Rank 01Why this
Also Quick-Time Events and Choose Your Own Adventure, like New Tales from the Borderlands.
- $9.99 (Price checked Nov 9)
- Deck Playable
- 2021
Games like New Tales from the Borderlands
- 35 games
- Updated May 4, 2026
Players who liked New Tales from the Borderlands also play
The closest matches to New Tales from the Borderlands: Tales from the Borderlands, The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan, Borderlands 4, Bloodshore, and Heavy Rain. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
- Rank 01
Rank 02Why this
Also Quick-Time Events and Cinematic, like New Tales from the Borderlands.
- $19.99 (Price checked Nov 9)
- 2019
Rank 03Why this
Same bleak mood as New Tales from the Borderlands.
- $34.99 (Price checked Nov 9)
- Deck Verified
- 2025
Rank 04 
Bloodshore
Why this: Also Cinematic and Choose Your Own Adventure, like New Tales from the Borderlands.
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The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
Why this: Also Gore and Choose Your Own Adventure, like New Tales from the Borderlands.
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The Shell Part I: Inferno
Why this: Also Cinematic and Gore, like New Tales from the Borderlands.
The full ranked list: top 24 games like New Tales from the Borderlands
Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
- 1Tales from the Borderlands
Also Quick-Time Events and Choose Your Own Adventure, like New Tales from the Borderlands.
- 93% of 10,277 reviews
- 2The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
Also Quick-Time Events and Cinematic, like New Tales from the Borderlands.
- 75% of 3,441 reviews
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- 4Bloodshore
Also Cinematic and Choose Your Own Adventure, like New Tales from the Borderlands.
- 69% of 304 reviews
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- 7The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
Also Gore and Choose Your Own Adventure, like New Tales from the Borderlands.
- 77% of 5,936 reviews
- 8The Shell Part I: Inferno
Also Cinematic and Gore, like New Tales from the Borderlands.
- 92% of 142 reviews
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- 13The Supper: New Blood
Also Quick-Time Events and Gore, like New Tales from the Borderlands.
- 90% of 60 reviews
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- 15Not For Broadcast
Also Choose Your Own Adventure and Interactive Fiction, like New Tales from the Borderlands.
- 95% of 5,212 reviews
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- Released: 2022
- Developer: Gearbox Software
- Price: $19.99−50%checked Nov 10
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 28% of 1,243 reviews
- Genres: Adventure
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Attempts meta commentary on borderlands universe
- Vaultlander minigame is a fun distraction
- Bleak
- Comedic
- Dark
- Achievement gated choices
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Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below New Tales from the Borderlands at current Steam store prices.
Assassin’s Creed® Rogue
Why this: Also Quick-Time Events and Cinematic, like New Tales from the Borderlands.
The Supper: New Blood
Why this: Also Quick-Time Events and Gore, like New Tales from the Borderlands.
Cut to the Core
Why this: Also Blood and Gore, like New Tales from the Borderlands.
Centum
Why this: Also Gore and Choose Your Own Adventure, like New Tales from the Borderlands.
Breakout 13
Why this: Also Cinematic and Choose Your Own Adventure, like New Tales from the Borderlands.
The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty
Why this: Same bleak mood as New Tales from the Borderlands.
Free alternatives
Free games the recommender matches to New Tales from the Borderlands, limited to titles with at least 500 Steam reviews and 80% positive.
Tell Me Why
Why this: Also Cinematic and Choose Your Own Adventure, like New Tales from the Borderlands.
The Test: Secrets of the Soul
Why this: Also Choose Your Own Adventure and Interactive Fiction, like New Tales from the Borderlands.
Control, I'm Not Coming Back
Why this: Also Interactive Fiction and Space, like New Tales from the Borderlands.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Borderlands 4
Why this: Same bleak mood as New Tales from the Borderlands.
Bloodshore
Why this: Also Cinematic and Choose Your Own Adventure, like New Tales from the Borderlands.
Heavy Rain
Why this: Also Quick-Time Events and Cinematic, like New Tales from the Borderlands.
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
Why this: Also Gore and Choose Your Own Adventure, like New Tales from the Borderlands.
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Borderlands 3
Why this: Same comedic mood as New Tales from the Borderlands.
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Why this: Same dark mood as New Tales from the Borderlands.
About New Tales from the Borderlands
The closest matches to New Tales from the Borderlands: Tales from the Borderlands, The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan, Borderlands 4, Bloodshore, and Heavy Rain. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If New Tales from the Borderlands is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tales from the Borderlands, The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan and Borderlands 4 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as bleak, comedic and dark, and single out its achievement gated choices and choice based storytelling. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
New Tales from the Borderlands is a story-driven adventure game released in 2022. Players navigate a branching narrative across five chapters, making achievement-gated choices that shape relationships and outcomes while responding to QTEs throughout key moments. The game features a relationship system and an optional vaultlander minigame that reviewers highlight as a fun distraction from the main story. Players describe the tone as bleak, dark, comedic, and unsettling, with narrative hooks that attempt meta-commentary on the Borderlands universe. The experience is designed for solo play with a chill difficulty curve and medium-length campaign, priced at $39.99 USD and marked as playable on Steam Deck. The title currently holds a 28% positive rating based on over 1200 Steam reviews.
About New Tales from the Borderlands: Decide the fates of altruistic scientist Anu, her ambitious, "streetwise" brother Octavio, and the fierce, frogurt-slinging Fran. Claw and con your way through five thrilling chapters!
Is New Tales from the Borderlands worth buying?
Most players don't recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 28% of 1,243 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- On sale: 50% off, now $19.99 (checked Nov 10).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 13 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 11 h before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Attempts meta commentary on borderlands universe
- Vaultlander minigame is a fun distraction
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Rare taste inclined for undercooked development; has the structure to be anything but writers chose to be nothing. A direct insult for original tales and franchise. Do not buy, do not waste your time. thegood: +neat user interface…”
“This was absolutely abysmal, I never played a story so awful, so idiotic, so nonsensical. It should be illegal to call it "Tales from the Borderlands". The storywriters and character designers should be ashamed forever, branded and mocked…”
People who play it also play: Tales from the Borderlands, The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan, Borderlands 4
Frequently asked about New Tales from the Borderlands
Can I run it?
Does New Tales from the Borderlands run on Steam Deck?
New Tales from the Borderlands is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does New Tales from the Borderlands cost?
New Tales from the Borderlands is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to New Tales from the Borderlands?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside New Tales from the Borderlands are Tales from the Borderlands, The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan, Borderlands 4.
Who developed New Tales from the Borderlands?
New Tales from the Borderlands was developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K.