ActionRPG
Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 36% of players who started
Started playing 80% of owners
Steam reviews 81% positive of 28,034
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (37%); after 15h it's 1 in 7 (15%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- 36% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Wanted: Sledge” (Killed Sledge): only 58% of starters get there.
- 80% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 28,254 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 17.9h for positive, 10.9h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (80.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Wanted: Sledge Killed Sledge Most players quit here 58% −42
- Wanted: Krom Killed Krom 41% −17
- Destroyed the Hive Killed the Rakk Hive 38% −3
- Wanted: Flynt Killed Flynt 37% −2
- Destroyed the Destroyer Killed the Vault Boss 36%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (80)
story milestone ending side
- Paid in Fyrestone Completed 5 missions in the Arid Badlands 100%
- Ding! Newbie Earned level 5 97%
- Discovered Skag Gully Discovered Skag Gully 93%
- Ding! Novice Earned level 10 84%
- Discovered Sledge's Safe House Discovered Sledge's Safe House 69%
- Pyro Killed 25 enemies with incendiary weapons 68%
- Master Exploder Killed 25 enemies with explosive weapons 67%
- Rootinest, Tootinest, Shootinest Killed 5 Rakk in under 10 seconds 67%
- You call this archaeology? Applied an elemental artifact 62%
- Discovered Headstone Mine Discovered Headstone Mine 62%
- Fence Sold 50 guns to a shop 60%
- Ding! Expert Earned level 20 59%
- There are some who call me...Tim Equipped a class mod for your character 59%
- Get A Little Blood on the Tires Killed 25 enemies by ramming them with any vehicle 59%
- Wanted: Sledge Killed Sledge 58%
- Paid in New Haven Completed 5 missions in the Rust Commons 50%
- Discovered The Scrapyard Discovered The Scrapyard 48%
- Weapon Aficionado Reached proficiency level 10 with any weapon type 48%
- 1.21 Gigawatts Killed 25 enemies with shock weapons 47%
- Ding! Hardcore Earned level 30 44%
- Discovered Krom's Canyon Discovered Krom's Canyon 44%
- Pandora-dog Millionaire Earned $1,000,000 42%
- Wanted: Krom Killed Krom 41%
- Group LF Healer Rescued a groupmate from death in a co-op game 40%
- There's No "I" In "Team" Completed 15 missions in co-op 40%
- 12 Days of Pandora Mastered the technology of Pandora 39%
- Discovered Trash Coast Discovered Trash Coast 39%
- Destroyed the Hive Killed the Rakk Hive 38%
- Facemelter Killed 25 enemies with corrosive weapons 37%
- Made in Fyrestone Completed all missions in the Arid Badlands 37%
- Discovered Crimson Lance Enclave Discovered Crimson Lance Enclave 37%
- Discovered Eridian Promontory Discovered Eridian Promontory 37%
- Wanted: Flynt Killed Flynt 37%
- Truly Outrageous Killed an enemy with the Siren's action skill 36%
- Destroyed the Destroyer Killed the Vault Boss 36%
- United We Stand Defeated the Rakk Hive, the Vault Boss, Sledge, Krom, or Flynt in a co-op game 28%
- Ding! Sleepless Earned level 40 27%
- Down in Front! Killed 15 enemies with the Soldier's action skill 27%
- House of the Ned Completed the "House of the Ned" mission 26%
- Making a Monster Built the New Car: Monster 26%
- Careful, He Bites Killed 15 enemies with the Hunter's action skill 25%
- Fully Loaded Rescued enough Claptraps to earn 42 inventory slots 23%
- Jakobs Fodder Completed the "Jakobs Fodder" mission 23%
- Made in New Haven Completed all missions in the Rust Commons 22%
- Ned's Undead, Baby, Ned's Undead Killed Ned. Again. 22%
- Night of the Living Ned Killed Ned...sort of 22%
- And They'll Tell Two Friends Play with at least two other players. 22%
- Athena, Out Rescued Athena 20%
- Duel-icious Won a duel against another player 18%
- Depot Demolition Destroyed Lance Depot 18%
- Reckless Abandon Killed 15 enemies with the Berserker's action skill 15%
- Duelinator Won a duel without taking damage 15%
- Knoxx-Trap Killed General Knoxx-trap 15%
- Steele-Trap Killed Commandant Steele-trap 15%
- Ned-Trap Killed Dr. Ned-trap 15%
- Muerte la robo-lución Killed the Interplanetary Ninja Assassin Claptrap 15%
- Ding! Champion Earned level 50 14%
- My Brother is an Italian Plumber Killed an enemy plumber-style 14%
- Ding! Overleveled Reached Level 51 14%
- Speed Kills Destroyed a Lancer while in a Racer 12%
- Ding! Overleveled to 11 Reached Level 61 11%
- It's so realistic! Collected 5 3D glasses 11%
- Small Tournament Completed the lesser challenge in all 3 coliseums 10%
- Braaaaaaaaaaaaains! Completed the "Braaaaaaaaaaaaains!" mission 8.3%
- The Collector Completed a crazy request for Tannis 8.3%
- You're on a boat! I bet you never thought you'd be here 8.1%
- Speedy McSpeederton Raced around the Ludicrous Speedway in record time 5.8%
- Vincible Killed Crawmerax the Invincible 5.3%
- Can't We Get BEYOND Thunderdome? Emerged victorious from an arena match 5.0%
- Sneaky Little Buggers Killed each of the loot midgets 4.9%
- Sucker born every minute Paid for a worthless tour of the world's largest bullet 4.6%
- Tourist Found all 6 Claptrap statues 4.4%
- Completionist Completed all missions in Secret Armory 3.6%
- The Gully Completed the larger challenge in The Gully coliseum 3.4%
- The Lubricator Found 25 oil cans 3.2%
- What a party! Collected 3 panties, 5 fish in a bag, and 15 pizzas 3.2%
- Hell-Burbia Completed the larger challenge in the Hell-Burbia coliseum 3.1%
- The Angelic Ruins Completed the larger challenge in The Angelic Ruins coliseum 3.1%
- Bobble-trap Collected 15 Claptrap bobbleheads 3.1%
- Big Tournament Completed each of the larger challenges in all 3 coliseums 3.0%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.