 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 413 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4,343 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 791 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 661 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 734 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 858 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3,365 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2,821 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 925 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 14,375 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 463 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 14,452 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 307 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 757 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 195 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 695 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 951 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3,949 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2,824 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2,180 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1,709 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 247 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2,969 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,143 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2,397 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 256 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2,807 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 225 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,853 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 175 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,607 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,477 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1,105 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 840 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,380 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,603 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,395 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,818 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,272 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,026 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 934 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,487 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,106 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,420 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 944 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,238 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,355 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,300 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,173 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,240 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 913 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,039 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 980 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,019 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,206 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 797 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 724 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 747 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 959 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 806 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,084 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 806 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 988 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 883 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 735 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 678 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,074 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 700 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 595 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 833 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 827 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 636 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 659 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 589 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 876 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 540 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 495 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 494 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,168 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,271 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 771 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 491 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 525 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 759 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 723 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 664 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 666 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 549 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 516 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 455 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,496 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,173 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8,513 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 594 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 294 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 466 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 499 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 442 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 402 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 403 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 365 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 392 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 367 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 396 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 360 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 387 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 15 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4.1k1.4k2026-09-15 11:00 — 1,526 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 3,108 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 2,799 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 2,120 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 4,107 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 3,391 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 1,515 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 2,738 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 3,367 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 2,405 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 2,646 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 3,029 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 2,034 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 2,340 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 4,070 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 2,327 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 1,998 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 3,048 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 2,324 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 2,174 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 4,144 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 2,856 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 1,432 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 2,793 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
61k2.0kSep 2012Aug 2026Sep 2012 — avg 61,243 · peak 123,596Feb 2013 — avg 10,948 · peak 25,383Jul 2013 — avg 20,718 · peak 49,680Dec 2013 — avg 11,958 · peak 25,836May 2014 — avg 6,589 · peak 12,169Oct 2014 — avg 11,123 · peak 25,558Mar 2015 — avg 9,073 · peak 21,917Aug 2015 — avg 7,639 · peak 15,419Jan 2016 — avg 8,845 · peak 17,772Jun 2016 — avg 6,053 · peak 12,360Nov 2016 — avg 5,571 · peak 12,446Apr 2017 — avg 6,848 · peak 12,665Sep 2017 — avg 5,784 · peak 10,113Feb 2018 — avg 6,952 · peak 12,875Jul 2018 — avg 8,851 · peak 14,474Dec 2018 — avg 7,619 · peak 16,548May 2019 — avg 13,448 · peak 28,233Oct 2019 — avg 7,174 · peak 19,282Mar 2020 — avg 5,518 · peak 9,735Aug 2020 — avg 3,546 · peak 5,513Jan 2021 — avg 3,570 · peak 6,809Jun 2021 — avg 3,573 · peak 5,663Nov 2021 — avg 3,331 · peak 5,305Apr 2022 — avg 3,558 · peak 5,657Sep 2022 — avg 2,608 · peak 4,338Feb 2023 — avg 3,007 · peak 5,312Jul 2023 — avg 3,270 · peak 5,252Dec 2023 — avg 2,330 · peak 4,051May 2024 — avg 2,263 · peak 3,979Oct 2024 — avg 2,552 · peak 5,050Mar 2025 — avg 2,982 · peak 5,249Aug 2025 — avg 3,391 · peak 6,174Jan 2026 — avg 2,330 · peak 4,007Jun 2026 — avg 2,122 · peak 3,557Aug 2026 — avg 2,198 · peak 3,668
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
30302026-09-222026-10-092026-09-22: 15 new positive2026-09-23: 14 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 5 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 16 new positive2026-09-27: 3 new negative2026-09-28: 30 new positive2026-09-28: 10 new negative2026-10-03: 12 new positive2026-10-04: 22 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 22 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 20 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 16 new positive2026-10-07: 5 new negative2026-10-09: 6 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$30.06$2.552015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $2.992015-05-03 — best price $19.832015-07-31 — best price $4.992016-01-15 — best price $18.992016-05-01 — best price $19.992016-11-01 — best price $17.592017-07-11 — best price $4.492018-01-24 — best price $5.002018-08-24 — best price $5.002019-01-10 — best price $4.992019-05-20 — best price $19.992019-10-07 — best price $19.992020-02-08 — best price $23.182020-06-03 — best price $19.992020-09-18 — best price $19.992020-12-28 — best price $3.752021-04-19 — best price $17.412021-08-06 — best price $19.992021-11-12 — best price $19.992022-03-12 — best price $23.462022-08-12 — best price $19.992023-02-02 — best price $3.742023-06-29 — best price $17.522023-10-04 — best price $17.792024-01-26 — best price $17.522024-05-26 — best price $17.992024-08-23 — best price $4.492024-12-02 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $4.802025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-11-10 — best price $2.802026-03-10 — best price $5.002026-07-10 — best price $4.992026-10-08 — best price $4.992026-10-15 — best price $4.29
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4022262026-05-30 — 251 pageviews2026-06-03 — 280 pageviews2026-06-07 — 284 pageviews2026-06-11 — 230 pageviews2026-06-15 — 226 pageviews2026-06-19 — 265 pageviews2026-06-23 — 268 pageviews2026-06-27 — 343 pageviews2026-07-01 — 325 pageviews2026-07-05 — 330 pageviews2026-07-09 — 332 pageviews2026-07-13 — 334 pageviews2026-07-17 — 318 pageviews2026-07-21 — 294 pageviews2026-07-25 — 292 pageviews2026-07-29 — 268 pageviews2026-08-02 — 297 pageviews2026-08-06 — 325 pageviews2026-08-10 — 313 pageviews2026-08-14 — 302 pageviews2026-08-18 — 304 pageviews2026-08-22 — 293 pageviews2026-08-26 — 322 pageviews2026-08-30 — 389 pageviews2026-09-03 — 313 pageviews2026-09-07 — 359 pageviews2026-09-11 — 321 pageviews2026-09-15 — 332 pageviews2026-09-19 — 384 pageviews2026-09-23 — 290 pageviews2026-09-27 — 328 pageviews2026-10-01 — 267 pageviews2026-10-05 — 310 pageviews2026-10-08 — 305 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

56012026-10-01 05:34 — 99 viewers2026-10-01 14:34 — 76 viewers2026-10-01 23:34 — 103 viewers2026-10-02 08:34 — 62 viewers2026-10-02 17:34 — 186 viewers2026-10-03 02:34 — 97 viewers2026-10-03 11:34 — 66 viewers2026-10-03 20:34 — 152 viewers2026-10-04 05:34 — 232 viewers2026-10-04 14:34 — 89 viewers2026-10-04 23:34 — 217 viewers2026-10-05 08:34 — 75 viewers2026-10-05 17:34 — 59 viewers2026-10-06 02:34 — 125 viewers2026-10-06 11:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-06 20:34 — 438 viewers2026-10-07 05:34 — 125 viewers2026-10-07 14:34 — 58 viewers2026-10-07 23:34 — 207 viewers2026-10-08 08:34 — 53 viewers2026-10-08 17:34 — 56 viewers2026-10-09 02:34 — 345 viewers2026-10-09 11:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-09 20:35 — 439 viewers2026-10-10 05:34 — 143 viewers2026-10-10 14:34 — 77 viewers2026-10-10 23:34 — 281 viewers2026-10-11 08:34 — 107 viewers2026-10-11 17:34 — 52 viewers2026-10-12 02:34 — 253 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-12 20:34 — 197 viewers2026-10-13 05:34 — 117 viewers2026-10-13 14:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-13 23:34 — 145 viewers2026-10-14 08:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 43 viewers2026-10-15 02:34 — 244 viewers2026-10-15 04:34 — 263 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
89.6%
earned "First One's Free"
18.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TV5 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish - Spain, Korean

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2012-09-18, latest 2019-06-09 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)259,2683%75
PS4 (PlayStation)157,8964%76
Xbox 360 (Xbox)121,3525%69
PS3, PS Vita (PlayStation)119,6696%70
Xbox One (Xbox)74,5893%75
Steam (Steam)17,3876%69

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSRPGLootCo-opFunnyActionCombatComedyShooterAdventure

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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