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Borderlands 3 cover art

Borderlands 3

Gearbox Software · 2K · 2020-03-13

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ActionRPG

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

Releases: Oct 30, 2019 (Mac), Nov 12, 2020 (PlayStation 5), Sep 13, 2019 (Xbox One), Sep 13, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 17, 2019 (Google Stadia), Nov 10, 2020 (Xbox Series X|S)

The original shooter-looter returns, packing bazillions of guns and a mayhem-fueled adventure! Blast through new worlds and enemies as one of four new Vault Hunters.

Borderlands 3 is an Action and RPG game released in 2020, priced at $59.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 to 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 163,984 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

1,431
playing now
81%
positive of 164k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
18
twitch viewers (latest)
2.6
viewers/channel (concentration)
81/100
critic score (14 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (586 ratings)
392
Nexus mods (2.0M downloads)
4.42★
PlayStation Store rating (44,526 ratings)
80/100
opencritic · strong · 78% recommend · from 144 critics
42h
to beat · rushed 25h · completionist 100h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$59.99
steam price (US)

1,431 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Borderlands 3 is a 2019 action role-playing first-person shooter video game developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K. It is a sequel to 2012's Borderlands 2, and the fourth entry in the main Borderlands series. Borderlands 3 was released on 13 September 2019 for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One, and released for macOS on 30 October 2019. A Stadia port was released on 17 December 2019. Versions for the Xbox Series X and Series S and PlayStation 5 including free upgrades for users on the prior console versions were released on 10 and 12 November 2020, respectively. A Nintendo Switch version was released on 6 October 2023.

Trailer

Borderlands 3 trailer thumbnail

Borderlands 3 - Official Cinematic Launch Trailer

≈484,031 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 1,431 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3,073 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~384/week).
  • · Review velocity down 72% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (19,145 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 27,531 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 3.3M–7.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 164,304 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$5.09-92%
GreenManGaming$5.40-91%
Steam$5.99-90%
Microsoft Store$5.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2025-06-05) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 148 of 191 observed days · $2.10 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16k16k20202026Week of 2020-03-01: 15,540 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3,605 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 5,109 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 964 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3,389 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 654 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,598 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 403 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2,270 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 448 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,962 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 304 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1,913 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 353 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1,045 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 193 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 6,356 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 816 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3,012 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 475 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2,038 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 330 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2,161 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 378 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,403 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 257 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,304 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 404 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,123 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 250 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,831 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 340 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,797 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 327 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,579 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 302 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 824 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,092 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 169 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,593 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 166 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,944 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 276 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,452 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 214 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,880 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 303 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 955 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 184 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,144 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 200 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,158 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 229 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 677 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 986 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 672 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 564 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 802 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 844 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 762 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,459 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 209 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,647 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 265 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,952 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 308 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,207 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 202 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 819 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 803 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 137 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,188 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 825 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 876 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 690 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,179 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 689 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,051 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 771 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,208 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 222 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 798 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 550 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 637 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 827 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 137 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,764 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 340 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,006 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,037 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 169 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 942 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,050 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 221 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 860 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 146 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 851 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 152 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 774 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 769 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 346 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 601 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,155 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,251 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4,215 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,043 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 521 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 671 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 180 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 593 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 203 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 599 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 435 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 439 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 338 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 319 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 358 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 27 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3.9k1.4k2026-09-14 19:00 — 2,659 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 1,962 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 2,058 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 2,743 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 2,587 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 1,825 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 2,627 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 2,074 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 1,956 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 3,433 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 2,352 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 1,583 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 2,688 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 1,736 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 2,358 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 3,890 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 2,068 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 1,876 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 2,389 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 2,379 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 2,493 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 1,681 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 2,200 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 1,431 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
53k1.7kMar 2020Aug 2026Mar 2020 — avg 53,125 · peak 93,597May 2020 — avg 14,973 · peak 34,315Jul 2020 — avg 8,786 · peak 17,781Sep 2020 — avg 8,705 · peak 18,328Nov 2020 — avg 5,729 · peak 15,189Jan 2021 — avg 7,677 · peak 16,501Mar 2021 — avg 5,828 · peak 11,667May 2021 — avg 5,170 · peak 11,473Jul 2021 — avg 7,373 · peak 14,457Sep 2021 — avg 4,543 · peak 7,314Nov 2021 — avg 5,256 · peak 13,053Jan 2022 — avg 6,658 · peak 12,732Mar 2022 — avg 5,201 · peak 9,598May 2022 — avg 5,557 · peak 13,360Jul 2022 — avg 4,603 · peak 7,510Sep 2022 — avg 3,437 · peak 6,445Nov 2022 — avg 3,610 · peak 6,392Jan 2023 — avg 6,594 · peak 12,648Mar 2023 — avg 8,830 · peak 25,102May 2023 — avg 4,510 · peak 8,575Jul 2023 — avg 5,073 · peak 8,406Sep 2023 — avg 4,344 · peak 8,993Nov 2023 — avg 4,309 · peak 8,288Jan 2024 — avg 4,612 · peak 8,280Mar 2024 — avg 5,408 · peak 9,835May 2024 — avg 3,022 · peak 5,494Jul 2024 — avg 3,662 · peak 6,391Sep 2024 — avg 6,475 · peak 12,722Nov 2024 — avg 4,912 · peak 10,436Jan 2025 — avg 5,047 · peak 8,596Mar 2025 — avg 4,470 · peak 8,373May 2025 — avg 4,429 · peak 7,594Jul 2025 — avg 5,697 · peak 10,883Sep 2025 — avg 4,845 · peak 8,797Nov 2025 — avg 2,481 · peak 4,502Jan 2026 — avg 2,253 · peak 4,195Mar 2026 — avg 1,947 · peak 3,697May 2026 — avg 1,727 · peak 3,108Jul 2026 — avg 1,966 · peak 3,651Aug 2026 — avg 2,086 · peak 3,739
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
68682026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 68 new positive2026-09-21: 7 new negative2026-09-22: 13 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 8 new positive2026-09-24: 4 new positive2026-09-24: 4 new negative2026-09-25: 12 new positive2026-09-25: 3 new negative2026-09-28: 10 new positive2026-09-28: 7 new negative2026-09-29: 10 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 11 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 10 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 22 new positive2026-10-04: 3 new negative2026-10-08: 7 new positive2026-10-08: 4 new negative2026-10-09: 11 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 17 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 6 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 8 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$59.99$0.002019-04-162026-10-142019-04-16 — best price $53.992019-11-27 — best price $40.132020-02-04 — best price $59.002020-04-05 — best price $27.712020-06-18 — best price $59.992020-08-12 — best price $59.992020-10-29 — best price $29.992020-12-17 — best price $19.792021-02-10 — best price $27.142021-04-15 — best price $26.402021-06-15 — best price $53.542021-08-12 — best price $50.992021-10-07 — best price $59.992021-12-02 — best price $59.992022-01-31 — best price $12.952022-03-28 — best price $14.992022-05-31 — best price $14.992022-08-04 — best price $50.992022-09-27 — best price $12.902022-11-26 — best price $13.992023-02-04 — best price $59.992023-04-14 — best price $7.922023-06-06 — best price $20.582023-08-15 — best price $49.792023-11-04 — best price $53.882024-01-14 — best price $51.592024-03-20 — best price $7.652024-05-08 — best price $53.882024-08-01 — best price $5.992024-12-03 — best price $49.792025-03-05 — best price $5.282025-05-24 — best price $59.992025-08-04 — best price $51.592025-10-23 — best price $5.992026-02-09 — best price $5.992026-05-08 — best price $5.282026-08-01 — best price $51.592026-09-18 — best price $5.092026-10-14 — best price $5.09
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4031772026-06-01 — 192 pageviews2026-06-05 — 233 pageviews2026-06-09 — 200 pageviews2026-06-13 — 198 pageviews2026-06-17 — 189 pageviews2026-06-21 — 260 pageviews2026-06-25 — 208 pageviews2026-06-29 — 266 pageviews2026-07-03 — 253 pageviews2026-07-07 — 222 pageviews2026-07-11 — 244 pageviews2026-07-15 — 266 pageviews2026-07-19 — 269 pageviews2026-07-23 — 242 pageviews2026-07-27 — 227 pageviews2026-07-31 — 220 pageviews2026-08-04 — 204 pageviews2026-08-08 — 272 pageviews2026-08-12 — 232 pageviews2026-08-16 — 217 pageviews2026-08-20 — 227 pageviews2026-08-24 — 247 pageviews2026-08-28 — 257 pageviews2026-09-01 — 271 pageviews2026-09-05 — 277 pageviews2026-09-09 — 218 pageviews2026-09-13 — 403 pageviews2026-09-17 — 274 pageviews2026-09-21 — 276 pageviews2026-09-25 — 221 pageviews2026-09-29 — 237 pageviews2026-10-03 — 223 pageviews2026-10-07 — 218 pageviews2026-10-10 — 240 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

98002026-09-30 18:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 72 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 96 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 63 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 78 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 107 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 43 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 37 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 77 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 42 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 18 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
94.1%
earned "You Got Skills"
16.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam Cloud2 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2020-03-13, latest 2020-11-09 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)119,1722%81
Steam (Steam)91,8804%81
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)68,8643%81
PS5 (PlayStation)55,3884%81
Windows (Xbox)2,1558%81

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

FPSRPGGoreLootCo-opActionShooterViolentOpen WorldMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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