Borderlands 3

Borderlands 3

Steam Deck Playable

Gearbox Software · RPG · Mar 13, 2020

Yes, worth buying.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $5.99.

81%
Very Positive
164k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 118 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 35 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 14 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 164k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

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
33% of themes are praise50% are divided17% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
still fun as remember when i played it on the ps4 (pre-ordered at the time) honestly i don't get why it's hated so much. yes the dialogues can be corny sometimes and the main campaign have some weak missions that after the first time becomes boring/heavy to replay but it's not so bad as people proclaim, also you can skip it if you own the dlc's and honestly they improve the base game by a mile i suggest to get all of them anyway especially when they are on sale. the gameplay is still incredibly smooth and fun as i remembered the guns feels incredible and the loot is rewarding and interesting to chase a good looter-shooter experience and i really love this genre :P. a little note performance wise the game runs well if you use optimized settings otherwise in heavy chaotic scenes the fps drops will become noticable, and sometimes the games do little stutters but besides this it runs greatly no big complains (bit sad that you can't lower particle effects unless you use mods or edit the game files).
118 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
When it comes to the graphics, the game does look nice.
35 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
I didn’t find the music to be that special, but it has good sound effects.
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
I started the game in co-op with my friends, but they gave up midway through the main story because they felt incredibly overwhelmed with completely unnecessary dialogue, to the point where you either forget or simply lose track of what the point of your mission even is.
12 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Gameplay118 reviews
Graphics35 reviews
Audio14 reviews
Co-op12 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters212 reviews
69%
Combat108 reviews
64%
Difficulty17 reviews
59%
Performance16 reviews
69%
Interface12 reviews
67%
Monetization11 reviews
27%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs13 reviews
54%
Crashes13 reviews
46%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $5.99 (−90%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $5.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
81%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
81
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