Games like Borderlands Game of the Year
If Borderlands Game of the Year is your kind of game, the closest matches are Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel and Borderlands 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its endless loot to scavenge, dark and epic. 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 →Borderlands Game of the Year is a first-person looter-shooter with RPG elements developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K. Released in 2023, the game features class-based skill trees, co-op multiplayer for up to four players, procedurally generated weapons, and vendor-based upgrades in a sci-fi space western setting. Players describe the experience as dark, epic, funny, and lighthearted, with reviewers noting that dark humor shines in the included early DLCs. The four distinct Vault Hunters offer unique playstyles, and players highlight the endless loot to scavenge and weapons that feel uniquely powerful. The game holds an 89% positive rating from over 12,500 Steam reviews, runs at a normal difficulty, and is playable on Steam Deck.
About Borderlands Game of the Year: 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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Steam players who put hours into Borderlands Game of the Year also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced
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Shares class based skill trees, loot driven weapon generation and an epic mood with Borderlands Game of the Year.
Top pick for Borderlands Game of the Year fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Borderlands Game of the Year.
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.
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Borderlands Game of the Year.
Second-strongest match for Borderlands Game of the Year fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Borderlands Game of the Year.
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!
Borderlands 2
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Borderlands Game of the Year.
Third-strongest match for Borderlands Game of the Year fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Borderlands Game of the Year.
The Ultimate Vault Hunter’s Upgrade lets you get the most out of the Borderlands 2 experience.
Borderlands 4
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Shares a funny mood with Borderlands Game of the Year.
Ranked #4 for Borderlands Game of the Year fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Borderlands Game of the Year.
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 3
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Shares an epic mood with Borderlands Game of the Year.
Ranked #5 for Borderlands Game of the Year fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Borderlands Game of the Year.
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.
Destiny 2
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Shares an epic mood with Borderlands Game of the Year.
Ranked #6 for Borderlands Game of the Year fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Borderlands Game of the Year.
Destiny 2 is an action MMO with a single evolving world that you and your friends can join anytime, anywhere, absolutely free.
Defiance
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Shares a dark mood with Borderlands Game of the Year.
Ranked #7 for Borderlands Game of the Year fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Borderlands Game of the Year.
Join the futuristic online open-world shooter where thousands of players scour a transformed Earth competing for alien technology.
Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2
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Ranked #8 for Borderlands Game of the Year fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Borderlands Game of the Year.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Borderlands Game of the Year at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
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Priced ~67% under Borderlands Game of the Year on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Borderlands Game of the Year.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Stardew Valley
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Priced ~50% under Borderlands Game of the Year on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Borderlands Game of the Year.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Lethal Company
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Priced ~67% under Borderlands Game of the Year on Steam right now. Shares Action with Borderlands Game of the Year.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~67% under Borderlands Game of the Year on Steam right now. Shares Action with Borderlands Game of the Year.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Hollow Knight
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Priced ~50% under Borderlands Game of the Year on Steam right now. Shares Action with Borderlands Game of the Year.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
People Playground
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Priced ~67% under Borderlands Game of the Year on Steam right now. Shares Action with Borderlands Game of the Year.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Shares a dark mood with Borderlands Game of the Year.
Priced ~67% under Borderlands Game of the Year on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Borderlands Game of the Year.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
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 Borderlands Game of the Year.
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.
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 Borderlands Game of the Year.
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 Borderlands Game of the Year.
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.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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More from Gearbox Software
Other recommendable Steam games by Gearbox Software, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Borderlands 2
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Borderlands Game of the Year.
Another title from Gearbox Software, the studio behind Borderlands Game of the Year. Shares Action and RPG with Borderlands Game of the Year.
The Ultimate Vault Hunter’s Upgrade lets you get the most out of the Borderlands 2 experience.
Borderlands 3
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Borderlands Game of the Year.
Another title from Gearbox Software, the studio behind Borderlands Game of the Year. Shares Action and RPG with Borderlands Game of the Year.
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
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Borderlands Game of the Year.
Another title from Gearbox Software, the studio behind Borderlands Game of the Year. Shares Action and RPG with Borderlands Game of the Year.
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
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Borderlands Game of the Year.
Another title from Gearbox Software, the studio behind Borderlands Game of the Year. Shares Action and RPG with Borderlands Game of the Year.
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
WHY THIS
Another title from Gearbox Software, the studio behind Borderlands Game of the Year. Shares Action with Borderlands Game of the Year.
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.
Half-Life: Blue Shift
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Another title from Gearbox Software, the studio behind Borderlands Game of the Year. Shares Action with Borderlands Game of the Year.
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
WHY THIS
Shares class based skill trees, loot driven weapon generation and an epic mood with Borderlands Game of the Year.
Another title from Gearbox Software, the studio behind Borderlands Game of the Year. Shares Action and RPG with Borderlands Game of the Year.
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.
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
WHY THIS
Another title from Gearbox Software, the studio behind Borderlands Game of the Year. Shares Action and RPG with Borderlands Game of the Year.
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.
Frequently asked about Borderlands Game of the Year
- Does Borderlands Game of the Year run on Steam Deck?
- Borderlands Game of the Year 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 Borderlands Game of the Year cost?
- Borderlands Game of the Year is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Borderlands Game of the Year have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Borderlands Game of the Year supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Borderlands Game of the Year?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Borderlands Game of the Year are Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, Borderlands 2.
- Who developed Borderlands Game of the Year?
- Borderlands Game of the Year was developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K.
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