Single-player games like Tales from the Borderlands
Below are 20 single-player Steam games similar to Tales from the Borderlands, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series
Single-player alternative to Tales from the Borderlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Batman - The Telltale Series
Single-player alternative to Tales from the Borderlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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The Wolf Among Us
Single-player alternative to Tales from the Borderlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Dispatch
Single-player alternative to Tales from the Borderlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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!
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Startup Valley Adventure
Single-player alternative to Tales from the Borderlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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…
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Jurassic Park: The Game
Single-player alternative to Tales from the Borderlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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!
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Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series
Single-player alternative to Tales from the Borderlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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The Walking Dead: Season Two
Single-player alternative to Tales from the Borderlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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
Single-player alternative to Tales from the Borderlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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The Walking Dead
Single-player alternative to Tales from the Borderlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Mad Max
Single-player alternative to Tales from the Borderlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
Single-player alternative to Tales from the Borderlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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!
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Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
Single-player alternative to Tales from the Borderlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Undertale
Single-player alternative to Tales from the Borderlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.
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Giants: Citizen Kabuto
Single-player alternative to Tales from the Borderlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Saints Row
Single-player alternative to Tales from the Borderlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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The Walking Dead: The Final Season
Single-player alternative to Tales from the Borderlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
Single-player alternative to Tales from the Borderlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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?
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Poker Night at the Inventory (2010 Original Version)
Single-player alternative to Tales from the Borderlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Prepare for a different kind of poker night in a very different kind of club and play against familiar faces!
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The Walking Dead: Michonne - A Telltale Miniseries
Single-player alternative to Tales from the Borderlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.