Jesse Norris
XboxEraBorderlands 4 | Review
Published 9/11/2025
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100
+18 vs critic avg
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Series X|S / Switch 2 / PC / PS5 - 9/12/2025
Borderlands 4
See if you have what it takes to go down in history as a legendary Vault Hunter as you search for secret alien treasure, blasting everything in sight.
- Developer
- Gearbox Software
- Publisher
- 2K
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82
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Critic avg
82
61 scored reviews
Total coverage
61
All coverage currently scored
Score range
60–100
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Signal shape
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Score range is 31+ points
Critic landscape
The critic average is 82 across 61 scored reviews, with a 40-point spread. Critics are far apart on this one.
How to read this
Treat the average carefully. A polarized landscape is where reviewer match, review text, and score deltas matter more than the headline number.
Most scored reviews currently sit in the 80–89 band.
Score distribution
Shows how included scored reviews are clustered across the normalized 100-point scale.
61 included scored reviews
90–10019 reviews · 31%
80–8930 reviews · 49%
70–796 reviews · 10%
Below 706 reviews · 10%
Showing 41-50 of 61 matching critic reviews. 61 total critic reviews. Page 5 of 7.
Sam Chandler
ShacknewsBorderlands 4 review: Taste of chaos
Published 9/11/2025
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Score
90
+8 vs critic avg
Review
Read originalMick Fraser
Loot Level ChillBorderlands 4 review
Published 9/11/2025
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Score
90
+8 vs critic avg
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Read originalRavi Sinha
GamingBoltBorderlands 4 Review – Break on Through to the Other Side
Published 9/11/2025
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Score
80
-2 vs critic avg
Review
Read originalMatt Karoglou
Game RantBorderlands 4 Review
Published 9/11/2025
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80
-2 vs critic avg
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Read originalBrian Shea
Game InformerBorderlands 4 Review - Cathartic Chaos - Game Informer
Published 9/11/2025
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85
+3 vs critic avg
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Read originalMark Steighner
COGconnectedBorderlands 4 Review – Borderlands, Evolved
Published 9/11/2025
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89
+7 vs critic avg
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Read originalBorderlands 4 review: Rewarding RPG shooter reminds us why we loved the originals
Published 9/11/2025
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80
-2 vs critic avg
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Read originalAsh Wayling
WellPlayedBorderlands 4 Review
Published 9/11/2025
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90
+8 vs critic avg
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Read originalMichael Hoglund
Windows CentralBorderlands 4 review: The new pinnacle of the entire series | Windows Central
Published 9/11/2025
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80
-2 vs critic avg
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