Best gunplay in the series
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Without a doubt this has the best gunplay, movement, pacing, and loot-viability of all of the previous entries.”
Steam review · 33.9 h played ↗
Borderlands 4
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 59%Mixed · 59%Gearbox Software2025FPS · Looter Shooter · Action RPG
The verdict
Borderlands 4 has the series' best gunplay, movement and build variety, but it's held back by poor optimization, bugs, a bland open world and pricey DLC. Skip it at full price or on weak hardware.
Great for
Borderlands fans who want excellent gunplay, movement and loot build variety, and own a strong PC or buy on sale
Main risk
Poor optimization, shader compiling and bugs like falling through the world, at a high price
What changed in the last 30 days
159 recent reviews
Many recent negative reviews cite falling through floors, getting stuck after fast travel and infinite loading, plus DLC weapons that can't be equipped. Some recent positives say performance is now fixed. Fairly consistent signal.
159 recent reviews
What players love
Fluid movement with glide and grapple
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“now in BL4 your vault hunter can glide, air dash, double jump, use a whip to yeet things to yourself or to launch yourself around the map and even climb along walls.”
Steam review · 108.5 h played ↗
Fun co-op and open world with lots to do
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“co-op is where the game shines. Playing with friends smooths over a lot of the rough edges and brings back that chaotic Borderlands energy.”
Steam review · 153.8 h played ↗
Deep loot and gun part mixing
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“The licensed parts system is fun letting guns combine abilities from multiple corporations.”
Steam review · 53.8 h played ↗
Story and writing better than BL3
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“The Timekeeper (and the "secret" boss, who tbh was pretty easy to see coming but still not bad) were both WAY better villains than the Calypso Twins”
Steam review · 31.2 h played ↗
Varied vault hunters and skill trees
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“The fact that nearly every tree for every vault hunter can be good for the end game and competitive is such a huge pro versus the previous games”
Steam review · 350.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Poor optimization and stuttering
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“This might be one of the most unoptimized games of the modern era”
Steam review · 52.6 h played ↗
Bland open world and forgettable story
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“It is an empty vacuum of 4 bland types of terrain, filled with repeatable garbage”
Steam review · 157.6 h played ↗
DLC paywalls and overpriced content
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“"In order to equip this weapon, you must have the DLC installed."”
Steam review · 24 h played ↗
Constant shader compiling
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“launch game *compiling shaders* downloading patch *compiling shaders* join friend's world *compiling shaders* choose character *compiling shaders*”
Steam review · 30.8 h played ↗
Crashes and launch failures
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“it still will randomly crash”
Steam review · 38.9 h played ↗
Falling through world and stuck after fast travel
NEW · LAST 30 DAYSMentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“falling through floors has become a bigger threat than most enemies.”
Steam review · 125 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Verified100 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 / Windows 11
ProcessorIntel Core i7-9700 / AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 / AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT / Intel Arc A580
Storage100 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 / Windows 11
ProcessorIntel Core i7-12700 / AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Memory32 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 / AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT / Intel Arc B580
Storage100 GB available space
OSWindows 10 / Windows 11
ProcessorIntel Core i7-9700 / AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 / AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT / Intel Arc A580
Storage100 GB available space
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