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Borderlands 2

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Developer
Gearbox Software, Aspyr (Mac), Aspyr (Linux)
Publisher
2K, Aspyr (Mac), Aspyr (Linux)
Franchise
Borderlands
Release date
Sep 17, 2012
Store page updated
Jul 7, 2025
Price
−75% $19.99 $4.99 · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

84.7/ 100

Based on 362 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating
Recent 😄 Very Positive 84% of 389
All time 😄 Very Positive 90% of 312,420
“straight up story, gameplay, quality DLC, and hilarious conversations”

How it holds up

−50+5
Gameplay
+1.17
Progression +1.75

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Story & World
+3.69
Story +3.49
“цікавий сюжет, харизматичні персонажі, другорядні історії цікаві” (36)
Гра, яка дала мені зрозуміти, що я, напевне, не дуже люблю лутер-шутери. [b]Графіка і артдизайн[/b] Все той же сел-шейдинг і карикатурний стиль, але в порівнянні з першою частиною гра виглядає помітно краще. Модельки деталізованіші, текстури приємніші, світ виглядає живішим. Стиль все ще на любителя, але мені ок. [b]Атмосфера[/b] Якщо перша Borderlands була про сіру безнадію, то тут розробники явно зірвались з ланцюга. Все стало більш божевільним, абсурдним і веселим. Фірмовий гумор на грані вийшов на новий рівень і місцями реально розйобував. Тут серія знайшла свою ідентичність. [b]Геймплей[/

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Content Volume
+2.82
Volume +3.99
“many hours of gameplay with multiple quests and interesting story” (24)

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Visuals & Sound
+3.04
Visuals +3.25

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Multiplayer
+2.28
Playing together +2.89
“used to work incredibly well with friends, good gameplay and fun writing” (37)

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Fairness
-2.55
Balance -2.60

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Tech & Ops
-2.51
Stability -2.62
“constant hardlocks when changing network settings, loading, joining friends” (14)

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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.

Steam review activity

% positive over time
since launch, by month · major update
10%30%50%70%90%
Sep 2012Sep 2026
Reviews
per day · 379 reviews, peak 23/day
02550
Aug 19Sep 16

Steam only gives daily counts for the last 30 days; longer ranges are by month. Months with fewer than 10 reviews are left out of % positive.

Review languages

Languages of the 362 reviews we analyzed from the past year — not all Steam reviews.

  • English49%
  • Russian13%
  • Spanish10%
  • Portuguese7%
  • Chinese6%
  • French5%
  • Other10%

🔒 Scores broken down by language — how Russian or Chinese players rate each category — are in the paid dashboard.

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