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Borderlands 3
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
61 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Absolutely loving it, this is my first time and I can say it's addicting.”
“Borderlands 3 takes the franchise in new directions, with new updated art, combat styles, and customization and skill trees like never seen before. However, not all of these new directions really work out; the villains…”
“I say all of this as a former Borderlands fan. Borderlands 3 is objectively good looter shooter that advanced the series' gameplay in meaningful ways. However, it delivered a story somehow so painful, so poorly written,…”
12 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Borderlands 3 takes the franchise in new directions, with new updated art, combat styles, and customization and skill trees like never seen before. However, not all of these new directions really work out; the villains…”
“People argue about the story being so bad and un-effective but its not too bad, the graphics are really good if you compare it to the other borderlands games.”
“Sure, the story is lackluster and the jokes miss 99% of the time, but the gameplay more than makes up for it. Pure looter shooter fun that can run on most hardware and is visually appealing and forever replayable. Dont…”
12 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“This game is very good, overtime the story got to be somewhat decent to me, while of course the story isn't nearly as good as borderlands 2, i appreciate the calypso twins for what they offer, two bratty young adults…”
“People argue about the story being so bad and un-effective but its not too bad, the graphics are really good if you compare it to the other borderlands games.”
“This game is awesome! I love the gameplay and different skill trees that actually feel impactful. Borderlands 2 is much better storywise, but Borderlands 3 still offers an interesting story and wonderful shoot-and-loot…”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Borderlands 3 takes the franchise in new directions, with new updated art, combat styles, and customization and skill trees like never seen before. However, not all of these new directions really work out; the villains…”
“Between PC, PS4 and PS5, I'm well over 500 hours into this game. While some people will complain about the juvenile humor and annoying characters...there still is a whole lot to like about this game. The shooting itself…”
“The main story is absolute dog doo doo buns, but the DLCs and gameplay mechanics are a lot of fun. In terms of graphics and gameplay, BL3 blows BL2 out the water, but BL2's main story is much better. They are both good…”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Overall yes with a few things: - Annoyances with subtitle cutscenes never fixed - Vending machines on occasion bugs out in showing items, but just exit and enter the vendor again, it fixes itself - I understand…”
“People hate this one because the story/characters are annoying. They're absolutely right. Still a very polished gunplay/gameplay/graphical experience and probably my favourite Vault Hunter lineup of the series. Buy on…”
“i have an ungodly amount of hours on this game across platforms and storefronts. can highly reccomend gettin a version with all the dlc on sale! if this game clicks with you, you got a few hundread hours of fun ahead of…”
54 of the 104 reviews raise this · 41 of them still recommend the game.
“Everything you've heard about this games story is unfortunately true, this game's story is a complete disgrace to the borderlands series. Every single "joke" and piece of dialogue feels meticulously long and dragged out…”
“Unfunny jokes Mediocre game, shadow of its previous entries Also weird ass CEO, hard pass.”
“Borderlands 3 takes the franchise in new directions, with new updated art, combat styles, and customization and skill trees like never seen before. However, not all of these new directions really work out; the villains…”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“Borderlands 3 takes the franchise in new directions, with new updated art, combat styles, and customization and skill trees like never seen before. However, not all of these new directions really work out; the villains…”
“Love this game always have...but 21 hours in I couldnot leave Sancuary I was so upset I uninstalled I turned off cloud saves if that doesnt work I wont play again trying 3 to see if I want to buy 4. Newer is not always…”
“Its good. Not without its flaws, but it is superior to BL4 in every single way. Biggest gripe: The characters (IE: Ava, and the main bad guys) are by far the most insufferable and annoying characters to ever grace this…”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“The game itself is fine except for the writing, it's just that Borderlands 4 is so bad that I'm not satisfied with just negatively reviewing that game Edit: Just kidding this game doesn't even ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ work anymore”
“Love this game always have...but 21 hours in I couldnot leave Sancuary I was so upset I uninstalled I turned off cloud saves if that doesnt work I wont play again trying 3 to see if I want to buy 4. Newer is not always…”
“Overall yes with a few things: - Annoyances with subtitle cutscenes never fixed - Vending machines on occasion bugs out in showing items, but just exit and enter the vendor again, it fixes itself - I understand…”
3 of the 104 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Well... where to start... The characters are insufferable. The Level design is bland and boring. The Quests are copy and paste. The humour is absolute dog water. I didn't mind the first 2 games but this is utter tripe.…”
“If you cut Ava from the game then it's a perfect game with awesome gunplay and decent writing, although some guns are a bit on the uglier side.”
“some of the best FPS gameplay ever made but overshadowed by: - attrocious 'coroporate-edgy' dialogue and voice acting that caused me to play with the voices muted or nearly muted depending who is talking, - constant…”
3 of the 104 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Worst Dialogue of any game I've ever played and piss easy even on max difficulty. Can run through all the base game content really quickly, and a quarter of your play time is spent waiting on characters to finish their…”
“Story sucks atomic ass, but if you turn the voice volume down and watch a yt video or stream while playing. The game becomes 10x more enjoyable. I recommend save quitting or downloading the dialog skip mod for all the…”
“Great game until you reach the Mayhem levels. Weapons dropped are all weak, only suitable for levels ten or more below current level. Weapons dropped have little to no effect on enemies, enemies become way over powered,…”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 84.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“this game is absolutely peak when you dont have an annoying moron in your ear telling you it sucks. ive beaten this entire game including mayhem 10 and all the dlcs on epic games. it's incredible and the replayability is up there alongside elden ring for me. better than BL2 for…”
— a player, Steam review · 40 hrs played“Great Gameplay, Terrible story. Play for the smooth ass gameplay, dont pay attention to anything but the DLCs.”
— a player, Steam review · 27 hrs played“I love loot as much as the next guy, but chill fam. Full transparency, I have hundreds of hours in the Borderlands games, but [b]this is the ONLY one I never finished, and there’s one big reason why.[/b] It took me replaying it in 2026 to realize it. Subconsciously, back in the…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:09 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, RPG |
| Player tags | RPG · Looter Shooter · Multiplayer · FPS · Online Co-Op · Action · Loot · Open World · Co-op · Shooter · Singleplayer · Co-op Campaign (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · LAN Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · Full controller support |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Japanese * , Korean * , Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese * , Traditional Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 81 |
| Estimated owners | 2,000,000 – 5,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.borderlands.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7/10 (latest service pack) Processor: AMD FX-8350 or Intel i5-3570 Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: AMD Radeon™ HD 7970 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2 GB DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 75 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX Compatible