Games like Battleborn
If Battleborn is your kind of game, the closest matches are STARVAULT, Cyberless: Online and Overwatch® — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its characters are well developed, writing quality is exceptional and challenging. 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 →Battleborn is a 2016 hero shooter from Gearbox Software that blends FPS action with MOBA-style character progression. Players engage in tactical positioning across large maps while developing their chosen heroes and navigating faction politics. The game combines online cooperative modes with competitive multiplayer, and reviewers note its massive scope provides substantial content. Players describe the experience as both challenging and nostalgic, and highlight the well-developed nature of the character roster. It received a 65% positive rating from 2,292 Steam reviews.
About Battleborn: 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.
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STARVAULT
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Top pick for Battleborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Battleborn.
STARVAULT is the first full-scale VR MOBA SHOOTER. Choose your hero. Squad up. Push lanes. Farm creeps. Clear jungle camps. Upgrade your abilities mid-match. And dominate the map in intense 5v5 team fights.
Cyberless: Online
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Second-strongest match for Battleborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Battleborn.
Cyberless: Online," a multiplayer, FPS, and Sci-Fi game, presents the government warfare between two factions, Forces and Rebels. While Rebels argue that elections are rigged, Forces hold the power. Engage in the battle to contribute to the storyline of the Cyberless game series!
Overwatch®
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Shares a nostalgic mood with Battleborn.
Third-strongest match for Battleborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Battleborn.
Overwatch®, A FUTURE WORTH FIGHTING FOR! Overwatch® is an always-on and ever-evolving free-to-play, team-based action game set in an optimistic future, where every match is the ultimate 5v5 or 6v6 battlefield brawl.
Paladins®
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Shares a challenging mood with Battleborn.
Ranked #4 for Battleborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Battleborn.
Paladins is the ultimate fantasy team-based shooter experience, with over 50 customizable Champions fighting in 5v5 action across a diverse Realm of modes and maps!
TRIBES 3: Rivals
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Shares a nostalgic mood with Battleborn.
Ranked #5 for Battleborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Battleborn.
TRIBES 3: Rivals is a team-based first person shooter that elevates the genre with jetpacks, skiing, and class-based warfare. Teamwork, tactics, high speed, and intense combat are supreme in this rebirth of the world’s fastest shooter.
Apex Legends™
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Shares tactical positioning matters with Battleborn.
Ranked #6 for Battleborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Battleborn.
Apex Legends is the award-winning, free-to-play Hero Shooter from Respawn Entertainment. Master an ever-growing roster of legendary characters with powerful abilities, and experience strategic squad play and innovative gameplay in the next evolution of Hero Shooter and Battle Royale.
Titanfall™
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Shares a nostalgic mood with Battleborn.
Ranked #7 for Battleborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Battleborn.
Titanfall delivers fast-paced, hyperkinetic vertical warfare that gives shooter fans the freedom to fight their way as both elite assault Pilots and fast, heavily armored Titans.
Warriors Of Titus
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Ranked #8 for Battleborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Battleborn.
Warriors of Titus is a first-person MOBA (Mutliplayer Online Battle Arena)for VR. Finally you can be immersed in a MOBA as you battle to reclaim Titus.
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Overwatch®
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Shares a nostalgic mood with Battleborn.
Reviewers of Battleborn cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Battleborn.
Overwatch®, A FUTURE WORTH FIGHTING FOR! Overwatch® is an always-on and ever-evolving free-to-play, team-based action game set in an optimistic future, where every match is the ultimate 5v5 or 6v6 battlefield brawl.
Paladins®
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Battleborn.
Reviewers of Battleborn cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Battleborn.
Paladins is the ultimate fantasy team-based shooter experience, with over 50 customizable Champions fighting in 5v5 action across a diverse Realm of modes and maps!
Heroes Of The Dark
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Reviewers of Battleborn cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Battleborn.
Battle Vampires, Werewolves and Humans in a dark Imperial Age strategy game! Collect and upgrade Heroes for 5v5 action, forge alliances, and restore world order.
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
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Shares tactical positioning matters and a nostalgic mood with Battleborn.
Reviewers of Battleborn cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Wayfinder
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Shares a challenging mood with Battleborn.
Reviewers of Battleborn cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Battleborn.
Become a Wayfinder, and unlock their powers as you choose your path and playstyle while pushing back a hostile force that has overtaken your world. A Co-Op ARPG where you directly shape and customize the endless adventures you go on with friends, because Wayfinders are stronger together.
Mass Effect (2007)
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Reviewers of Battleborn cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Battleborn.
As Commander Shepard, you lead an elite squad on a heroic, action-packed adventure throughout the galaxy.
Killing Floor 2
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Reviewers of Battleborn cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Battleborn.
In KILLING FLOOR 2, players descend into continental Europe after it has been overrun by horrific, murderous clones called Zeds that were created by rogue elements of the Horzine Corporation. 6-player Co-Op & 12-player VS Zed-slaughtering mayhem.
Dragon Age™ Inquisition
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Shares faction politics with Battleborn.
Reviewers of Battleborn cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Battleborn.
Winner of over 130 Game of the Year awards, discover the definitive Dragon Age: Inquisition experience. The Game of the Year Edition includes the critically acclaimed game, all three official add-ons - Jaws of Hakkon, The Descent, and Trespasser - and more.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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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.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Battleborn.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Battleborn.
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.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Battleborn.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
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Borderlands 2
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Shares a challenging mood with Battleborn.
Another title from Gearbox Software, the studio behind Battleborn. Shares Action with Battleborn.
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Borderlands 3
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Another title from Gearbox Software, the studio behind Battleborn. Shares Action with Battleborn.
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 4
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Another title from Gearbox Software, the studio behind Battleborn. Shares Action with Battleborn.
Borderlands 4 is a mayhem-fueled looter shooter, jam-packed with billions of weapons, deadly enemies, and intense co-op action. Break free from a dangerous hidden planet as one of four new badass Vault Hunters.
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
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Shares a nostalgic mood with Battleborn.
Another title from Gearbox Software, the studio behind Battleborn. Shares Action with Battleborn.
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!
Half-Life: Opposing Force
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Shares a nostalgic mood with Battleborn.
Another title from Gearbox Software, the studio behind Battleborn. Shares Action with Battleborn.
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.
Borderlands Game of the Year
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Another title from Gearbox Software, the studio behind Battleborn. Shares Action with Battleborn.
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...
Half-Life: Blue Shift
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Another title from Gearbox Software, the studio behind Battleborn. Shares Action with Battleborn.
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.
Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced
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Another title from Gearbox Software, the studio behind Battleborn. Shares Action with Battleborn.
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.
Frequently asked about Battleborn
- Does Battleborn have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Battleborn supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Battleborn?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Battleborn are STARVAULT, Cyberless: Online, Overwatch®.
- Who developed Battleborn?
- Battleborn was developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K.
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