Games like Tales from the Borderlands
If Tales from the Borderlands is your kind of game, the closest matches are Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series, Batman - The Telltale Series and The Wolf Among Us — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its characters shine, story is wonderfully written and voice acting is incredible. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Tales from the Borderlands: Tales from the Borderlands is a five-part episodic game set on the unforgiving world of Pandora between the events of Borderlands 2 and Borderlands 3. This is a story full of Borderlands' trademark humor, following two adventurers on their quest for greatness.
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Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with Tales from the Borderlands.
Top pick for Tales from the Borderlands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Tales from the Borderlands.
From Earth to the Milano to Knowhere and beyond, and set to the beat of awesome music, this five-part episodic series puts you in the rocket-powered boots of Star-Lord in an original Guardians adventure.
Batman - The Telltale Series
WHY THIS
Shares branching narrative, dialogue choices and an emotional mood with Tales from the Borderlands.
Second-strongest match for Tales from the Borderlands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Tales from the Borderlands.
Enter the fractured psyche of Bruce Wayne and discover the powerful and far-reaching consequences of your choices as the Dark Knight.
The Wolf Among Us
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Tales from the Borderlands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Tales from the Borderlands.
From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.
Dispatch
WHY THIS
Shares branching narrative, dialogue choices and a cinematic mood with Tales from the Borderlands.
Ranked #4 for Tales from the Borderlands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Tales from the Borderlands.
Dispatch is a superhero workplace comedy where choices matter. Manage a dysfunctional team of misfit heroes and strategize who to send to emergencies around the city, all while balancing office politics, personal relationships, and your own quest to become a hero. All episodes out now!
Startup Valley Adventure
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Tales from the Borderlands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Tales from the Borderlands.
A tough divorce, getting fired from a job ... Why not make your life harder? Take on the role of a novice startup in Silicon Valley. Get ready to dive into…
Jurassic Park: The Game
WHY THIS
Shares branching narrative and dialogue choices with Tales from the Borderlands.
Ranked #6 for Tales from the Borderlands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Tales from the Borderlands.
Experience a brand new adventure set during the events of the first Jurassic Park movie and see new areas and dinosaurs in this landmark adventure 65 million years in the making!
Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with Tales from the Borderlands.
Ranked #7 for Tales from the Borderlands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Tales from the Borderlands.
Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series is a six part episodic game series set in the world of HBO's groundbreaking TV show. This new story tells of House Forrester, a noble family from the north of Westeros, loyal to the Starks of Winterfell.
The Walking Dead: Season Two
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with Tales from the Borderlands.
Ranked #8 for Tales from the Borderlands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Tales from the Borderlands.
The Walking Dead: Season Two continues the story of Clementine, a young girl orphaned by the undead apocalypse. Left to fend for herself, she has been forced to learn how to survive in a world gone mad.
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Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
WHY THIS
Shares a cinematic mood with Tales from the Borderlands.
Reviewers of Tales from the Borderlands cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Tales from the Borderlands.
Fire up a wild ride across the cosmos with a fresh take on Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. In this action-adventure game, you are Star-Lord leading the unpredictable Guardians from one explosion of chaos to the next. You got this. Probably.
The Walking Dead
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with Tales from the Borderlands.
Reviewers of Tales from the Borderlands cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Tales from the Borderlands.
A five-part adventure horror series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series.
Mad Max
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Tales from the Borderlands cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Tales from the Borderlands.
Play as Mad Max, a reluctant hero and survivor who wants nothing more than to leave the madness behind and find solace.
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Tales from the Borderlands.
Reviewers of Tales from the Borderlands cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Launch into the Borderlands universe and shoot ‘n’ loot your way through a brand new adventure that rockets you onto Pandora’s moon in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!
Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with Tales from the Borderlands.
Reviewers of Tales from the Borderlands cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Tales from the Borderlands.
Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.
Giants: Citizen Kabuto
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Tales from the Borderlands.
Reviewers of Tales from the Borderlands cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Tales from the Borderlands.
Before man climbed down from the trees to shop in megastores and drink cappuccino, before the Earth wadded itself into a ball, there was the Island. A fragment from a long-lost planet. Upon the surface of this paradise wandered Kabuto the giant. Little does he know, it was home to others before him.
Saints Row
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Tales from the Borderlands.
Reviewers of Tales from the Borderlands cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Tales from the Borderlands.
Welcome to Santo Ileso, a vibrant fictional city in the American Southwest. In a world rife with crime, where lawless factions fight for power, a group of young friends embark on their own criminal venture, as they rise to the top in their bid to become Self Made.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Tales from the Borderlands at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~50% under Tales from the Borderlands on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Tales from the Borderlands.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Tales from the Borderlands on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Tales from the Borderlands.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Tales from the Borderlands on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Tales from the Borderlands.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Tales from the Borderlands on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Tales from the Borderlands.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~95% under Tales from the Borderlands on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Tales from the Borderlands.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Papers, Please
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tales from the Borderlands on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Tales from the Borderlands.
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Tales from the Borderlands.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Tales from the Borderlands.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Tales from the Borderlands.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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More from Telltale Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Telltale Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
The Walking Dead
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with Tales from the Borderlands.
Another title from Telltale Games, the studio behind Tales from the Borderlands. Shares Adventure with Tales from the Borderlands.
A five-part adventure horror series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series.
The Walking Dead: Season Two
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with Tales from the Borderlands.
Another title from Telltale Games, the studio behind Tales from the Borderlands. Shares Adventure with Tales from the Borderlands.
The Walking Dead: Season Two continues the story of Clementine, a young girl orphaned by the undead apocalypse. Left to fend for herself, she has been forced to learn how to survive in a world gone mad.
The Walking Dead: The Final Season
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with Tales from the Borderlands.
Another title from Telltale Games, the studio behind Tales from the Borderlands. Shares Adventure with Tales from the Borderlands.
A secluded school might finally be Clementine’s chance for a home, but protecting it will mean sacrifice.
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
WHY THIS
Shares a cinematic mood with Tales from the Borderlands.
Another title from Telltale Games, the studio behind Tales from the Borderlands. Shares Adventure with Tales from the Borderlands.
After society was ripped apart by undead hands, pockets of civilization emerge from the chaos. But at what cost? Can the living be trusted on this new frontier?
Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with Tales from the Borderlands.
Another title from Telltale Games, the studio behind Tales from the Borderlands. Shares Adventure with Tales from the Borderlands.
Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series is a six part episodic game series set in the world of HBO's groundbreaking TV show. This new story tells of House Forrester, a noble family from the north of Westeros, loyal to the Starks of Winterfell.
Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with Tales from the Borderlands.
Another title from Telltale Games, the studio behind Tales from the Borderlands. Shares Adventure with Tales from the Borderlands.
Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.
Poker Night at the Inventory (2010 Original Version)
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Tales from the Borderlands.
Another title from Telltale Games, the studio behind Tales from the Borderlands.
Prepare for a different kind of poker night in a very different kind of club and play against familiar faces!
The Walking Dead: Michonne - A Telltale Miniseries
WHY THIS
Shares dialogue choices with Tales from the Borderlands.
Another title from Telltale Games, the studio behind Tales from the Borderlands. Shares Adventure with Tales from the Borderlands.
The Walking Dead: Michonne - A Telltale Miniseries stars the iconic, blade-wielding character from Robert Kirkman's best-selling comic books.
Frequently asked about Tales from the Borderlands
- Does Tales from the Borderlands run on Steam Deck?
- 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 Tales from the Borderlands cost?
- 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 Tales from the Borderlands?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Tales from the Borderlands are Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series, Batman - The Telltale Series, The Wolf Among Us.
- Who developed Tales from the Borderlands?
- Tales from the Borderlands was developed by Telltale Games and published by 2K.
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