Skip to content
Borderlands 2 cover art

Borderlands 2

ShooterRPG

Steam
Released

Sep 18, 2012

5,156 days ago
Platforms
  • PC
  • Switch
  • PS4
  • Xbox One
  • Mac
  • +5
Ratings

Release dates

North America dates
  1. May 29, 20202,346 days ago
    • Switch
  2. Jul 20, 20163,755 days ago
    • Android
  3. Mar 27, 20154,236 days ago
    • PS4
    • Xbox One
  4. Sep 30, 20144,414 days ago
    • Linux
  5. May 13, 20144,554 days ago
    • PS Vita
  6. Mar 24, 20144,604 days ago
    • Xbox One
  7. Dec 19, 20125,064 days ago
    • Mac
  8. Sep 18, 20125,156 days ago
    • PC
    • PS3
    • Xbox 360

About

A new era of shoot and loot is about to begin. Play as one of four new vault hunters facing off against a massive new world of creatures, psychos and the evil mastermind, Handsome Jack. Make new friends, arm them with a bazillion weapons and fight alongside them in 4 player co-op on a relentless quest for revenge and redemption across the undiscovered and unpredictable living planet.

Trailers

Screenshots

How long to beat

HowLongToBeat ↗ · 3,859 players
Main story
30 h
Main + extras
55 h
Completionist
130 h

Reviews

Critic scores from OpenCritic ↗
OpenCritic86/10086% recommend · Mighty24 critic reviewsSteam89%Very Positive · 306,951 reviews
Critics (IGDB)81/10017 reviews
IGDB players82/1001,886 ratings

Game info

Released
2012 · see every game from that year
Modes
Single player · Multiplayer · Co-operative · Split screen
Perspective
First person
Engine
Unreal Engine 3Wwise
Multiplayer
  • Xbox 360Online co-op 4Couch co-op 2Campaign co-op, Online co-op, Couch co-op, LAN co-op, Split screen, Drop-in / drop-out
  • AndroidOnline co-op 4Campaign co-op, Online co-op, Drop-in / drop-out
  • PCOnline up to 4Online co-op 4Campaign co-op, Online co-op, LAN co-op, Drop-in / drop-out
  • Xbox OneOnline co-op 4Couch co-op 2Campaign co-op, Online co-op, Couch co-op, LAN co-op, Split screen, Drop-in / drop-out

Editions, DLC & expansions

Other versions

Studios

Age ratings

  • ESRBMBlood and Gore, Intense Violence, Language, Sexual Themes, Use of Alcohol
  • PEGI18Bad Language, In-Game Purchases, Violence
  • CEROZViolence
  • USK18No content descriptors
  • GRAC19+Violence
  • ACBMA 15+No content descriptors

Languages

8 languages
Chinese (Traditional), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and 2 more
LanguageAudioSubtitlesInterface
Chinese (Traditional)繁體中文–
EnglishEnglish (US)
FrenchFrançais
GermanDeutsch
ItalianItaliano
Japanese日本語
Korean한국어–
Spanish (Spain)Español (España)

Themes & tags

4 more tags

Story & names

Five years after the events of Borderlands, a valuable mineral called "Eridium" starts flourishing through Pandora's crust. Handsome Jack, the leader of the Hyperion Corporation, secures this new resource and uses it to rule over Pandora with an iron fist. Meanwhile, rumors of an even larger Vault hidden on Pandora spread across the galaxy, drawing a new group of Vault Hunters to the planet in search of it.

Read the story

Also known as

  • BL2Acronym

Release dates by region

25 releases in 6 regions

worldwide

north america

europe

japan

asia

australia

The Borderlands series

All 13 games
  1. Borderlands2009
  2. This gameBorderlands 22012
  3. Borderlands Legends2012
  4. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel2014
  5. Tales from the Borderlands2014
  6. Borderlands: Game of the Year Enhanced2019 · Remaster
  7. Borderlands 32019
  8. Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep: A Wonderlands One-shot Adventure2021 · Standalone expansion
  9. Tiny Tina's Wonderlands2022
  10. New Tales from the Borderlands2022
  11. Borderlands 42025
  12. Borderlands Mobile2026

You might also like

Where to find it

Data from IGDB and Steam. Critic scores from OpenCritic. Dates shown for North America, in your local time zone.