Action · March 13, 2020

Borderlands 3 (2020)

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Borderlands Collection: Pandora's Box This title is included in Borderlands Collection: Pandora's Box! Borderlands 3 Ultimate Edition Borderlands 3 Ultimate Edition is the quintessential Borderlands 3 experience, featuring the base game plus all 6 content add-ons and the full collection of bonus cosmetic packs! Borderlands 3 Super Deluxe Edition Continue your Borderlands 3 adventure with the Season Pass! This content is included with purchase of the Borderlands 3 Super Deluxe Edition, Borderlands 3 Ultimate Edition, and Borderlands 3 Collector's Edition. The Season Pass includes: Moxxi’s Heist of the Handsome Jackpot campaign add-on. Guns, Love, and Tentacles campaign add-on. Bounty of Blood campaign add-on. Psycho Krieg and the Fantastic Fustercluck campaign add-on. All 4 Multiverse Final Form Cosmetic Packs. A Butt Stallion weapon skin, weapon trinket and grenade mod. About the Game The original shooter-looter returns, packing bazillions of guns and an all-new mayhem-fueled adventure! Blast through new worlds and enemies as one of four brand new Vault Hunters – the ultimate treasure-seeking badasses of the Borderlands, each with deep skill trees, abilities, and customization. Play solo or join with friends to take on insane enemies, score loads of loot and save your home from the most ruthless cult leaders in the galaxy. A MAYHEM-FUELED THRILL RIDE Stop the fanatical Calypso Twins from uniting the bandit clans and claiming the galaxy’s ultimate power. Only you, a thrill-seeking Vault Hunter, have the arsenal and allies to take them down. YOUR VAULT HUNTER, YOUR PLAYSTYLE Become one of four extraordinary Vault Hunters, each with unique abilities, playstyles, deep skill trees, and tons of personalization options. All Vault Hunters are capable of awesome mayhem alone, but together they are unstoppable. LOCK, LOAD, AND LOOT With bazillions of guns and gadgets, every fight is an opportunity to score new gear. Firearms with self-propelling bullet shields? Check. Rifles that spawn fire-spewing volcanoes? Obviously. Guns that grow legs and chase down enemies while hurling verbal insults? Yeah, got that too. NEW BORDERLANDS Discover new worlds beyond Pandora, each featuring unique environments to explore and enemies to destroy. Tear through hostile deserts, battle your way across war-torn cityscapes, navigate deadly bayous, and more! QUICK & SEAMLESS CO-OP ACTION Play with anyone at any time with online co-op, regardless of your level or mission progress.

Action releases from 2020

236 Action titles launched in 2020 — top 6 by review volume.

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume149.1k Steam reviewsTop 4% in Action
Positive rating84% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 58%
Metacritic81/100Genre average 77 — top 36% of Action titles
Concurrent peak3.2k playersTop 5% in Action by live player count
Engagement hours41 h averageTop 10% for session depth among Action

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • RPG · 583
  • Looter Shooter · 515
  • Multiplayer · 496
  • FPS · 484
  • Online Co-Op · 473
  • Action · 466
  • Loot · 466
  • Open World · 459
  • Co-op · 438
  • Shooter · 343
  • Singleplayer · 309
  • Co-op Campaign · 294
  • Gore · 242
  • First-Person · 224
  • Violent · 196

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (11)

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Full audio (9)

  • English
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Traditional Chinese

Peer Action titles

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Reception Metrics

Steam community

84%Mostly Positive · 149.1k reviews

125.2k positive · 23.9k negative

Metacritic

81/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

5.5/10

Curator recommendations

125.4k

Peak concurrent players

3.2k

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • Co-op
  • Online Co-op
  • LAN Co-op
  • Cross-Platform Multiplayer

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud
  • Remote Play on Phone
  • Remote Play on Tablet

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player

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Engagement Profile

All-time avg

41h

substantial (40–100 hours)

Median

21h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

3h

Current engagement

Achievements

81

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateMar 13, 2020
DeveloperGearbox Software
Publisher2K
Base price$5.99 -90%
Required age17+
DLC / Add-ons2 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support

Content Notes

This Game may contain content not appropriate for all ages, or may not be appropriate for viewing at work. This may include: Frequent Violence or Gore General Mature Content Sexual Themes

Editions & Packages

  • Buy Borderlands 3