Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

Buy79%

Mostly Positive · 43k player reviews · High confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

2K Australia · Co-op · Oct 14, 2014

Player review score
79%
Mostly Positive
Price
$3.99−90%
Lowest ever
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
63
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
8
Full audio6 of 8
Subtitles8 of 8

Should I buy Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 124 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 109 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 60 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 19 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 43k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
58% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews42% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
124 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Athena, Wilhelm, Nisha, Claptrap, Doppelganger Jack, and Aurelia all offer distinct playstyles, and their personalities come through more during missions because they actually respond to other characters.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
109 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Positives- The main story was brilliant, the change from jack being a hopeful and positive guy to a completely psychotic megalomaniac was interesting.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
60 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gunplay was brilliant and the loot boxes you can use the crystals on generated some really cool rare and interesting weapons.
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
25 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
There is still plenty to do through multiple characters, higher difficulty modes, side quests, farming, challenges, and co-op, but the game never received the same depth of post-launch support.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
16 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Revisiting familiar characters is nice, and playable characters like Athena are enjoyable, but these positives are not enough to outweigh the game’s fundamental design and technical flaws.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
uh, i think graphically... the game might be a little cleaner and nicer to look at that 2 is, and it's not saying that 2 is bad in any sense, it just feels like everything is a little more refined. the areas look fun and some are amazing, as well as there being a nice variety of areas and visuals to go around and see, which is nice being stuck on a big grey planet.

+1 more players loved

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay124 reviews
Story109 reviews
Combat60 reviews
Co-op25 reviews
Characters16 reviews
Graphics14 reviews
Audio10 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Difficulty
63% still recommend
Bugs
75% still recommend
Performance
43% still recommend
Multiplayer
43% still recommend
Crashes
0% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Multi-player
  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play on TV
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded
$3.99$39.99−90%

That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

7 points recordedtoday · $3.99

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