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Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
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!
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
25 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Its still fun but definitely considering playing the rest of the game with the dialog muted and I'm not even like halfway through playthrough one”
“A different take on the Borderlands formula with several new features, most notably moon gravity. Just like other Borderlands games it has many fun missions and weapons, the only downside is the limited amount of…”
“While Borderlands 2 has the best story, The Presequel has the best mechanics. The addition of oxygen as something draining away, fire not working in a vacuum, low gravity, and ground slams. Those add just enough to the…”
21 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Overall the Pre-Siquel feels like a cheap DLC of the second game. Gunplay isn't very good either with its outdated sway and recoil mechanics. Movement is supposed to be fun on paper. Flying around, shooting from above…”
“This is my favorite borderlands game. The unique dialogue given to the hunter you choose is sorely lacking from the other games. For example, while playing as Athena, Janey was endlessly flirtling with her , but with…”
“Borderlands: The Pre-sequel serves as a way for the franchise to tie events in between their first and second titles, and show the beginning of Jack's meteoric rise to the top of Hyperion with his attempt to save Elpis,…”
7 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“As far as Borderlands games go this one is pretty lame. The guns are as good as ever but that's hampered by low gravity movement that makes the entire game sluggish as well as a need to maintain O2 levels. It's also not…”
“It's Borderlands, what is there even to say? I quite enjoyed the moon environments and more of Handsome Jack.”
“Perfect idea, even better execution. This was the first BL game I got to play, and after spending 300+ hours in BL1 and BL2, The Pre-Sequel still holds a very special place to me! The story is top-notch, with the best…”
4 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“I already want to play as every single vault hunter They all look so much fun”
“fire game, great story and replayability”
“amazing, will probably always come back to every few years. most fun vault hunters”
3 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“certainly my favorite game out of the borderlands franchise, all the vault hunters are fun to play, lasers were a neat addition, the movement is amazing. It's just a shame that 2K Australia got shut down before any more…”
“better movement than borderlands 2 but do not pay attention to whatever tf is going on in this game”
“Perfect idea, even better execution. This was the first BL game I got to play, and after spending 300+ hours in BL1 and BL2, The Pre-Sequel still holds a very special place to me! The story is top-notch, with the best…”
17 of the 102 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Overall the Pre-Siquel feels like a cheap DLC of the second game. Gunplay isn't very good either with its outdated sway and recoil mechanics. Movement is supposed to be fun on paper. Flying around, shooting from above…”
“Better than 4 and 3 but worse than 2 and 1 with just extra breathing mechanics and bigger jumps”
“As far as Borderlands games go this one is pretty lame. The guns are as good as ever but that's hampered by low gravity movement that makes the entire game sluggish as well as a need to maintain O2 levels. It's also not…”
13 of the 102 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“Its still fun but definitely considering playing the rest of the game with the dialog muted and I'm not even like halfway through playthrough one”
“As far as Borderlands games go this one is pretty lame. The guns are as good as ever but that's hampered by low gravity movement that makes the entire game sluggish as well as a need to maintain O2 levels. It's also not…”
“First few hours are quite boring which makes it understandable why many don't like this game and give up on it. However, Pre Sequel does get better, especially with the story giving Jack a lot more screen time, even…”
7 of the 102 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“A different take on the Borderlands formula with several new features, most notably moon gravity. Just like other Borderlands games it has many fun missions and weapons, the only downside is the limited amount of…”
“cool, part 2 the story is a lot more interesting and i feel the game is more fun to play than 2, but the lack of replayability holds it down massively - there's no raid bosses or post game content other than the…”
“TLDR: The Pre-Sequel is still Borderlands - I was just hoping for a little more meat on its bones. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is not quite a full-fledged sequel, but a bit bigger than an average DLC add-on. For those…”
5 of the 102 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Randomly exits gameplay to create online session which gets into an infinite waiting loop. Also displays 2 ads for the trash that is BL4.”
“While the Borderland Pre-Sequel adds a lot of cool new concepts, it ultimately feels like a step down from Borderlands 2. On the positive side, I enjoyed the new character skill trees, the introduction of laser weapons,…”
“I'm just coming back to the older Borderlands games. This one actually wasn't too bad. The story and the humor actually have their moments. I played Athena the most since I like when shields do the bouncy throw thing. I…”
5 of the 102 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Perfect idea, even better execution. This was the first BL game I got to play, and after spending 300+ hours in BL1 and BL2, The Pre-Sequel still holds a very special place to me! The story is top-notch, with the best…”
“This game runs really unstable, it freezes sometimes, it shuts and tells me my vram is running out sometimes. The saving mechanism of this game and its unstable issues ruins the experience. All enemies will respawn and…”
“I'd argue this is the worst of all the Borderlands games. The story is fine, most of the characters are fun to play, the environments are okay and the oxygen mechanics are interesting. What kills the enjoyment of the…”
Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 79.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“The most balanced Borderlands game, actually, and a really good game. Not sure what a lot of these reviews are talking about.”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“I’ve played every Borderlands game, and honestly Borderlands: The Pre Sequel is one of the most underrated entries in the entire franchise. A lot of people skipped it or dismissed it because it wasn’t “Borderlands 3” at the time, but that’s a mistake. First thing that stands out…”
— a player, Steam review · 59 hrs played“Take-Two and 2K games have updated all their games Terms of Service, turning this game as well as all of their other games into literal spyware. Important Info in Terms of Service: • Mods are a bannable offense • Display of Cheats/Exploits is bannable • Forced arbitration clause…”
— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:06 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
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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 | Looter Shooter · Co-op · FPS · Action · Comedy · Loot · RPG · Open World · Multiplayer · Shooter · Funny · Online Co-Op (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on TV |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Japanese * , Russian, Korean * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 63 |
| Estimated owners | 2,000,000 – 5,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://borderlandsthegame.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP SP3 Processor: 2.4 GHz Dual Core Processor Memory: 2048 MB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 / ATI Radeon HD 2600 DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 13 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 9 Compliant Additional Notes: Other Requirements & Supports: Initial installation requires one time internet connection for Steam authentication; software installations required (included with the game) include Steam Client, directX 9, Microsoft .NET 4 Framework, Visual C++ Redistributable 2005, Visual C++ Redistributable 2008, Visual C++ Redistributable 2010, and AMD CPU Drivers (XP O