Borderlands 4 Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-04
- Gameplay is highly enjoyable
- Gunplay is standout feature
- Open world enhances experience
- Poor optimization and performance
- Uninteresting and bland story
- Frequent crashes and instability
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows 12-15GB VRAM / 16-31GB RAMnegativeWindows 8-11GB VRAMmixed
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mixed (5/10)
- Total reviews
- 83,088
- Positive
- 48,50658.4%
- Negative
- 34,58241.6%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 5,777,440
- Estimated revenue
- $404,363,026
- Game price
- $70
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1,2433.16%
- Estimated copies lost
- 86,431
- Estimated revenue lost
- $6,049,306
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1,2543.2% Avg playtime 1.1h | 860.2% Avg playtime 1.2h |
| > 2h playtime | 17,39344.1% Avg playtime 73.6h | 20,66452.5% Avg playtime 110.5h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 110.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 15.9 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 12,007.7 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 357.9 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
39,397 total
Organic purchasers27,36769.5%
Voted up: 53%
Key activations12,03030.5%
Voted up: 51%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
39,397 total
First impression0-2h3,3698.55%
Voted up: 26%
Mid game2-10h9,49124.1%
Voted up: 59%
Late game10-20h6,27815.9%
Voted up: 57%
Endgame20h+20,25951.4%
Voted up: 53%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
41.3%
Global baseline 52.7%
104 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 83,088 total.