Borderlands 4 seems to be an enormous hit, at the least within the US, and has surpassed Borderlands 3 by way of income.
Gearbox’s router shooter was September’s best-selling premium online game and debuted because the third best-selling recreation of 2025 up to now, in response to US online game information firm Circana. It was September’s bestseller on each the Xbox and PC complete retailer charts.
Most significantly for writer 2K Video games, Borderlands 4 had the most effective launch month within the sequence’ historical past. That is almost 30% increased than the earlier finest, Borderlands 3.
It’s value noting that this statistic shouldn’t be concerning the variety of items bought, however concerning the income generated. Borderlands 4 launched for $69.99 (there was a bizarre uproar on-line about whether or not it might finally bounce to $80), with the Deluxe Version priced at $99.99 and the Tremendous Deluxe Version priced at $129.99. When launched in September 2019, Borderlands 3 was priced at $59.99 for the Commonplace Version, $79.99 for the Deluxe Version, and $99.99 for the Tremendous Deluxe Version. It is also value noting that whereas Borderlands 3 was unique to PC on the Epic Video games Retailer for six months after launch, Borderlands 4 was launched on PC by way of Steam in addition to consoles.
Due to this fact, precise gross sales numbers are usually not but identified (2K Video games has not made any bulletins up to now). However Borderlands 4 is unquestionably the primary Borderlands title to launch because the best-selling recreation in its launch month, in response to Circana.
There was a silver lining when Borderlands 4 was launched final month. This set a file for the best variety of concurrent gamers for the sequence on Steam (neither Sony nor Microsoft disclose participant numbers). Nevertheless, it has been suffering from efficiency points which have resulted in “combined” Steam evaluation rankings on Valve’s platform. Gearbox has issued a sequence of patches since launch, however followers are ready for Borderlands 4’s “Day 30 Replace”, which is scheduled to be launched later this week.
By the best way, “NBA 2K26” is the best-selling recreation in 2025, surpassing Capcom’s “Monster Hunter: Wild.” Helldivers 2 was the fourth best-selling recreation on the Xbox platform in September, after rating third in its August launch month. Helldivers 2 ranked sixth because the best-selling recreation general for September and nineteenth for 2025 year-to-date.
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