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Tales from the Borderlands is a five-part episodic game set on the unforgiving world of Pandora between the events of Borderlands 2 and Borderlands 3. This is a story full of Borderlands' trademark humor, following two adventurers on their quest for greatness.

Release DateFeb 16, 2021
Price$ 19.99  Top 10%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)94.9% (very positive) Top 10% / 95.3%  Top 10%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)92.3% Top 2% / 92.8%  Top 1%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)13K  Top 2% / 17K  Top 2%
Curators560 reviews  Top 1%
Median Play Time12.7 hours  Top 15%
Play Time per Dollar38 minutes
Followers81.3K  Top 2%
Owners± 1.1M  Top 3%
Copies Sold± 561.6K  Top 3%
Gross Revenue ($)± 10M  Top 2%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Tales from the Borderlands steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows Tales from the Borderlands's Steam rating and reviews from November 2014 to December 2023. Steam's rating is in a narrow range going from 95.9% (November 2014) to 93.3% (September 2015).

With 17K reviews Top 2%, Tales from the Borderlands is definitely a major AAA level success. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Tales from the Borderlands and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows Tales from the Borderlands's review languages. The most popular language is English (69%), followed by Russian (12%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 27 languages represented. The game is translated in 6 languages. Considering that, unless the game is text-heavy, adding translations is not a lot of work compared to making a game, it is often a good idea to translate the game in many languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying Tales from the Borderlands percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in Tales from the Borderlands depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time played is adequate, reaching 20 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 2.4 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. A high negative review play time (median : 5 hours) could mean that Tales from the Borderlands crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult in the end. The Players' feedback section might help understanding the issue.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • fun story full of humor
  • great soundtracks
  • voice over
  • nice graphics
  • animation and characters design
  • choices and consequences
  • high replay value
  • Steam achievements
  • lovable characters
  • good voice acting
  • no manual save
  • animations are bad
  • response time of the game was slow
  • texture popping issues
  • minor clipping issues
  • no pause when wireless controller loses connection or has dead batteries
  • graphics could be a little disappointing
  • multi-directional responses were slow to hit
  • gameplay is like an interactive movie
  • no manual save

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's 94.9% rating  Top 10% should be factored in during their evaluation.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of Tales from the Borderlands's review data that Steam provides. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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