Borderlands 2
Released Sep 2012
The Ultimate Vault Hunter’s Upgrade lets you get the most out of the Borderlands 2 experience.
88% positive · 313K reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Evaluation
Borderlands 2 launched on September 17, 2012 and received substantial post-launch content over the years, including a Season Pass and multiple DLC packs. The final piece of content released for the game was "Commander Lilith & the Fight for Sanctuary" on June 9, 2019 — a free DLC released to bridge the story into Borderlands 3. All five DLC entries in the store listing are marked as released, with Commander Lilith being the most recent. Since then, Gearbox Software's focus has entirely shifted to the next installment in the franchise: Borderlands 4, which launched on September 11, 2025. The developer's news posts on the Borderlands 2 Steam page from late 2024 onward consist exclusively of Borderlands 4 announcements, gameplay reveals, and the eventual launch — with no indication of any further content planned for Borderlands 2. There have been no developer statements about future Borderlands 2 updates, no unreleased DLC listed, and no sustained post-launch content cadence since 2019. The game is a complete, finished product.
Evidence
Borderlands 4 launched on September 11, 2025. Gearbox's post-launch attention is entirely on the new title, with a post-launch roadmap announced for Borderlands 4.
Commander Lilith & the Fight for Sanctuary released on June 9, 2019 — the most recent and final DLC for Borderlands 2, released as a free bridge to Borderlands 3.
Content
5 of 5 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
2K
Achievements
75
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op
About this game
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.
Key Features:
- All-New Characters and All-New Classes: Four all new playable classes including the Siren, the Commando, the Gunzerker and the Assassin. Step into the role of the Gunzerker, whose highly deadly skills allow him to dual-wield any two weapons found in the game. Not only that, you will build on that skill to do more things with two guns than you ever imagined possible. Dual machine guns? Cool. Dual rocket launchers? Of course! Dual Sniper Rifles? Sure, if that’s your thing! Want to try other styles? More tactical perhaps? There are multiple classes to choose from!
- Dynamic Co-op online, and LAN: Share your adventures with friends both online and via LAN. Borderlands 2 features a seamless system enabling you to drop in and drop out of a campaign without ever having to restart the game. On top of that you can even take your new gear from any game to any other!
- World Connected Story: Find yourself left for dead in the frozen tundra of Pandora as you begin your quest of revenge and redemption. Expose the evil surrounding the Hyperion Corporation and take on the perpetrator of a universe-wide grand deception -- the nefarious Hyperion CEO, Handsome Jack. (Oh, also: he's stolen credit for the opening of the Vault.)
- 87 Bazillion...Everything: In addition to the new gun system, you will lust after procedurally generated shields, grenades, Relics, class mods and much, much more. And you thought the original Borderlands had a ton of loot!
- Brand new environments on Pandora: Hunt through entirely brand new areas of Pandora that are more alive than ever! From the arctic tundra, through the dangerous grasslands, past the mysterious corrosive caverns to beyond, you’ll be surprised by the unpredictable world of Pandora at every turn!
- Brand new enemies: A whole slew of new enemies are out there to kill you in Borderlands 2. Hulking, gorilla-like Bullymongs, vicious predatory Stalkers and the Hyperion mechanical army, run by Handsome Jack, are just some of the new enemies in Borderlands 2.
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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