Borderlands 3
Last updated: 2026-01-13
- Exceptional gunplay and addictive gameplay loop
- Massive weapon and build variety available
- Strong co-op and multiplayer experience included
- Weak and cringey storytelling throughout game
- Unskippable excessive dialogue disrupts gameplay
- Poor optimization and frequent bugs encountered
Emotions
Frustration22%Disappointment17%Satisfaction11%Excitement9%Enjoyment6%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 161,034
- Positive
- 130,26280.9%
- Negative
- 30,77219.1%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 10,973,398
- Estimated revenue
- $877,762,106
- Game price
- $80
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 6773.38%
- Estimated copies lost
- 46,133
- Estimated revenue lost
- $3,690,179
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 6843.4% Avg playtime 1h | 1490.7% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 8,32641.6% Avg playtime 71.8h | 10,85154.2% Avg playtime 86.3h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 9.4 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 22.5 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 701.1 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 2,131.6 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
20,010 total
Organic purchasers15,42677.1%
Voted up: 56%
Key activations4,58422.9%
Voted up: 53%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
20,010 total
First impression0-2h1,0135.06%
Voted up: 24%
Mid game2-10h4,13520.7%
Voted up: 57%
Late game10-20h2,82114.1%
Voted up: 62%
Endgame20h+12,04160.2%
Voted up: 55%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
62.7%
Global baseline 55.0%
255 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 161,034 total.