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Tales from the Borderlands

Telltale Games · 2K · 2021-02-16

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Adventure

Franchise: Borderlands · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Mar 24, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 25, 2014 (PlayStation 4), Nov 25, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 03, 2014 (Xbox 360), Dec 17, 2014 (Android), Nov 25, 2014 (Mac)

Tales from the Borderlands is a five-part episodic game set on the unforgiving world of Pandora between the events of Borderlands 2 and Borderlands 3. This is a story full of Borderlands' trademark humor, following two adventurers on their quest for greatness.

Tales from the Borderlands is a 2021 Adventure game priced at $19.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 19,531 reviews).

17
playing now
94%
positive of 20k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
85/100
IGDB user rating (576 ratings)
7
Nexus mods (1.5k downloads)
4.55★
PlayStation Store rating (53,183 ratings)
12h
to beat · rushed 8h · completionist 20h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

17 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Tales from the Borderlands is a comedic interactive film based on the Borderlands series. It was developed by Telltale Games under license from Gearbox Software, the developer of the Borderlands series, and 2K, its publisher. The game was released in November 2014 for Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and in 2021 for Nintendo Switch.

Trailer

Tales from the Borderlands trailer thumbnail

Tales from the Borderlands - Launch Trailer

≈517,646 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 17 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 352 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~44/week).
  • · Review velocity down 52% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 392k–882k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 19,608 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2024-12-19) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 59 of 89 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
28628620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

55132026-09-15 12:00 — 21 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 25 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 20 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 22 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 55 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 22 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 21 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 28 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 29 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 23 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 26 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 26 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 13 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 16 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 39 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 18 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 28 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 32 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 16 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 32 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 36 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 21 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 17 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
88210Dec 2014Aug 2026Dec 2014 — avg 142 · peak 451Apr 2015 — avg 76 · peak 228Aug 2015 — avg 385 · peak 4,640Dec 2015 — avg 395 · peak 1,418Apr 2016 — avg 226 · peak 623Aug 2016 — avg 137 · peak 303Dec 2016 — avg 158 · peak 658Apr 2017 — avg 75 · peak 152Aug 2017 — avg 127 · peak 297Dec 2017 — avg 104 · peak 239Apr 2018 — avg 61 · peak 127Aug 2018 — avg 50 · peak 92Dec 2018 — avg 40 · peak 90Apr 2019 — avg 153 · peak 430Aug 2019 — avg 49 · peak 104Dec 2019 — avg 17 · peak 38Apr 2020 — avg 27 · peak 56Aug 2020 — avg 15 · peak 32Dec 2020 — avg 10 · peak 24Apr 2021 — avg 28 · peak 71Aug 2021 — avg 21 · peak 51Dec 2021 — avg 18 · peak 41Apr 2022 — avg 20 · peak 51Aug 2022 — avg 17 · peak 48Dec 2022 — avg 17 · peak 39Apr 2023 — avg 15 · peak 33Aug 2023 — avg 12 · peak 32Dec 2023 — avg 25 · peak 58Apr 2024 — avg 28 · peak 58Aug 2024 — avg 66 · peak 149Dec 2024 — avg 102 · peak 392Apr 2025 — avg 30 · peak 62Aug 2025 — avg 39 · peak 76Dec 2025 — avg 38 · peak 81Apr 2026 — avg 23 · peak 46Aug 2026 — avg 41 · peak 92
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$4.992015-01-012026-08-242015-01-01 — best price $18.742015-07-10 — best price $24.992015-11-19 — best price $14.992016-02-23 — best price $6.242016-11-04 — best price $6.242017-05-12 — best price $6.242017-11-03 — best price $6.242018-04-27 — best price $24.992018-11-01 — best price $14.992021-04-01 — best price $13.492021-05-23 — best price $17.882021-07-26 — best price $16.972021-09-17 — best price $13.492021-11-08 — best price $16.992021-12-21 — best price $14.992022-02-20 — best price $16.992022-04-13 — best price $13.492022-06-16 — best price $17.842022-08-07 — best price $19.992022-09-27 — best price $16.992022-11-25 — best price $14.992023-02-03 — best price $16.992023-03-31 — best price $16.992023-05-25 — best price $13.342023-08-15 — best price $15.972023-10-26 — best price $12.842024-02-08 — best price $12.992024-04-14 — best price $19.262024-06-13 — best price $19.992024-09-17 — best price $17.482025-01-02 — best price $16.972025-04-09 — best price $19.992025-07-18 — best price $17.482025-11-14 — best price $17.482026-04-07 — best price $13.442026-08-03 — best price $12.892026-08-24 — best price $11.84
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2361152026-05-28 — 130 pageviews2026-06-01 — 120 pageviews2026-06-05 — 190 pageviews2026-06-09 — 195 pageviews2026-06-13 — 140 pageviews2026-06-17 — 158 pageviews2026-06-21 — 157 pageviews2026-06-25 — 123 pageviews2026-06-29 — 129 pageviews2026-07-03 — 123 pageviews2026-07-07 — 161 pageviews2026-07-11 — 124 pageviews2026-07-15 — 129 pageviews2026-07-19 — 147 pageviews2026-07-23 — 132 pageviews2026-07-27 — 162 pageviews2026-07-31 — 115 pageviews2026-08-04 — 149 pageviews2026-08-08 — 149 pageviews2026-08-12 — 136 pageviews2026-08-16 — 180 pageviews2026-08-20 — 151 pageviews2026-08-24 — 132 pageviews2026-08-28 — 121 pageviews2026-09-01 — 168 pageviews2026-09-05 — 152 pageviews2026-09-09 — 117 pageviews2026-09-13 — 184 pageviews2026-09-17 — 171 pageviews2026-09-21 — 175 pageviews2026-09-25 — 123 pageviews2026-09-29 — 151 pageviews2026-10-03 — 149 pageviews2026-10-07 — 129 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
82.1%
earned "Welcome to Pandora, Kiddos"
52.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)75,67968%36
Xbox One (Xbox)34,32753%35
Steam (Steam)28,19563%35
PS4, PS3 (PlayStation)14,73173%36
Xbox 360 (Xbox)7,55130%35
Switch (Nintendo)540%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

FunnyActionComedySci-fiEpisodicAdventureDark HumorStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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