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Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel cover art

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

2K Australia · 2K · 2014-10-13

SteamEpic Games StoreXboxMicrosoft Store

ActionRPG

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

Releases: Oct 17, 2014 (PlayStation 3), Mar 27, 2015 (PlayStation 4), May 29, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 20, 2016 (Android), Mar 24, 2015 (Xbox One), Oct 17, 2014 (Xbox 360)

Launch into the Borderlands universe and shoot ‘n’ loot your way through a brand new adventure that rockets you onto Pandora’s moon in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!

427
playing now
79%
positive of 43k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
5
twitch viewers (latest)
75/100
critic score (15 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (413 ratings)
30h
to beat · rushed 18h · completionist 61h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

427 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is a 2014 action role-playing first-person shooter game developed by 2K Australia with assistance from Gearbox Software and published by 2K. It is the third game in the Borderlands series, and is a spin-off set after 2009's Borderlands and before 2012's Borderlands 2. It was released for Linux, OS X, PlayStation 3, Windows, and Xbox 360 on 14 October 2014. Updated ports for Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One were released as part of Borderlands: The Handsome Collection on 24 March 2015.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 427 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 690 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~86/week).
  • · Review velocity down 74% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,492 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.1M–2.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 43,200 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$2.95-93%
Gamesplanet$3.92-90%
Humble Store$3.99-90%
IndieGala$3.99-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.99-90%
GamersGate$4.00-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.93 at GameBillet (2025-12-01) · bundled 15×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 152 of 225 observed days · $0.02 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.2k2.2k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 592 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 504 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 731 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2,238 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 254 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,862 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 173 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 625 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 429 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 316 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 380 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 346 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 159 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 606 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 894 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 23 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

51302026-08-06 21:00 — 326 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 235 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 230 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 352 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 282 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 303 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 435 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 297 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 374 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 455 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 243 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 234 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 373 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 194 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 195 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 333 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 208 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 267 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 513 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 284 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 186 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 334 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 315 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 390 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 346 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 166 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 310 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 427 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$2.952015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $23.272015-04-30 — best price $43.952015-08-24 — best price $28.132016-01-07 — best price $39.992016-04-07 — best price $12.612016-08-19 — best price $24.002017-02-07 — best price $39.992017-06-04 — best price $35.992017-09-07 — best price $11.992018-01-11 — best price $39.992018-05-17 — best price $9.452018-09-04 — best price $39.992019-01-04 — best price $9.992019-04-25 — best price $39.992019-08-22 — best price $13.192020-01-02 — best price $39.992020-04-13 — best price $9.492020-08-12 — best price $39.992020-11-15 — best price $39.992021-03-02 — best price $39.992021-06-18 — best price $11.992021-10-07 — best price $39.992022-01-04 — best price $37.992022-04-28 — best price $35.692022-08-12 — best price $39.992022-11-16 — best price $10.802023-03-13 — best price $9.992023-07-01 — best price $3.992023-10-06 — best price $35.992024-02-09 — best price $3.382024-05-23 — best price $3.592024-09-13 — best price $39.992025-01-14 — best price $39.992025-05-04 — best price $3.682025-08-21 — best price $3.682025-11-30 — best price $39.992026-04-06 — best price $37.592026-07-16 — best price $4.002026-08-30 — best price $2.95
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

168812026-05-31 — 131 pageviews2026-06-03 — 101 pageviews2026-06-06 — 112 pageviews2026-06-09 — 131 pageviews2026-06-12 — 103 pageviews2026-06-15 — 81 pageviews2026-06-18 — 112 pageviews2026-06-21 — 141 pageviews2026-06-24 — 108 pageviews2026-06-27 — 91 pageviews2026-06-30 — 120 pageviews2026-07-03 — 133 pageviews2026-07-06 — 129 pageviews2026-07-09 — 131 pageviews2026-07-12 — 129 pageviews2026-07-15 — 112 pageviews2026-07-18 — 132 pageviews2026-07-21 — 118 pageviews2026-07-24 — 117 pageviews2026-07-27 — 112 pageviews2026-07-30 — 121 pageviews2026-08-02 — 126 pageviews2026-08-05 — 126 pageviews2026-08-08 — 113 pageviews2026-08-11 — 108 pageviews2026-08-14 — 114 pageviews2026-08-17 — 168 pageviews2026-08-20 — 98 pageviews2026-08-23 — 119 pageviews2026-08-26 — 120 pageviews2026-08-28 — 102 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2502026-08-27 19:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 25 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 5 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
82.2%
earned "Invaders Must Die"
14.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing2 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)120,8745%64
Steam (Steam)94,6554%63
Xbox One (Xbox)46,6583%63
PS3 (PlayStation)18,3929%64
Xbox 360 (Xbox)18,1904%63
Switch (Nintendo)3780%0

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-opFunnySpaceActionComedyShooterAdventure

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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