Borderlands 3
Borderlands 3 is a first-person looter shooter set seven years after the events of Borderlands 2. Players select one of four new Vault Hunters and travel across multiple planets to stop Troy and Tyreen…
Borderlands 3 is an adventure developed by Gearbox Software, released 13 September 2019 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It currently starts at $5.09 at Fanatical. The main story takes about 41.7 hrs to finish.
What Borderlands 3 is
Borderlands 3 is an adventure game developed by Gearbox Software and released in 2019. It was published by 2K Games. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Seven years after the defeat of Handsome Jack, twin siblings Troy and Tyreen Calypso have formed the Children of the Vault, a violent cult built from Pandora's bandit factions. The twins, both Sirens born conjoined, seek to absorb the power of alien Vault monsters across the galaxy and open the Great Vault, a prison containing an interdimensional creature called the Destroyer. A team of new Vault Hunters, recruited by the Crimson Raiders and their leader Lilith, must pursue the Calypsos across multiple planets, forging alliances with old friends and new while racing to prevent the twins from unleashing a force capable of consuming the universe.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy, fantasy and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen. There are 81 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Borderlands series
Borderlands 3 is the 43rd of 70 entries we hold in the Borderlands series. The next entry was Borderlands 3: Moxxi's Heist of the Handsome Jackpot in 2019. Its critic score of 81 is 4 points above the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Borderlands 2: Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty at 90.
How it was received
Borderlands 3 holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 73% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 12 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 79, across 606 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 41.7 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 100 hrs, roughly 2.4 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $5.09, that works out to about $0.12 per hour of the main story, or $0.05 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for AMD FX-8350 or Intel i5-3570, 6 GB RAM and AMD Radeon™ HD 7970 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2 GB. An 6GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 75GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $5.09 at Fanatical, 92% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Borderlands 3 launched on 13 September 2019, within three weeks of Control, GreedFall, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019) and Gears 5. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Control, GreedFall, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019), Gears 5.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Borderlands 3 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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All media
Dlc
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Borderlands 3: Moxxi's Heist of the Handsome Jackpot
Borderlands 3: Takedown at the Maliwan Blacksite
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Borderlands 3: Guns, Love and Tentacles - The Marriage of Wainwright & Hammerlock
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Borderlands 3: Bounty of Blood - A Fistful of Redemption
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Borderlands 3: Psycho Krieg and the Fantastic Fustercluck
Borderlands 3: Designer's Cut
Borderlands 3: Season Pass 2
Borderlands 3: Director's Cut
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