Borderlands

2009 action role-playing first-person shooter video game

Game data

Metacritic 81

Released: 2009-10-20
User rating: 3.82 / 5
Genres: Shooter, Action, RPG
Platforms: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
ESRB: Adults Only

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Game details · IGDB

80Critic score · 8 ratings

79User score · 1,011 ratings

Borderlands is an action role-playing first-person shooter set on the distant planet of Pandora. Players choose from four characters, each with distinct combat abilities, and explore an open world rendered in a distinctive cartoon-style visual approach. Gameplay revolves around completing missions, defeating enemies, and collecting procedurally generated weapons with varying statistics and elemental effects. The game supports cooperative play for up to four players, with enemy difficulty scaling based on the number of participants.

Released: 2009
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Engine: Unreal Engine 3
Franchise: Borderlands
Developer: Gearbox Software, Feral Interactive
Publisher: 2K Games, CyberFront, Take-Two Interactive, Feral Interactive