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Borderlands

Critic score8 critics
First release
Oct 20, 2009
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Shooter · Open world, Action, Science fiction

Borderlands is an action role-playing first-person shooter set on the distant planet of Pandora. Players choose from four characters, each with distinct combat abilities, and explore an open world rendered in a distinctive cartoon-style visual approach. Gameplay revolves around completing missions, defeating enemies, and collecting procedurally generated weapons with varying statistics and elemental effects. The game supports cooperative play for up to four players, with enemy difficulty scaling based on the number of participants.

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Details

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Storyline
In a distant future where mega-corporations colonize and strip-mine entire planets, four mercenaries known as Vault Hunters arrive on Pandora, a lawless frontier world abandoned by the corporations that once exploited it. Drawn by legends of an alien Vault containing priceless technology left behind by a vanished race called the Eridians, they begin piecing together clues to its location with guidance from a mysterious entity known only as the Guardian Angel. Standing in their way is the Crimson Lance, a private military force deployed by the Atlas Corporation, which seeks the Vault's power for itself. As the Vault Hunters collect the artifact fragments needed to unlock the sealed chamber, they learn the Vault can only be opened once every two hundred years, and the next opening is fast approaching.Read more

In a distant future where mega-corporations colonize and strip-mine entire planets, four mercenaries known as Vault Hunters arrive on Pandora, a lawless frontier world abandoned by the corporations that once exploited it. Drawn by legends of an alien Vault containing priceless technology left behind by a vanished race called the Eridians, they begin piecing together clues to its location with guidance from a mysterious entity known only as the Guardian Angel. Standing in their way is the Crimson Lance, a private military force deployed by the Atlas Corporation, which seeks the Vault's power for itself. As the Vault Hunters collect the artifact fragments needed to unlock the sealed chamber, they learn the Vault can only be opened once every two hundred years, and the next opening is fast approaching.

Release dates
PlayStation 3
Oct 20, 2009
Xbox 360
Oct 20, 2009
PlayStation 3
Oct 23, 2009
All 12 release dates
Xbox 360
Oct 23, 2009
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Oct 26, 2009
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Oct 30, 2009
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Dec 25, 2009
PlayStation 3
Feb 25, 2010
Xbox 360
Feb 25, 2010
Xbox One
Oct 19, 2010
Mac
Dec 03, 2010
Nintendo Switch
May 29, 2020
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
30h
Main + Extras
43h
Completionist
59h
Game modes
Split screen, Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
First person
Where to buy
Keywords
post-apocalyptic, military, playstation trophies, developer voice acting, humble bundle
… All 16, playstation plus, side quests, downloadable content, black market, auto-saving, games with gold, rpg elements, canonical death, playstation now, xbox one backwards compatibility, previously on - utomik

At a Glance

Critic Score
80
Main Story (IGDB)
30h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
43h
Completionist (IGDB)
59h

Overview

Steam review summary

Steam users rate this Very Positive, 20,164 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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Multiplayer

  • Online multiplayerIGDB · 1 Nov
  • Online co-opIGDB · 1 Nov
  • Local co-opIGDB · 1 Nov
  • Shared or split screenIGDB · 1 Nov
  • LAN co-opIGDB · 1 Nov
  • Co-op campaignIGDB · 1 Nov
  • Drop-in, drop-out co-opIGDB · 1 Nov

Feature data: IGDB

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