# Games like New Tales from the Borderlands

> The closest matches to New Tales from the Borderlands: Tales from the Borderlands, The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan, Borderlands 4, Bloodshore, and Heavy Rain. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [Tales from the Borderlands](https://imho.run/games/330830/tales-from-the-borderlands) — Also Quick-Time Events and Choose Your Own Adventure, like New Tales from the Borderlands. 10,277 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/330830/)
2. [The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan](https://imho.run/games/939850/the-dark-pictures-anthology-man-of-medan) — Also Quick-Time Events and Cinematic, like New Tales from the Borderlands. 3,441 Steam reviews, 75% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/939850/)
3. [Borderlands 4](https://imho.run/games/1285190/borderlands-4) — Same bleak mood as New Tales from the Borderlands. 41,062 Steam reviews, 62% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1285190/)
4. [Bloodshore](https://imho.run/games/1490840/bloodshore) — Also Cinematic and Choose Your Own Adventure, like New Tales from the Borderlands. 304 Steam reviews, 69% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1490840/)
5. [Heavy Rain](https://imho.run/games/960910/heavy-rain) — A frequent pick in New Tales from the Borderlands players' libraries, and another Action. 6,053 Steam reviews, 81% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/960910/)
6. [Dispatch](https://imho.run/games/2592160/dispatch) — Also Cinematic and Choose Your Own Adventure, like New Tales from the Borderlands. 102,071 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2592160/)
7. [The Walking Dead: A New Frontier](https://imho.run/games/536220/the-walking-dead-a-new-frontier) — Also Gore and Choose Your Own Adventure, like New Tales from the Borderlands. 5,936 Steam reviews, 77% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/536220/)
8. [The Shell Part I: Inferno](https://imho.run/games/2258770/the-shell-part-i-inferno) — Also Cinematic and Gore, like New Tales from the Borderlands. 142 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2258770/)
9. [The Expanse: A Telltale Series](https://imho.run/games/1708010/the-expanse-a-telltale-series) — A frequent pick in New Tales from the Borderlands players' libraries, and another RPG. 1,543 Steam reviews, 74% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1708010/)
10. [The Wolf Among Us](https://imho.run/games/250320/the-wolf-among-us) — Also Cinematic and Choose Your Own Adventure, like New Tales from the Borderlands. 18,516 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/250320/)
11. [Scarlet Hollow](https://imho.run/games/1609230/scarlet-hollow) — Shares relationship system with New Tales from the Borderlands. 3,657 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1609230/)
12. [Assassin’s Creed® Rogue](https://imho.run/games/311560/assassin-s-creed-rogue) — Also Quick-Time Events and Cinematic, like New Tales from the Borderlands. 7,388 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/311560/)
13. [The Supper: New Blood](https://imho.run/games/3032010/the-supper-new-blood) — Also Quick-Time Events and Gore, like New Tales from the Borderlands. 60 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3032010/)
14. [RAGE 2](https://imho.run/games/548570/rage-2) — Also Blood and Gore, like New Tales from the Borderlands. 7,112 Steam reviews, 65% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/548570/)
15. [Not For Broadcast](https://imho.run/games/1147550/not-for-broadcast) — Also Choose Your Own Adventure and Interactive Fiction, like New Tales from the Borderlands. 5,212 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1147550/)
16. [The Quarry](https://imho.run/games/1577120/the-quarry) — A frequent pick in New Tales from the Borderlands players' libraries, and another Adventure. 7,308 Steam reviews, 83% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1577120/)
17. [Centum](https://imho.run/games/2625550/centum) — Also Gore and Choose Your Own Adventure, like New Tales from the Borderlands. 101 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2625550/)
18. [Breakout 13](https://imho.run/games/2095300/breakout-13) — Also Cinematic and Choose Your Own Adventure, like New Tales from the Borderlands. 269 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2095300/)
19. [Blues and Bullets](https://imho.run/games/378660/blues-and-bullets) — Also Quick-Time Events and Cinematic, like New Tales from the Borderlands. 480 Steam reviews, 55% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/378660/)
20. [WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers](https://imho.run/games/2277560/wuchang-fallen-feathers) — Also Gore, like New Tales from the Borderlands. 5,116 Steam reviews, 73% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2277560/)
21. [The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante](https://imho.run/games/1272160/the-life-and-suffering-of-sir-brante) — A frequent pick in New Tales from the Borderlands players' libraries, and another Strategy. 2,670 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1272160/)
22. [Beyond: Two Souls](https://imho.run/games/960990/beyond-two-souls) — Also Quick-Time Events and Cinematic, like New Tales from the Borderlands. 7,993 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/960990/)
23. [Blasphemous](https://imho.run/games/774361/blasphemous) — Also Blood and Gore, like New Tales from the Borderlands. 18,415 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/774361/)
24. [The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty](https://imho.run/games/2593370/the-hungry-lamb-traveling-in-the-late-ming-dynasty) — Also Interactive Fiction, like New Tales from the Borderlands. 679 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2593370/)

## Machine-readable

The same ranked list as JSON from the imho.run API for AI assistants (GET, no key, same site as this page):

- Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=1454970&n=20
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- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=1454970
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/1454970
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About New Tales from the Borderlands

New Tales from the Borderlands is a story-driven adventure game released in 2022. Players navigate a branching narrative across five chapters, making achievement-gated choices that shape relationships and outcomes while responding to QTEs throughout key moments. The game features a relationship system and an optional vaultlander minigame that reviewers highlight as a fun distraction from the main story. Players describe the tone as bleak, dark, comedic, and unsettling, with narrative hooks that attempt meta-commentary on the Borderlands universe. The experience is designed for solo play with a chill difficulty curve and medium-length campaign, priced at $39.99 USD and marked as playable on Steam Deck. The title currently holds a 28% positive rating based on over 1200 Steam reviews.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 1454970
- **Developer:** Gearbox Software
- **Publisher:** 2K
- **Genres:** Adventure
- **Categories:** Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Full controller support, Family Sharing
- **Released:** Oct 20, 2022
- **Free to play:** no
- **Platforms:** windows

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/1454970/new-tales-from-the-borderlands)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=1454970&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1454970/)
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