Borderlands (2009)

★ 3.8 from 2,127 players Metacritic 81 About 10h to play #18 in RPG 68% finish it

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Overview

Borderlands is a RPG title released in 2009, available on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Players have rated it 2,127 times, landing at 3.8 out of 5. That puts it in the top 30% of every game in our catalog. Within RPG it ranks #18 of 1175 games by our quality score. Expect roughly 10 hours of play, a mid-length campaign (about 37% longer than the RPG average). On Metacritic it scores 81 — 5 points above the RPG average.

What players actually do with it

68%finish it▲ genre avg 52%

71%positive ratings2,127 votes

62playing now

193on wishlists

848gave upvs 1,785 beat it

Exceptional 20%Recommended 51%Meh 24%

Finish rate = players who marked it beaten ÷ (beaten + dropped) on RAWG. Wishlist and playing-now counts refresh with every sync.

Platforms & availability

Platform	Family	Release
PC	PC	Oct 2009
PlayStation 3	PlayStation	Oct 2009
Xbox 360	Xbox	Oct 2009

Can my PC run Borderlands?

Minimum

OS: Windows XP/Vista
Processor: 2.4 Ghz or equivalent processor with SSE2 support
Memory: 1GB System RAM (2GB recommended with Vista)
Graphics: 256mb video ram or better (GeForce 7 series or higher/Radeon HD3000 series or higher)
Hard Drive: 8 GB or more free space
Sound: Windows compatible sound card