Hours played
How long do people play Borderlands GOTY?
Half of its Steam reviewers had played 27 hours or less when they gave their verdict. The middle half sat between 9.5 hours and 62 hours.
First 2 h
75% recommend
2–5 h
85% recommend
5–10 h
87% recommend
10–20 h
90% recommend
20–50 h
92% recommend
50–100 h
93% recommend
100–200 h
94% recommend
200–500 h
94% recommend
500 h and up
95% recommend
One token is 1% of its Steam reviews, standing at the hours its author had played. Amber recommends it, red does not. Counted from about 31,900 Steam reviews, by the hours each author had played when they wrote theirs. It is not a time to beat.
Does Borderlands GOTY hold up?
It grows on people: 85% recommend it at 2–5 hours, and 95% past 500 hours.
The refund window
Do the first two hours of Borderlands GOTY tell you?
8% of its reviews were written inside Steam's two-hour refund window, and 75% of those recommend it. After the window, 91% do. Of the players who gave it a thumbs-down, 81% were already past the window; the typical thumbs-down came 13 hours in.
Out of every 20 thumbs-down, 4 came while a refund was still possible and 16 after the window had closed.
Seal
Borderlands GOTY grows on you
Grows on you
85% of its Steam reviewers recommend it at 2–5 hours played, and 95% past 500 hours played.
Earned when the share recommending a game rises 8 points or more from its first stage past the two-hour mark to its last, never falls 5 points on the way, and at least 80% of all its Steam reviewers recommend it. Every game that holds it.
Made this game? Put the seal on your site
<a href="https://www.videogamebacklog.com/game/borderlands-goty#seals"><img src="https://www.videogamebacklog.com/game/borderlands-goty/seal/grows-on-you.png" width="160" height="160" alt="Borderlands GOTY: Grows on you. 85% of its Steam reviewers recommend it at 2–5 hours played, and 95% past 500 hours played."></a>Where players stop
How far do players get in Borderlands GOTY?
75% of the players who launched Borderlands GOTY hold Discovered Skag Gully, its first story achievement on Steam, and 28% hold Destroyed the Destroyer, its last. The steepest drop comes between Discovered Skag Gully (75%) and Discovered Sledge's Safe House (57%).
Launched it
100%
Discovered Skag Gully
Discovered Skag Gully
75% hold it
The wall · 18 of every 100 get no further
Discovered Sledge's Safe House
Discovered Sledge's Safe House
57% hold it
Discovered Headstone Mine
Discovered Headstone Mine
52% hold it
Wanted: Sledge
Killed Sledge
49% hold it
Discovered The Scrapyard
Discovered The Scrapyard
40% hold it
Discovered Krom's Canyon
Discovered Krom's Canyon
36% hold it
Wanted: Krom
Killed Krom
34% hold it
Discovered Trash Coast
Discovered Trash Coast
31% hold it
Destroyed the Hive
Killed the Rakk Hive
31% hold it
Wanted: Flynt
Killed Flynt
29% hold it
Destroyed the Destroyer
Killed the Vault Boss
28% hold it
One token is 1 of every 100 players who launched it, standing at the last story achievement they hold. Red stopped at the wall, amber hold the last one. Steam's global achievement stats count everyone who ever launched the game, people still playing included. They are not a finish rate.
Everyone's copy
25 of 47 copies here were never launched
In 47 libraries here. 25 never launched it; the typical player who did put in 2.7 h.
Name 100
How well it's remembered
Named in 0.0% of Name 100 runs, about 1 in 3,393: people remember it when asked to name 100 games from memory.