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New Tales from the Borderlands

Gearbox Software · 2K · 2022-10-20

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Adventure

Franchise: Borderlands · Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 21, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Oct 20, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 21, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Oct 21, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 21, 2022 (Xbox One), Oct 21, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S)

Decide the fates of altruistic scientist Anu, her ambitious, "streetwise" brother Octavio, and the fierce, frogurt-slinging Fran. Claw and con your way through five thrilling chapters!

5
playing now
31%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Mostly Negative
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
64/100
IGDB user rating (21 ratings)
8h
to beat · rushed 6h · completionist 12h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

New Tales from the Borderlands is a 2022 graphic adventure game developed by Gearbox Studio Québec and published by 2K. A spin-off of the Borderlands series and a successor to Tales from the Borderlands (2014–2015), the game was released in October 2022 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X and Series S.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 21% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 43k–97k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,150 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$29.99-25%
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $16.96 at GameBillet (2026-05-21) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $54.99 · on sale 134 of 136 observed days · $23.03 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

1002026-08-11 19:00 — 10 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 6 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 7 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 7 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 7 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 8 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$54.99$17.192022-08-222026-08-282022-08-22 — best price $39.992022-11-20 — best price $39.992023-01-05 — best price $33.192023-03-05 — best price $34.392023-05-15 — best price $34.392023-07-20 — best price $19.992023-09-29 — best price $39.992023-11-28 — best price $39.992023-12-28 — best price $35.992024-02-01 — best price $39.992024-03-14 — best price $19.992024-04-14 — best price $38.542024-05-10 — best price $35.892024-06-10 — best price $34.392024-07-12 — best price $35.892024-08-10 — best price $39.992024-09-14 — best price $39.992024-10-16 — best price $17.202024-11-20 — best price $39.992024-12-30 — best price $35.992025-02-07 — best price $34.392025-03-09 — best price $34.392025-04-06 — best price $35.992025-05-11 — best price $35.992025-06-11 — best price $39.992025-07-21 — best price $19.992025-08-24 — best price $34.392025-09-27 — best price $35.992025-11-19 — best price $39.992026-02-21 — best price $37.592026-04-16 — best price $54.992026-06-05 — best price $34.232026-07-20 — best price $34.392026-08-28 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

115472026-05-31 — 70 pageviews2026-06-03 — 61 pageviews2026-06-06 — 115 pageviews2026-06-09 — 71 pageviews2026-06-12 — 72 pageviews2026-06-15 — 77 pageviews2026-06-18 — 71 pageviews2026-06-21 — 75 pageviews2026-06-24 — 64 pageviews2026-06-27 — 64 pageviews2026-06-30 — 90 pageviews2026-07-03 — 64 pageviews2026-07-06 — 76 pageviews2026-07-09 — 99 pageviews2026-07-12 — 73 pageviews2026-07-15 — 61 pageviews2026-07-18 — 80 pageviews2026-07-21 — 62 pageviews2026-07-24 — 83 pageviews2026-07-27 — 78 pageviews2026-07-30 — 79 pageviews2026-08-02 — 83 pageviews2026-08-05 — 69 pageviews2026-08-08 — 68 pageviews2026-08-11 — 89 pageviews2026-08-14 — 64 pageviews2026-08-17 — 79 pageviews2026-08-20 — 65 pageviews2026-08-23 — 83 pageviews2026-08-26 — 82 pageviews2026-08-27 — 65 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
74.2%
earned "Who Needs Keys?"
30.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)2,89321%27
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)1,77710%26
Steam (Steam)1,61113%26
PS4 (PlayStation)66527%27
PS4 (PlayStation)45025%27
Switch (Nintendo)230%0

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

Player tags

GoreBloodSpaceActionCinematicCapitalismSingleplayerVisual NovelChoices MatterAction-Adventure

Census log

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

Recent updates

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