Single-player games like Borderlands 3
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Borderlands 3, 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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Borderlands 2
Single-player alternative to Borderlands 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Borderlands 3.
The Ultimate Vault Hunter’s Upgrade lets you get the most out of the Borderlands 2 experience.
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Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
Single-player alternative to Borderlands 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Borderlands 3.
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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Borderlands 4
Single-player alternative to Borderlands 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Borderlands 3.
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.
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Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
Single-player alternative to Borderlands 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Borderlands 3.
Embark on an epic adventure full of whimsy, wonder, and high-powered weaponry! Roll your own multiclass hero then shoot, loot, slash, and cast on a quest to stop the Dragon Lord.
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Blood: Refreshed Supply™
Single-player alternative to Borderlands 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Borderlands 3.
Things are about to get… bloody! Soak up 42 pulse-pounding levels dripping with Lovecraftian atmosphere as you battle your way through armies of sycophantic cultists, zombies, gargoyles, hell hounds, and other insatiable horrors, in your quest to defeat the loathsome Tchernobog.
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OUTRIDERS
Single-player alternative to Borderlands 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Borderlands 3.
Outriders’ brutal and bloody combat combines frenetic gunplay, violent powers and deep RPG systems to create a true genre hybrid.
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Shadow Warrior 2
Single-player alternative to Borderlands 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Borderlands 3.
Shadow Warrior 2 is the stunning evolution of Flying Wild Hog’s offbeat first-person shooter starring the brash warrior Lo Wang, who must again wield a devastating combination of guns, blades, magic and wit to strike down the demonic legions overwhelming the world.
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Nightmare Reaper
Single-player alternative to Borderlands 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Borderlands 3.
Blast through a cursed nightmare solo or with up to 3 friends. A retro-inspired FPS where looter shooter weapons meets boomer shooter chaos and rogue-lite elements.
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Grim Dawn
Single-player alternative to Borderlands 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Borderlands 3.
Enter an apocalyptic fantasy world where humanity is on the brink of extinction, iron is valued above gold and trust is hard earned. This ARPG features complex character development, hundreds of unique items, crafting and quests with choice & consequence.
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Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep: A Wonderlands One-shot Adventure
Single-player alternative to Borderlands 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Borderlands 3.
Smash skeletons, defeat dragons, and battle giant golems in Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep: A Wonderlands One-Shot Adventure. Experience the acclaimed 2013 quest that started it all in this standalone campaign jam-packed with fantasy, fun, and mountains of magical loot!
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New Tales from the Borderlands
Single-player alternative to Borderlands 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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!
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Destiny 2
Single-player alternative to Borderlands 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Borderlands 3.
Destiny 2 is an action MMO with a single evolving world that you and your friends can join anytime, anywhere, absolutely free.
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Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty
Single-player alternative to Borderlands 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Borderlands 3.
A new dark fantasy Three Kingdoms action RPG from Team NINJA, the developers of Nioh.
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Half-Life: Opposing Force
Single-player alternative to Borderlands 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Borderlands 3.
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.
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Borderlands Game of the Year
Single-player alternative to Borderlands 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Borderlands 3.
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...
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Half-Life: Blue Shift
Single-player alternative to Borderlands 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Borderlands 3.
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.
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Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced
Single-player alternative to Borderlands 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Borderlands 3.
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.