Gearbox Software

Borderlands

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.

Released: 20 October 2009
Developer: Gearbox Software
Publisher: 2K Games
Engine: Unreal Engine 3
Perspective: First person
Age rating: PEGI 18 · ESRB M
Metacritic: 81/100
Steam recommendations: 21,056
Platforms: PlayStation 3 · PC (Microsoft Windows) · Mac · Xbox 360 · Xbox One · Nintendo Switch
Genres: Shooter · Role-playing (RPG)
Estimated owners: 2,000,000–5,000,000 (est.)

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Player rating: 80
Critic rating: 1,021
Ratings counted: 89.7%
Steam reviews: 80
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Borderlands

Quick answers

System requirements 1GB System RAM (2GB recommended with Vista) Download size 8.0 GB Steam Deck Playable Player counts 199

Borderlands

The story

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.

Borderlands