When it comes to FPS games, it is always a toss-up as to whether or not the story even matters. On one hand, you can play the Call of Duty games in order but only a few games actually link up with one another. Meanwhile, playing the Halo games in order is almost required to understand what’s going on. The Borderlands franchise lands somewhere in the middle, though most people probably assume the story doesn’t play a big factor since it is more focused on being comedic than telling a deep story. However, there is a ton of lore to this universe and each game, including the spinoffs, all connect leading up to Borderlands 4Don’t let the number 4 fool you, though, because there are more than twice as many games in the franchise. We’ve been playing the franchise since it began so we will show you exactly how to play the entire Borderlands franchise in order, both in release order and chronologically.

Since the series began in 2009, there have been 9 games in the Borderlands universe, with set to be number 10. This includes the mainline four games and plenty of spin-offs. Without counting any rereleases, this is the order the games came out in from oldest to newest. This is the way we suggest playing the series if you want to feel the quality and mechanics improve and expand over time.