Overview

• SteamDB shows a peak of about 207,479 concurrent players within hours of launch, surpassing Borderlands 2’s 124,678 and Borderlands 3’s 93,820.
• Player reports cite heavy stutter, long shader-compilation pauses, crashes, and poor frame rates, with some dubbing the release “Stutterlands 4.”
• Gearbox is pointing PC players to NVIDIA optimization tips and a troubleshooting guide, and it has re-shared the game’s system requirements.
• The game is available now on PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store as well as on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, with a Switch 2 release set for October 3.
• Critics are broadly positive on the gameplay, with GameSpot scoring it 7/10 and calling it the most mechanically sound Borderlands to date.