Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Borderlands (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Borderlands on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced, which made by the same studio, Gearbox Software.
- Borderlands is tagged FPS, Co-op, Shooter, First-Person, Loot, Online Co-Op, Action, RPG by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 8 are from the same studio: Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced, Borderlands 2, Borderlands Game of the Year, Duke Nukem Forever, Borderlands 3, Battleborn, Half-Life: Opposing Force, Half-Life: Blue Shift.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Gearbox Software; both science fiction and atmospheric; shares 15 player tags including FPS, Shooter and First-Person.
Discover the original co-op shooter-looter, crammed with new enhancements! As one of 4 trigger-happy mercenaries with RPG progression, equip bazillions of guns to take on the desert planet Pandora.
Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced at a glance Released 2023 Studio Gearbox Software Player sentiment 81% positive of 27,784 Price $29.99 FPSShooterFirst-PersonLootOnline Co-OpRPGDark HumorLooter Shooter
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Borderlands 2
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Gearbox Software; both science fiction; shares 12 player tags including Loot, Shooter and Looter Shooter; released around the same time (2012).
The Ultimate Vault Hunter’s Upgrade lets you get the most out of the Borderlands 2 experience.
Borderlands 2 at a glance Released 2012 Studio Gearbox Software Player sentiment 90% positive of 312,170 Price $19.99 LootShooterLooter ShooterFPSRPGFirst-PersonFunnyComedy
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Borderlands Game of the Year
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Gearbox Software; both science fiction; shares 13 player tags including Looter Shooter, FPS and RPG.
Get ready for the mind blowing insanity! Play as one of four trigger-happy mercenaries and take out everything that stands in your way! With its addictive action, frantic first-person shooter combat, massive arsenal of weaponry, RPG elements and four-player co-op, Borderlands is a breakthrough experience that challenges all the...
Borderlands Game of the Year at a glance Released 2023 Studio Gearbox Software Player sentiment 90% positive of 31,877 Price $29.99 Looter ShooterFPSRPGLootShooterOnline Co-OpFirst-PersonComedy
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Duke Nukem Forever
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Gearbox Software; both science fiction and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Comedy; released around the same time (2011).
The King arrives with an arsenal of over-the-top weapons, giant explosions and pure unadulterated fun!
Duke Nukem Forever at a glance Released 2011 Studio Gearbox Software Player sentiment 69% positive of 11,615 Price $19.99 FPSShooterComedyFirst-PersonSci-fiFunnyGoreDark Humor
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Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition
Why it matched: both science fiction and atmospheric; shares 9 player tags including Gore, FPS and Violent; published by the same company.
Step into the boots of Grayson Hunt after a crash landing on an old resort planet forces him to make a hard choice: survival or revenge. Execute masterful kills with Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition’s unique combat system that rewards you for performing the most creative and deadly kills imaginable.
Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition at a glance Released 2017 Studio People Can Fly Player sentiment 89% positive of 9,652 Price $39.99 GoreFPSViolentFirst-PersonShooterComedySci-fiFunny
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Borderlands 3
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Gearbox Software; shares 10 player tags including RPG, Looter Shooter and FPS.
The original shooter-looter returns, packing bazillions of guns and a mayhem-fueled adventure! Blast through new worlds and enemies as one of four new Vault Hunters.
Borderlands 3 at a glance Released 2019 Studio Gearbox Software Player sentiment 81% positive of 163,776 Price $59.99 RPGLooter ShooterFPSOnline Co-OpLootShooterGoreFirst-Person
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Battleborn
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Gearbox Software; both science fiction; shares 9 player tags including FPS, Shooter and First-Person.
FREE PVP TRIAL AVAILABLE NOW! A tremendous band of badass heroes fight to protect the universe’s very last star from a mysterious evil in this Hero Shooter by the creators of Borderlands.
Battleborn at a glance Released 2016 Studio Gearbox Software Player sentiment 63% positive of 9,719 Price Not listed FPSShooterFirst-PersonComedySci-fiFunnyOnline Co-OpAction RPG
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Serious Sam II
Why it matched: both science fiction and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Comedy and Shooter; released around the same time (2012).
Serious Sam II is a shot of adrenaline to the hearts of first-person shooter fans across the world. This is serious!
Serious Sam II at a glance Released 2012 Studio Croteam Player sentiment 90% positive of 14,188 Price $9.99 FPSComedyShooterFirst-PersonGoreFunnySci-fiOnline Co-Op
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BioShock Infinite
Why it matched: both science fiction and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including FPS, Shooter and First-Person; published by the same company; released around the same time (2013).
Indebted to the wrong people, with his life on the line, veteran of the U.S. Cavalry and now hired gun, Booker DeWitt has only one opportunity to wipe his slate clean. He must rescue Elizabeth, a mysterious girl imprisoned since childhood and locked up in the flying city of Columbia.
BioShock Infinite at a glance Released 2013 Studio 2K Player sentiment 93% positive of 145,518 Price $7.49 FPSShooterFirst-PersonSci-fiGoreRPG
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BioShock 2
Why it matched: both science fiction and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including FPS, First-Person and Shooter; published by the same company; released around the same time (2010).
Set approximately 10 years after the events of the original BioShock, the halls of Rapture once again echo with sins of the past. Along the Atlantic coastline, a monster has been snatching little girls and bringing them back to the undersea city of Rapture.
BioShock 2 at a glance Released 2010 Studio 2K Marin Player sentiment 89% positive of 14,964 Price $2.99 FPSFirst-PersonShooterSci-fiRPGAction RPG
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RoboCop: Rogue City
Why it matched: both science fiction and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including FPS, First-Person and Shooter.
Become the legendary part man, part machine, all cop hero and deliver justice in Old Detroit.
RoboCop: Rogue City at a glance Released 2023 Studio Teyon Player sentiment 87% positive of 36,962 Price $4.49 FPSFirst-PersonShooterGoreSci-fiViolentRPGAction RPG
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Half-Life: Opposing Force
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Gearbox Software; both science fiction and atmospheric; shares 5 player tags including FPS, Sci-fi and Shooter.
Return to the Black Mesa Research Facility as one of the military specialists assigned to eliminate Gordon Freeman. Experience an entirely new episode of single player action. Meet fierce alien opponents, and experiment with new weaponry. Named 'Game of the Year' by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.
Half-Life: Opposing Force at a glance Released 1999 Studio Gearbox Software Player sentiment 95% positive of 28,900 Price $4.99 FPSSci-fiShooterFirst-PersonGore
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Half-Life: Blue Shift
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Gearbox Software; both science fiction and atmospheric; shares 5 player tags including FPS, Sci-fi and Shooter.
Made by Gearbox Software and originally released in 2001 as an add-on to Half-Life, Blue Shift is a return to the Black Mesa Research Facility in which you play as Barney Calhoun, the security guard sidekick who helped Gordon out of so many sticky situations.
Half-Life: Blue Shift at a glance Released 2001 Studio Gearbox Software Player sentiment 93% positive of 21,191 Price $4.99 FPSSci-fiShooterFirst-PersonViolent
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Wolfenstein: Youngblood
Why it matched: both science fiction and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Violent and Gore.
Wolfenstein: Youngblood is the first modern co-op Wolfenstein adventure. Team up with a friend or play solo as one of BJ Blazkowicz’s twin daughters and wield a powerful arsenal of new weapons, gadgets, and abilities to liberate Paris from the Nazis.
Wolfenstein: Youngblood at a glance Released 2019 Studio MachineGames Player sentiment 43% positive of 15,906 Price $19.99 FPSViolentGoreOnline Co-OpShooterFirst-PersonSci-fiRPG
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RAGE
Why it matched: both science fiction and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Shooter and First-Person; released around the same time (2011).
Powered by id’s revolutionary id Tech® 5 technology, RAGE is an intense first-person shooter with breakneck vehicle combat, an expansive world to explore, and jaw-dropping graphics!
RAGE at a glance Released 2011 Studio id Software Player sentiment 78% positive of 18,288 Price $9.99 FPSShooterFirst-PersonSci-fiGoreRPGOnline Co-Op
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Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Why it matched: both science fiction and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Gore and Violent.
America, 1961. The assassination of Nazi General Deathshead was a short-lived victory. The Nazis maintain their stranglehold on the world. You are BJ Blazkowicz, aka “Terror-Billy,” member of the Resistance, scourge of the Nazi empire, and humanity’s last hope for liberty.
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus at a glance Released 2017 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 81% positive of 49,468 Price $39.99 FPSGoreViolentFirst-PersonShooterSci-fiComedy
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BioShock
Why it matched: both science fiction and atmospheric; shares 5 player tags including FPS, First-Person and Shooter; published by the same company; released around the same time (2007).
BioShock is a shooter unlike any you've ever played, loaded with weapons and tactics never seen. You'll have a complete arsenal at your disposal from simple revolvers to grenade launchers and chemical throwers, but you'll also be forced to genetically modify your DNA to create an even more deadly weapon: you.
BioShock at a glance Released 2007 Studio Irrational Games Player sentiment 94% positive of 32,145 Price $4.99 FPSFirst-PersonShooterSci-fiRPG
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Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter
Why it matched: both science fiction; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Gore; released around the same time (2009).
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is a visually upgraded and fully Steam supported remake version of the original high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS which was Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001 and which scored overall of 87% on Metacritic!
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter at a glance Released 2009 Studio Croteam Player sentiment 93% positive of 8,940 Price $14.99 FPSShooterGoreComedyOnline Co-OpFirst-PersonFunnySci-fi
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Quake 4
Why it matched: both science fiction and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Sci-fi; released around the same time (2005).
As part of the elite Rhino Squad, you must spearhead Earth’s military invasion of a hostile alien homeworld. But, in this desperate war for humanity’s survival against an unrelenting enemy, you may discover that the only way to defeat them...is to become one of them.
Quake 4 at a glance Released 2005 Studio Raven Software Player sentiment 88% positive of 3,977 Price $14.99 FPSShooterSci-fiGoreFirst-PersonViolent
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Serious Sam 3: BFE
Why it matched: both science fiction; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Gore and Comedy; released around the same time (2011).
Serious Sam 3: BFE is a prequel to the original indie fast action FPS and Game of the Year sensation - Serious Sam: The First Encounter!
Serious Sam 3: BFE at a glance Released 2011 Studio Croteam Player sentiment 88% positive of 28,656 Price $29.99 FPSGoreComedyOnline Co-OpShooterFirst-PersonFunnySci-fi
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Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath
Why it matched: both science fiction and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Comedy, FPS and Violent; released around the same time (2005).
You're the Stranger, a mysterious bounty hunter on a mission to bag the ultimate prize. And you need that money like no one else because there is something very wrong with your health and the only way to fix it is a very costly operation.
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath at a glance Released 2005 Studio Oddworld Inhabitants Player sentiment 87% positive of 1,817 Price $9.99 ComedyFPSViolentShooterFirst-PersonSci-fi
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Atomic Heart
Why it matched: both science fiction and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Sci-fi.
In a mad and sublime utopian world, take part in explosive encounters. Adapt your fighting style to each opponent, use your environment and upgrade your equipment to fulfill your mission. If you want to reach the truth, you'll have to pay in blood.
Atomic Heart at a glance Released 2023 Studio Mundfish Player sentiment 81% positive of 51,598 Price $59.99 FPSShooterSci-fiFirst-PersonGoreAction RPGRPG
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Portal
Why it matched: both science fiction and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including First-Person, Sci-fi and Comedy; released around the same time (2007).
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
Portal at a glance Released 2007 Studio Valve Player sentiment 99% positive of 198,682 Price $9.99 First-PersonSci-fiComedyFunnyDark HumorFPS
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Portal 2
Why it matched: both science fiction and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including First-Person, Dark Humor and Funny; released around the same time (2011).
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
Portal 2 at a glance Released 2011 Studio Valve Player sentiment 99% positive of 466,026 Price $9.99 First-PersonDark HumorFunnyFPSSci-fiComedy
Common questions
What game is most like Borderlands?
Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced, on the evidence we have. It made by the same studio, Gearbox Software. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Borderlands" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Borderlands. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
What else did the makers of Borderlands do?
Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced, Borderlands 2, Borderlands Game of the Year, Duke Nukem Forever, Borderlands 3, Battleborn, Half-Life: Opposing Force, Half-Life: Blue Shift are also from Gearbox Software, and appear in the list below for that reason as well as on tag overlap.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.