Single-player games like Borderlands 3
Below are 19 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 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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Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2
Single-player alternative to Borderlands 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Borderlands 3.
Join The Division in this open world tactical shooter. Engage in intense cover-based combat, team up with friends, and build your ultimate agent to save Washington, D.C.
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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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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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Roboquest
Single-player alternative to Borderlands 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Borderlands 3.
Roboquest is a fast FPS Roguelite in a scorched futureworld. You're a rebooted Guardian, ready to kick some metal ass! Fight with your buddy or by yourself and annihilate hordes of deadly bots in ever-changing environments.
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Deep Rock Galactic
Single-player alternative to Borderlands 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Borderlands 3.
Deep Rock Galactic is a 1-4 player co-op FPS featuring dwarven space miners, procedurally-generated destructible environments, and endless hordes of alien monsters. Explore cave systems, mine for minerals, and work together to survive!
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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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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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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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Monster Hunter: World
Single-player alternative to Borderlands 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Borderlands 3.
Welcome to a new world! In Monster Hunter: World, the latest installment in the series, you can enjoy the ultimate hunting experience, using everything at your disposal to hunt monsters in a new world teeming with surprises and excitement.
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Remnant: From the Ashes
Single-player alternative to Borderlands 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Borderlands 3.
The world has been thrown into chaos by an ancient evil from another dimension. As one of the last remnants of humanity, you must set out alone or alongside up to two other survivors to face down hordes of deadly enemies to try to carve a foothold, rebuild, and retake what was lost.
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REMNANT II®
Single-player alternative to Borderlands 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Borderlands 3.
REMNANT II® pits survivors of humanity against new deadly creatures and god-like bosses across terrifying worlds. Play solo or co-op with two other friends to explore the depths of the unknown to stop an evil from destroying reality itself.
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Rise of the Ronin
Single-player alternative to Borderlands 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Borderlands 3.
Embark on an epic journey across war-torn 19th-century Japan in this open-world action RPG from Team NINJA, the veteran studio behind "Nioh" and "NINJA GAIDEN."
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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.