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New Tales from the Borderlands
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!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
12 of the 72 reviews raise this.
“I love the robot so much, best design and character, Ice cream gal is funny too. That's it. Everything else is an unskippable cutscene and crappy interactions. The most interactive part so far was hacking a radio. Just…”
“Did I like this game? Surprisingly yes. Do I think it meets the standards of all other TellTale game and/or the Borderlands franchise? Absolutely not. Its good dont great me wrong and each character is unique and…”
5 of the 72 reviews raise this.
“Got this game key for 1 eur, knew it was bad so i wasnt expecting much but i like the artstyle of borderlands so i was atleast on board with that. Experience was Painfully Mediocre, you dont do much other then watch…”
“I love the robot so much, best design and character, Ice cream gal is funny too. That's it. Everything else is an unskippable cutscene and crappy interactions. The most interactive part so far was hacking a radio. Just…”
“The graphics are nicer than the first Tales from the Borderlands but the characters are incredibly annoying and tedious. The quick time events are strange. Sometimes it doesn't seem to matter if you press the wrong key.…”
4 of the 72 reviews raise this.
4 of the 72 reviews raise this.
“New Tales from the Borderlands builds its interactive narrative systems into a smooth, mechanically engaging experience that blends choice, consequence, exploration, and character interaction in ways that feel intuitive…”
“FUN hack and slash”
35 of the 72 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“I went into New Tales from the Borderlands expecting a fun, story-driven Borderlands experience, but what I got instead felt like a long, awkward cutscene that occasionally asks you to press a button so you don’t fall…”
15 of the 72 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“I went into New Tales from the Borderlands expecting a fun, story-driven Borderlands experience, but what I got instead felt like a long, awkward cutscene that occasionally asks you to press a button so you don’t fall…”
“One of the worst games I've played. Humor of a 5 year old child, there's no dynamic, extremly slow, no connection with the characters what so ever. It's more like a boring, not funny movie, because theres not much…”
7 of the 72 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“I went into New Tales from the Borderlands expecting a fun, story-driven Borderlands experience, but what I got instead felt like a long, awkward cutscene that occasionally asks you to press a button so you don’t fall…”
“One of the worst games I've played. Humor of a 5 year old child, there's no dynamic, extremly slow, no connection with the characters what so ever. It's more like a boring, not funny movie, because theres not much…”
“Annoying. Stupid. Idiotic. Languid. Embarrassing. Cringeworthy. Insufferable. One hour into my playthrough of New Tales From The Borderlands, and I had already uttered the eight deadly words no writer wants to hear: "I…”
Counted across 72 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 31.1% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“Right from the start, it's hard to say whether I recommend it or not. It's obvious that the game isn't made by Telltale, but it tries to look like it is. The game looks nice and runs well, but on the other hand, I didn't like the story at all, which is a shame as I'm a big fan…”
— a player, Steam review · 29 hrs played“The characters are lame and insufferable. Super preachy game.”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“Back when Tales from the borderlands and the other telltale games were coming out, I was waiting for the new episodes and on the forums every day because the stories were that good. This game came out over 2 years ago apparently and I've owned it for about 2 years and haven't…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 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 2026-09-19.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Adventure |
| Player tags | Choices Matter · Choose Your Own Adventure · Quick-Time Events · Multiple Endings · Singleplayer · Action · Action-Adventure · Interactive Fiction · Cinematic · Capitalism · Visual Novel · Space (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 26 |
| Official site | http://newtalesborderlands.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5-4690K or AMD Ryzen 3 1300X Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 4GB or AMD Radeon RX 470 4GB DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 30 GB available space