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Borderlands 2 VR

Gearbox Software · 2K · 2019-10-22

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionRPG

Franchise: Borderlands · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

Releases: Dec 14, 2018 (PlayStation VR), Oct 22, 2019 (SteamVR)

Get virtually immersed in the mayhem-filled world of Borderlands as you step into the boots of a treasure-seeking Vault Hunter, grab 87 bazillion guns, and free Pandora from Handsome Jack’s clutches!

Borderlands 2 VR is a 2019 Action, RPG game priced at $49.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (53% of 1638 reviews).

0
playing now
53%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
4.34★
PlayStation Store rating (1,982 ratings)
40h
to beat · rushed 25h · completionist 70h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$49.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 31 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 56% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (222 reviews).
  • · Top 12% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 41k–98k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,638 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $10.00 at GreenManGaming (2021-08-13) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 25 of 58 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14014020192026Week of 2019-10-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-09-15 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 9 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 9 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 9 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 6 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
503Oct 2019Aug 2026Oct 2019 — avg 35 · peak 104Jan 2020 — avg 11 · peak 34Apr 2020 — avg 12 · peak 48Jul 2020 — avg 11 · peak 28Oct 2020 — avg 7 · peak 19Jan 2021 — avg 11 · peak 32Apr 2021 — avg 50 · peak 147Jul 2021 — avg 13 · peak 35Oct 2021 — avg 11 · peak 33Jan 2022 — avg 11 · peak 28Apr 2022 — avg 6 · peak 21Jul 2022 — avg 7 · peak 21Oct 2022 — avg 4 · peak 14Jan 2023 — avg 7 · peak 21Apr 2023 — avg 5 · peak 14Jul 2023 — avg 4 · peak 15Oct 2023 — avg 4 · peak 13Jan 2024 — avg 7 · peak 18Apr 2024 — avg 5 · peak 14Jul 2024 — avg 6 · peak 15Oct 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Apr 2025 — avg 6 · peak 20Jul 2025 — avg 5 · peak 17Oct 2025 — avg 7 · peak 22Jan 2026 — avg 5 · peak 15Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12Jul 2026 — avg 4 · peak 16Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 12
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$51.16$10.632019-10-222026-08-172019-10-22 — best price $43.892019-11-29 — best price $33.492020-01-09 — best price $33.492020-02-01 — best price $49.992020-02-27 — best price $33.492020-04-03 — best price $31.092020-06-05 — best price $18.472020-07-16 — best price $24.992020-08-27 — best price $24.992020-10-02 — best price $44.892020-11-03 — best price $19.992020-12-17 — best price $19.992021-02-24 — best price $44.612021-04-23 — best price $44.612021-06-24 — best price $24.992021-10-06 — best price $22.502021-12-06 — best price $17.002022-02-24 — best price $49.992022-05-19 — best price $24.992022-07-30 — best price $49.992022-10-07 — best price $25.002022-12-08 — best price $49.992023-02-20 — best price $49.992023-05-12 — best price $10.632023-08-28 — best price $49.992024-03-14 — best price $19.992024-05-25 — best price $49.992024-08-20 — best price $48.172024-11-21 — best price $12.492025-01-24 — best price $43.992025-04-17 — best price $21.752025-07-11 — best price $49.992025-11-04 — best price $49.992026-02-19 — best price $46.992026-04-16 — best price $49.992026-07-09 — best price $12.492026-08-17 — best price $49.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
81.4%
earned "First One's Free"
1.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportTracked Controller SupportVR OnlyFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-10-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4, PS VR (PlayStation)2,8452%70
Steam (Steam)2,7620%69
PS4, PS VR (PlayStation)1,6585%70

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

Player tags

VRFPSRPGGoreLootCo-opActionSci-fiViolentMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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