Overview

• The game unlocked on PC hours before consoles, with PS5 and Xbox Series X|S going live at midnight local time and a Nintendo Switch 2 version planned for early October.
• Steam stats show Borderlands 4 topped sales and surpassed 175,000 concurrent players, setting a new franchise peak.
• Early reviews are generally favorable at about 84 on Metacritic, with most pre-launch coverage based on PC builds as console review codes were not widely distributed.
• Steam user reviews shifted to Mixed after reports of low framerates, heavy stuttering, and crashes on PC at launch.
• Gearbox’s PC specs require an SSD, roughly 100 GB of storage, an eight‑core CPU, and at least an RTX 2070 (RTX 3080 recommended), and crossplay is supported via Shift account linking.