Borderlands Franchise Hits 100 Million Sales As Gearbox Hints At What’s Next

The Borderlands franchise has reached a new sales milestone, as developer Gearbox Software announced that Borderlands 4 had pushed the series over the 100 million units sold mark. Celebrating the achievement, the studio also took time to reveal what's next for Borderlands 4 as it enters its second year, as well as plans it's busy cooking up for the IP. "We just wrapped our Year 1 roadmap, and the team is cooking hard on more Borderlands 4 content for next year," Gearbox wrote in a blog post , adding that weekly activity refreshes and Community Challenges will continue in the game. So what's next for Borderlands? Gearbox says that it's "a bigger look at the franchise as a whole," and it's also listening to fans to gauge which characters they want to spend more time with. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbS1fqf-Yb8 Don't expect Gearbox to drop a Borderlands 5 announcement anytime soon, as the developer said it needs time and space to work on future projects. "Big plans take time, and we need some room to work. You can trust that we’ll talk more when the time is right," Gearbox added. Thirteen months ago, Gearbox Software boss Randy Pitchford had predicted that Borderlands 4 would continue to sell millions of copies and would help the franchise cross the 100 million units sold line eventually. "We will break 100 million units with this launch, easily, all in, with the franchise," Pitchford said at the time. To put that in perspective, the Borderlands franchise had sold 94 million units through August 2025, meaning Borderlands 4 would move at least 6 million copies. Historically, Borderlands 2 is the franchise's top seller, with 31 million units sold, while Borderlands 3 is second with 23 million sales to date. It's worth noting that these games have also gone on sale regularly--with Borderlands 3 once being sold for just $3 on PC via Steam--and Borderlands 4 has also received a few discounts since launch. Gearbox and publisher Take-Two Interactive haven't revealed sales figures for Borderlands 4 yet, so it's hard to know where it currently fits on the Borderlands sales chart. The game didn't have a smooth launch either, as various technical hurdles required multiple rounds of patching, and the oft-delayed Switch 2 edition was eventually paused so that Gearbox could focus on the PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S editions of the game.