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Borderlands 4

Gearbox Software · 2K · 2025-09-11

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ActionAdventureRPG

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

Releases: TBD (Nintendo Switch 2), Sep 11, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 11, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Sep 11, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S)

Borderlands 4 is a mayhem-fueled looter shooter, jam-packed with billions of weapons, deadly enemies, and intense co-op action. Break free from a dangerous hidden planet as one of four new badass Vault Hunters.

Borderlands 4 is an Action, Adventure and RPG game priced at $69.99 and released in 2025, with Mixed (58% of 85946 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

13,431
playing now
58%
positive of 87k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
166
twitch viewers (latest)
8.7
viewers/channel (concentration)
87/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
58/100
IGDB user rating (56 ratings)
271
Nexus mods (1.2M downloads)
3.86★
PlayStation Store rating (21,077 ratings)
82/100
opencritic · strong · 88% recommend · from 144 critics
48h
to beat · rushed 18h · completionist 83h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$69.99
steam price (US)

13,431 players in-game as of 2026-09-17 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Borderlands 4 is a 2025 action role-playing first-person looter shooter game developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K. It is a sequel to Borderlands 3 (2019) and the fifth mainline entry in the Borderlands series. The game was released for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on September 12, 2025 to generally favorable reviews from critics. A Nintendo Switch 2 release was announced but has been put on an indefinite pause with no future plans. Set six years after the events of the last game, the story follows a new group of Vault Hunters in the ancient planet Kairos, who join its local resistance to find the planet's Vault and overthrow the despotic Timekeeper.

Trailer

Borderlands 4 trailer thumbnail

Borderlands 4 - Official Cinematic Launch Trailer

≈435,489 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 13,431 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,053 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~257/week).
  • · Review velocity down 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (28,003 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 27,533 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-17

Tier history: thriving→healthy (Sep 17), healthy→thriving (Sep 12)

Estimated sales: 1.7M–3.9M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 87,070 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $29.96 at GameBillet (2026-08-06) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $69.99 · on sale 92 of 133 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
18k18k20252026Week of 2025-09-11: 17,591 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 10,412 negativeWeek of 2025-09-18: 5,169 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 3,260 negativeWeek of 2025-09-25: 2,793 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 2,310 negativeWeek of 2025-10-02: 1,417 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 1,148 negativeWeek of 2025-10-09: 814 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 774 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 648 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 659 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 450 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 540 negativeWeek of 2025-10-30: 276 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 294 negativeWeek of 2025-11-06: 200 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 232 negativeWeek of 2025-11-13: 171 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 208 negativeWeek of 2025-11-20: 700 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 229 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 597 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 179 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 120 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 120 negativeWeek of 2025-12-11: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 129 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 116 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 116 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 154 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 112 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 94 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 98 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 78 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 92 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 91 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 106 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 128 negativeWeek of 2026-02-12: 89 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 99 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 110 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 94 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 108 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 171 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 84 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 65 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 99 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 88 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 168 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 282 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 122 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 152 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 90 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 104 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 77 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 57 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 74 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 64 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 74 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 90 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 93 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 103 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 73 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 145 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 177 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 202 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 198 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 176 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 153 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 135 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 138 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 118 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 88 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 115 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 126 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 103 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 104 negativeWeek of 2026-08-13: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 61 negativeWeek of 2026-08-20: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-08-20: 83 negativeWeek of 2026-08-27: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-08-27: 60 negativeWeek of 2026-09-03: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-09-03: 71 negativeWeek of 2026-09-10: 272 positiveWeek of 2026-09-10: 300 negativeWeek of 2026-09-17: 218 positiveWeek of 2026-09-17: 214 negativeWeek of 2026-09-24: 142 positiveWeek of 2026-09-24: 144 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2026-10-08: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-10-08: 56 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

17k6.8k2026-09-14 18:00 — 16,776 players2026-09-14 20:00 — 16,385 players2026-09-14 22:00 — 14,762 players2026-09-15 00:00 — 15,329 players2026-09-15 02:00 — 15,509 players2026-09-15 04:00 — 12,352 players2026-09-15 06:00 — 9,560 players2026-09-15 08:00 — 8,332 players2026-09-15 10:00 — 8,694 players2026-09-15 12:00 — 10,485 players2026-09-15 14:00 — 12,639 players2026-09-15 16:00 — 13,799 players2026-09-15 18:00 — 14,569 players2026-09-15 20:00 — 14,971 players2026-09-15 22:00 — 6,774 players2026-09-16 00:00 — 13,915 players2026-09-16 02:00 — 14,122 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 11,292 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 8,682 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 7,747 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 7,805 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 9,429 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 11,700 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 12,490 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 13,445 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 13,694 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 12,129 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 13,028 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 13,431 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
140k3.3kSep 2025Aug 2026Sep 2025 — avg 140,297 · peak 302,421Oct 2025 — avg 35,452 · peak 96,684Nov 2025 — avg 11,520 · peak 25,820Dec 2025 — avg 6,429 · peak 11,279Jan 2026 — avg 4,639 · peak 10,043Feb 2026 — avg 4,055 · peak 8,527Mar 2026 — avg 5,162 · peak 16,611Apr 2026 — avg 5,314 · peak 12,001May 2026 — avg 3,251 · peak 6,164Jun 2026 — avg 3,508 · peak 9,318Jul 2026 — avg 5,252 · peak 10,446Aug 2026 — avg 4,044 · peak 7,562
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#41#832026-09-142026-09-172026-09-14 — #832026-09-15 — #412026-09-16 — #412026-09-17 — #41
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
1151152026-09-152026-10-142026-09-15: 108 new positive2026-09-15: 115 new negative2026-09-16: 44 new positive2026-09-16: 49 new negative2026-09-17: 45 new positive2026-09-17: 52 new negative2026-09-18: 44 new positive2026-09-18: 36 new negative2026-09-19: 36 new positive2026-09-19: 39 new negative2026-09-20: 54 new positive2026-09-20: 44 new negative2026-09-21: 59 new positive2026-09-21: 48 new negative2026-09-22: 33 new positive2026-09-22: 48 new negative2026-09-23: 29 new positive2026-09-23: 21 new negative2026-09-24: 22 new positive2026-09-24: 17 new negative2026-09-25: 36 new positive2026-09-25: 18 new negative2026-09-26: 30 new positive2026-09-26: 26 new negative2026-09-27: 61 new positive2026-09-27: 52 new negative2026-09-28: 31 new positive2026-09-28: 29 new negative2026-09-29: 12 new positive2026-09-29: 10 new negative2026-09-30: 10 new positive2026-09-30: 17 new negative2026-10-01: 24 new positive2026-10-01: 4 new negative2026-10-02: 16 new positive2026-10-02: 21 new negative2026-10-03: 21 new positive2026-10-03: 22 new negative2026-10-04: 28 new positive2026-10-04: 19 new negative2026-10-05: 37 new positive2026-10-05: 17 new negative2026-10-06: 13 new positive2026-10-06: 23 new negative2026-10-07: 14 new positive2026-10-07: 24 new negative2026-10-08: 31 new positive2026-10-08: 13 new negative2026-10-09: 30 new positive2026-10-09: 26 new negative2026-10-10: 21 new positive2026-10-10: 17 new negative2026-10-11: 10 new positive2026-10-11: 22 new negative2026-10-12: 14 new positive2026-10-12: 16 new negative2026-10-13: 12 new positive2026-10-13: 8 new negative2026-10-14: 8 new positive2026-10-14: 4 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$69.99$29.962025-06-162026-08-172025-06-16 — best price $69.992025-06-23 — best price $69.992025-09-03 — best price $63.432025-09-14 — best price $69.992025-10-08 — best price $69.992025-10-13 — best price $47.352025-10-18 — best price $49.992025-10-25 — best price $49.992025-11-04 — best price $59.192025-11-13 — best price $48.712025-11-24 — best price $52.492025-12-04 — best price $61.592025-12-18 — best price $48.132026-01-08 — best price $55.952026-02-06 — best price $48.132026-02-17 — best price $42.602026-02-26 — best price $69.992026-03-18 — best price $43.112026-03-26 — best price $69.992026-04-03 — best price $36.112026-04-11 — best price $58.792026-04-24 — best price $62.992026-05-11 — best price $39.902026-05-21 — best price $36.352026-05-29 — best price $36.292026-06-11 — best price $36.992026-06-24 — best price $37.792026-07-09 — best price $34.992026-07-14 — best price $69.992026-07-23 — best price $30.792026-08-03 — best price $30.092026-08-09 — best price $35.002026-08-17 — best price $69.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.3k3422026-05-28 — 420 pageviews2026-06-01 — 456 pageviews2026-06-05 — 439 pageviews2026-06-09 — 449 pageviews2026-06-13 — 355 pageviews2026-06-17 — 350 pageviews2026-06-21 — 604 pageviews2026-06-25 — 471 pageviews2026-06-29 — 501 pageviews2026-07-03 — 521 pageviews2026-07-07 — 486 pageviews2026-07-11 — 456 pageviews2026-07-15 — 433 pageviews2026-07-19 — 524 pageviews2026-07-23 — 481 pageviews2026-07-27 — 424 pageviews2026-07-31 — 417 pageviews2026-08-04 — 424 pageviews2026-08-08 — 387 pageviews2026-08-12 — 417 pageviews2026-08-16 — 403 pageviews2026-08-20 — 476 pageviews2026-08-24 — 446 pageviews2026-08-28 — 416 pageviews2026-09-01 — 525 pageviews2026-09-05 — 442 pageviews2026-09-09 — 409 pageviews2026-09-13 — 1,054 pageviews2026-09-17 — 638 pageviews2026-09-21 — 520 pageviews2026-09-25 — 405 pageviews2026-09-29 — 401 pageviews2026-10-03 — 382 pageviews2026-10-07 — 385 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

78392026-09-30 18:34 — 541 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 537 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 85 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 88 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 93 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 442 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 133 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 114 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 124 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 193 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 41 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 261 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 63 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 456 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 231 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 50 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 176 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 254 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 169 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 164 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 392 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 82 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 44 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 205 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 140 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 165 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 70 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 106 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 107 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 214 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 188 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 82 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 361 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 166 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
83.6%
earned "Crimson Rising"
5.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortColor Alternatives11 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Thai, Traditional Chinese…

Post-launch support: 11 DLC released, first 2025-09-11, latest 2026-07-30 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)22,7460%63
PS5 (PlayStation)20,4181%53
Xbox Series (Xbox)10,9870%52

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.

Census log

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

Recent updates

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