Humble's 2K Megahits bundle offers 15 top games including Borderlands 3

If you've been wanting to add some classic games to your Steam library and didn't fancy spending a fortune, then the Humble 2K Megahits bundle seems like a solid choice to bulk out your library on an array of options.

This bundle isn't one that requires a Humble Choice subscription, but instead is a 'pay what you want choice', so you can put in anything above a requisite amount to get access to all fifteen games in the lineup. For this bundle, the minimum is £13.44, although you can give more, which goes to supporting both the developers and this month's chosen charity, which is Covenant House.

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At a glance, here are the games included in the 2K Megahits bundle:

• XCOM Enemy Unknown
• X-COM: UFO Defense
• The Darkness II
• Hidden & Dangerous trilogy
• Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour
• Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition
• Tales From the Borderlands
• Homeworld Remastered Collection
• Tribes of Midgard Deluxe Edition
• The Quarry
• Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands
• Bioshock Infinite
• Mafia II: Definitive Edition
• Borderlands 3
• Risk of Rain 2

There are some heavy hitters in this list, such as Borderlands 3. While it is regarded as the worst of the series (and only got 3/5 from Vikki Blake in her review, it seems to up the ante when it comes to everything, with more guns, more loot, more driving and more irritating villains to deal with, while it sticks religiously to the classic Borderlands formula. One key highlight is the excellent shooting and combat mechanics alongside a great co-op mode, although it's up to you whether this third Borderlands title's excess is for you or not.

Alongside Borderlands 3 comes the Mafia II: Definitive Edition re-release from a couple of years back, acting as a remastered HD version of the sequel to the venerable Mafia that first launched back in 2011. The remaster also adds all DLCs and new textures, but has been accused of blowing things out over the original. Even in spite of this, it's still worth a pickup in my book if you want a GTA-type title with a lovely fifties and sixties soundtrack to match. Apart from that, it is a little formulaic in its approach, as John Teti's original 2011 review notes.

Risk of Rain 2 isn't a title we've reviewed per se, although Diego Nicolas Arguello's feature on the game makes a convincing case of why it's worth a pickup. The expansive world is a highlight, plus its clever switching between 2D and 3D depending on which element of the game you're in, and its fiendishly difficult combat with this in mind. Being randomly generated perhaps means no two runs are the same, and that's part of the charm of this clever roguelike title that looks to be one of the standouts of this bundle.

Bioshock Infinite has been around for nearly fifteen years now, and is the first full marks title on our list, with former Editor-in-Chief Tom Bramwell giving it a perfect score in his review. As much as he noted that the game's combat and exploration mechanics are the leanest in the series up to this point, the combat is fast-paced and difficult, while there is still exploration fun to be had. He also note the story felt more polished and complete than previous Bioshock titles, which is ultimately its most important aspect.

For something a bit more modern, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands is the 2022 spin-off from Borderlands that expands on some 2013 DLC from Borderlands 2 which sees you take on a Dungeons and Dragons-style game called Bunkers and Badasses with a couple of friends, and the aforementioned Tina acting as Dungeon Master. As current EiC Chris Tapsell noted in his review, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands feels a smidgen formulaic and linear in its format, although makes up for some of its pitfalls with a stellar Hollywood cast with Wanda Sykes, Andy Samberg and Will Arnet, although it's a shame you rarely get to experience them all at once. There's something here if you're a fan of the Borderlands humour in a different box, though.

If you've been after a horror game to add to your list, then you've got 2022's The Quarry, a slasher horror title that features surprsingly likeable characters alongside lots of gory death and quicktime events in classic Supermassive fashion. It isn't the scariest title in the studio's contingent, although an engaging, well-paced story helps to make up for it alongside some very lovely visuals. This game looks excellent, that's for sure. However, as Vikki Blake contends in her review, there's one key issue - the paywalled Death Rewind feature that's only available to Deluxe Edition players from the very beginning that caused a hefty issue in her playthrough and killed all enthusiasm in a matter of moments. If not for that, her review notes it "would have been one of my favourite games of the year thus far, and one of the best horror romps for some time."

As for other games we've looked at, you also get access in this bundle to 2012's The Darkness II. Dan Whitehead's review noted this slash-type shooter builds on the original Darknes title with more refined use of its clever mechanics for slashing and grabbing enemies and destroying the world around you, while new developer Digital Extremes added more polish to proceedings with the game's improved look and feel. You get more in-game guff the more brutal and bloody your kills are, although the enemies don't present as much of a challenge in places as they perhaps should. Nonetheless, for a comic-style FPS games with some fun mechanics, this looks like an interesting one.

Humble has also included an array of 'collections' in this bundle, technically giving you access to even more games than I initially let on. For instance, this bundle includes the Homeworld Remastered collection, giving you more than 30 single player missions' worth of tactical space fighting goodness as you build an armada to take on the galaxy.

Furthermore, you also get access to the Hidden & Dangerous trilogy, giving you World War II tactical war shooters with Hidden and Dangerous and its Action Pack expansion, plus Hidden and Dangerous II with its Courage Under Fire expansion for a complete collection. Kristan Reed's 2003 review of the second game provides a good examination of waht to expect, providing a well-rounded campaign that's vast in scope and detail across different settings and two decades' worth of war action with a competitive and at times difficult campaign.

Speaking of older titles, this 2K Megahits bundle also includes Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour, the 2016 remaster of Duke Nukem 3D that upped the graphical ante for a retro remaster alongside adding eight new levels and eight-player multiplayer, co-op and bot battles. It still comes with a lot of the same warnings and disclaimers as the original, just in slightly higher definition.

Humble also provides access to two different X-COM titles with this bundle, offering both X-COM: UFO Defense and XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Both are techically the same game, although UFO Defense is the original 1994 strategy game, and Enemy Unkown is the 2012 reimagining of the classic sci-fi title that Rich Stanton gave a 9/10 in his review from the time. In his review, he praised the game's craft and the immense depth a reimagined X-COM game brings, plus some surprisingly clever scriptwriting and its innate difficulty.

Tribes of Midgard Deluxe Edition is up next, and first came to light as a PlayStation 5 exclusive before making its way to PC. This is a co-op survival RPG that allows you ro work with up to nine others to collect resources and complete challenges in a world rooted in Norse mythology. Sounds like fun if that's your thing - it's also the title that Humble says keys are running low on, so if it sounds like a bit of you, then you might want to get on it pronto.

This bundle seems to be all about remasters, as Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition gives you a remastered and definitive edition of the 2011 over-the-top first person shootter with all existing add-ons, enhanced textures and brand new exclusive content.

Finally, if you want even more Borderlands content, then this bundle also gives you access to the episodic Tales of the Borderlands game, a further spin-off that takes place between the events of Borderlands 2 and Borderlands 3 in Pandora. Jeffrey Matulef's review gave it a Eurogamer recommended badge at the time, calling it "Telltale at its very best", with their review noting its writing to be smart and sharp, and choc-full of the humour that has been a hallmark for the Borderlands series. It's also touching at points, and something they deemed to be the developer's "most successful stab at a playable character arc" at the time. It might not fall into Borderlands' typical remit, but seems surprisingly excellent just the same.

I think that's all there really is to say on this rather varied and rich Humble 2K Megahits - if you've been eyeing up, then the £13.44 minimum price tag seems worth it at the least.

Editor's Note: Humble Bundle is part of IGN Entertainment, the division of Ziff Davis that includes Eurogamer, GamesIndustry.biz, IGN, and MapGenie.