Borderlands 4 is out now on PC ahead of its global release across all platforms, and on Steam it’s already shooting up the most-played games chart with a concurrent player count bigger than all other Borderlands games.
At the time of this article’s publication, Gearbox’s looter shooter had over 148,000 concurrent players on Steam, making it the sixth most-played game on Valve’s platform. For context, Borderlands 2 set a Steam peak concurrent player count of 124,678 13 years ago, with Borderlands 3 hitting a peak of 93,820 five-and-a-half years ago, and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel reaching 68,238 10 years ago. Borderlands Game of the Year Edition has a peak of 23,655.
So, all signs point to a huge launch for Borderlands 4. Check out IGN’s Borderlands 4 review to find out what we think of the game. If you are delving into Borderlands 4 don’t go without our updated hourly SHiFT codes list. Plus check out our expert players’ choices for which character to choose (no one agreed).
Meanwhile, be sure to check out IGN’s recent interview with narrative director Sam Winkler, lead writer Taylor Clark, and managing director of narrative properties Lin Joyce to learn more about why the team decided to create a more grounded story this time around.
Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.
