Games Like Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced

The Ultimate Vault Hunter’s Upgrade lets you get the most out of the Borderlands 2 experience.

Why similar: Loot 25%, Looter Shooter 13.5% ★, FPS 12.2%, Co-op 11.7%, Shooter 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive follow-up preserves the same four-player loot-shooter loop while expanding the gun variety, character builds, quests, and irreverent Pandora humor.

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!

Why similar: Loot 16.9%, Looter Shooter 12.1% ★, FPS 11.7%, Online Co-Op 11.1%, Co-op 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is a direct Borderlands-style co-op campaign with familiar randomized guns and skill trees, set in the low-gravity chaos of Pandora's moon.

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.

Why similar: Loot 19.1%, Looter Shooter 15.4% ★, FPS 13.8%, Online Co-Op 13%, Co-op 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: It modernizes Borderlands' first-person shooting with vastly more weapons, responsive movement, multiple planets, and robust four-player co-op.

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.

Why similar: Loot 19.6%, Looter Shooter 14.7% ★, FPS 14.3%, Online Co-Op 12%, Co-op 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: It continues the series' signature first-person looting, outrageous weaponry, character builds, and cooperative Vault Hunter action.

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.

Why similar: Loot 20.8%, Looter Shooter 14.9% ★, FPS 13.4%, Online Co-Op 12.5%, Co-op 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A fantasy spin on Borderlands that retains its gun loot, class builds, co-op campaign design, and gleefully silly humor while adding spells and melee weapons.

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!

Why similar: Looter Shooter 18.1% ★, Online Co-Op 17%, Co-op 15.1%, Loot 12.7%, FPS 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: This compact standalone adventure delivers Borderlands 2's loot-driven shooting and co-op through Tiny Tina's comedic tabletop-fantasy campaign.

Outriders’ brutal and bloody combat combines frenetic gunplay, violent powers and deep RPG systems to create a true genre hybrid.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 27% ★, Co-op 19.1%, Loot 16%, Online Co-Op 8.9%, Shooter 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A third-person alternative built around class powers, constant gear upgrades, buildcrafting, and a complete co-op looter-shooter campaign.

Gunfire Reborn is a level-based adventure game featuring FPS, Roguelite and RPG. Players can control heroes with various abilities to experience diverse Build gameplay, use various weapons to explore procedurally-generated levels. You can play the game alone, or join 4-player coop.

Why similar: FPS 22.7%, Online Co-Op 20.4%, Co-op 17.8%, Looter Shooter 14.6% ★, Loot 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: It offers four-player first-person roguelite shooting where randomized weapons, scrolls, and character abilities create Borderlands-like build experimentation.

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.

Why similar: FPS 25.4%, Online Co-Op 17.6%, Co-op 16.1%, Looter Shooter 15.2% ★, Shooter 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: This fast, colorful co-op FPS makes every run about finding wild guns, stacking upgrades, and creating powerful builds in a punchy roguelite format.

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.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 19% ★, FPS 17.1%, Co-op 14.6%, Loot 12.3%, Gore 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its four-player co-op combines explosive FPS combat, randomized weapon drops, upgradeable abilities, and deliberately crude supernatural humor.

Explore the mysteries of Sol and experience exhilirating first-person shooter combat in Destiny 2. Unlock powerful abilities and collect unique gear across story missions, co-op, and PvP modes.

Why similar: Loot 20.6%, Looter Shooter 18.6% ★, FPS 16.9%, Co-op 14.6%, Shooter 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the chase for increasingly powerful guns and builds, delivering polished first-person combat across cooperative missions, strikes, and raids.

The First Descendant is a third-person looter shooter powered by Unreal Engine 5. Become a Descendant. Fight for the survival of humanity. Descendants have unique abilities to tackle both solo and co-op missions. Up to 4 players use varied mechanics to defeat giant bosses. BE THE FIRST DESCENDANT!

Why similar: Looter Shooter 29.1% ★, Online Co-Op 20.9%, Shooter 12.7%, Co-op 11.7%, Action RPG 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play co-op looter-shooter centered on farming gear, mastering distinct characters, and tackling bosses for better weapons and modules.

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.

Why similar: Co-op 28.4%, Online Co-Op 21.9%, Shooter 18.4%, Looter Shooter 10.4% ★, RPG 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its challenging co-op shooting, procedurally varied worlds, distinctive weapons, and extensive build options make it an excellent loot-focused action RPG.

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.

Why similar: Co-op 32.5%, Online Co-Op 24.2%, Shooter 14.7%, RPG 9.3%, Multiplayer 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: This co-op third-person shooter pairs tough encounters and replayable world generation with collectible guns, armor sets, and character traits.

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.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 28.4% ★, Online Co-Op 21.3%, Loot 14.2%, Shooter 12.2%, Co-op 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: This tactical co-op looter-shooter emphasizes repeatable missions, gear sets, weapon rolls, and RPG build optimization in a detailed open world.

Awaken as an unstoppable warrior and battle alongside your friends in this story-driven free-to-play online action game

Why similar: Looter Shooter 31.2% ★, Online Co-Op 15.2%, Co-op 13.6%, Action RPG 12.6%, Shooter 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Although third-person, it offers an enormous co-op progression loop of collecting weapons, frames, mods, and loot to make increasingly absurd builds.

HIGH ON KNIFE DLC OUT NOW!! - Humanity is being threatened by an alien cartel who wants to use them as drugs. It’s up to you to rescue and partner with charismatic, talking guns, take down Garmantuous and his gang, and save the world!

Why similar: FPS 29.1%, Dark Humor 15.4%, Shooter 12.2%, Comedy 11.2%, First-Person 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This single-player FPS captures Borderlands' loud alien-world comedy and bizarre talking guns, with satisfying weapon upgrades and exploration.

Welcome to the zombie apocalypse experience of a lifetime – and now more beautiful than ever. Caught in the midst of an epic zombie outbreak on the tropical island of Banoi, your only thought is: Survive!

Why similar: Co-op 28.9%, FPS 16.3%, Online Co-Op 15.5%, Gore 10.4%, First-Person 9%

Why You'll Like It: A close thematic match for its first-person co-op structure, post-apocalyptic setting, weapon rarity, crafting, and melee-and-gun combat.

A deadly virus is spreading across Los Angeles, turning its inhabitants into zombies. Bitten, infected, but more than just immune, uncover the truth behind the outbreak and discover who - or what - you are. Survive, evolve and become the ultimate Zombie Slayer.

Why similar: Co-op 31.4%, FPS 18.6%, Gore 12.5%, First-Person 12.2%, Dark Humor 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its four-player first-person zombie carnage is packed with color-coded weapons, moddable gear, dark comedy, and a satisfying scavenging loop.

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!

Why similar: Loot 20.9%, Co-op 20.8%, FPS 18.2%, Looter Shooter 13.3% ★, Shooter 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: Four-player missions, distinct classes, upgradeable gear, procedural caves, and a friendly comedic tone make its co-op loop especially satisfying.

Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.

Why similar: Loot 24%, Looter Shooter 21.6% ★, Co-op 21.5%, Online Co-Op 13.5%, Shooter 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A fast co-op shooter where escalating enemy hordes and stacks of randomized items create the same addictive feeling of becoming wildly overpowered.

Space Hulk: Deathwing - Enhanced Edition is a First-Person Shooter based on Games Workshop’s cult classic board game set in Warhammer 40,000 universe. Expanding upon the original game, and featuring a host of new content, new features and a richer multiplayer mode.

Why similar: FPS 21.6%, Co-op 20.9%, Online Co-Op 15.8%, Shooter 13.2%, First-Person 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its heavy four-player co-op FPS action emphasizes class roles, customizable equipment, and mowing through masses of enemies in claustrophobic missions.

Twenty-five years after the bombs fall, you and your fellow Vault Dwellers emerge into post-nuclear America. Join millions of players as you explore, build, quest, and triumph in a massive open-world multiplayer adventure.

Why similar: Co-op 24.9%, FPS 18.1%, Shooter 16.7%, Multiplayer 11.9%, RPG 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its shared open world offers first-person shooting, extensive loot and crafting, character perks, oddball post-apocalyptic humor, and cooperative events.

First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 29.5%, FPS 25.5%, First-Person 13.1%, Gore 12.5%, Action RPG 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: This first-person co-op apocalypse game mixes scavenged and crafted weapons, RPG skills, open-world exploration, and frantic zombie encounters.

Generation Zero is a stealth-action shooter where you wage guerilla warfare against lethal mechanical enemies. Explore a vast open world map inspired by the Swedish Cold War era, take part in the resistance alone or with up to three friends in seamless co-op.

Why similar: FPS 29.9%, Co-op 26.7%, Shooter 19.6%, Multiplayer 7.6%, Sci-fi 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It brings co-op first-person combat to an open Scandinavian apocalypse where searching for better weapons, attachments, and supplies drives exploration.

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.

Why similar: FPS 19.5%, Online Co-Op 18.8%, Co-op 16.8%, Shooter 13.2%, Gore 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on class-based co-op shooting, a huge arsenal, perk progression, and gleefully gory waves of enemies rather than a narrative campaign.

Take back the city of Tertium from hordes of bloodthirsty foes in this intense and brutal action shooter. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is the new co-op focused experience from the award-winning team behind the Vermintide series. As Tertium falls, Rejects Will Rise.

Why similar: FPS 20.9%, Co-op 19%, Shooter 13%, Gore 9.8%, First-Person 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: This four-player co-op FPS delivers visceral gunplay, class builds, weapon blessings, and relentless hordes in a grimy sci-fi setting.

RAGE 2 brings together two studio powerhouses – Avalanche Studios, masters of open world insanity, and id Software, creators of the first-person shooter – to deliver a carnival of carnage where you can go anywhere, shoot anything, and explode everything.

Why similar: FPS 36.2%, Shooter 15.4%, Gore 13.7%, First-Person 9%, Violent 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its neon post-apocalyptic open world combines exceptionally punchy first-person gunplay with powers, vehicle combat, upgrades, and anarchic attitude.

Dive into a transformed vibrant post-apocalyptic Hope County, Montana, 17 years after a global nuclear catastrophe. Lead the fight against the Highwaymen, as they seek to take over the last remaining resources.

Why similar: FPS 27%, Co-op 21.1%, Online Co-Op 15.4%, Shooter 12.4%, First-Person 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A colorful post-apocalyptic FPS with co-op exploration, weapon crafting, RPG-style upgrades, outpost replayability, and improvised-looking firearms.

Become a Hired Gun. The money’s good, the dog’s loyal, and the gun’s reliable. Embark on a fast-paced, violent, and thrilling FPS set in the darkest reaches of Warhammer 40,000’s most infamous hive city.

Why similar: FPS 32.1%, Shooter 20.9%, Gore 13.3%, First-Person 12.9%, Violent 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A gritty single-player FPS RPG about hunting bounties, upgrading cybernetics, collecting weapons, and navigating a violent sci-fi undercity.

Tales from the Borderlands is a five-part episodic game set on the unforgiving world of Pandora between the events of Borderlands 2 and Borderlands 3. This is a story full of Borderlands' trademark humor, following two adventurers on their quest for greatness.

Why similar: Comedy 33.9%, Dark Humor 22.7%, Funny 12.8%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Atmospheric 6.5%

Step into the boots of Grayson Hunt after a crash landing on an old resort planet forces him to make a hard choice: survival or revenge. Execute masterful kills with Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition’s unique combat system that rewards you for performing the most creative and deadly kills imaginable.

Why similar: FPS 27.3%, Gore 13.3%, Shooter 12%, First-Person 8.8%, Violent 8.8%

Cut through fungal aliens in this hyper-customizable, mission based looter shooter. Hundreds of hand-crafted upgrades, 4-player co-op, and a little roach man. What’s not to love?

Why similar: FPS 22.2%, Online Co-Op 21.2%, Looter Shooter 18.4% ★, Shooter 12.3%, Co-op 12.1%

Yee-haw, Cowboys! Team up in this chaotic 1-4 player co-op shooter. Journey to the Far Far West to blast monsters, sling spells, complete missions, and collect bounties. Work as a team to get in, get paid and get out (mostly) alive.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 19.5%, FPS 17.9%, Loot 17.5%, Co-op 14.6%, Shooter 11.3%

Get virtually immersed in the mayhem-filled world of Borderlands as you step into the boots of a treasure-seeking Vault Hunter, grab 87 bazillion guns, and free Pandora from Handsome Jack’s clutches!

Why similar: RPG 34.6%, Action 18%, Gore 17.9%, FPS 14.9%, Violent 14.6%

Powered by id’s revolutionary id Tech® 5 technology, RAGE is an intense first-person shooter with breakneck vehicle combat, an expansive world to explore, and jaw-dropping graphics!

Why similar: FPS 42.5%, Shooter 15.3%, Co-op 9.6%, First-Person 7.6%, Gore 5.2%

Serious Sam is a high-adrenaline arcade-action shooter heavily focused on frantic action. In a world where cyberpunk meets fantasy-fiction and advanced technology is mixed with black magic and psycho-powers, Sam travels through four beautiful worlds, confronting countless foes on his way to Mental's base.

Why similar: FPS 35.4%, Co-op 19.2%, Shooter 15.5%, First-Person 7.2%, Action 5.9%

Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is a visually upgraded and fully Steam supported remake version of the original high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS which was Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001 and which scored overall of 87% on Metacritic!

Why similar: FPS 34.4%, Co-op 14.2%, Online Co-Op 11.2%, Shooter 11.2%, Gore 7.4%

PAYDAY 2 is an action-packed, four-player co-op shooter that once again lets gamers don the masks of the original PAYDAY crew - Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf and Chains - as they descend on Washington DC for an epic crime spree.

Why similar: Co-op 23.2%, FPS 20.2%, Looter Shooter 17.6% ★, Online Co-Op 15.8%, Shooter 8.9%

Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter is a visually upgraded and fully Steam supported remake of the original high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Month!

Why similar: FPS 31.8%, Co-op 16.4%, Shooter 12.2%, Online Co-Op 10.7%, Comedy 5.9%

Serious Sam is a high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001!

Why similar: FPS 36.9%, Co-op 13.8%, Shooter 12.6%, Gore 8.5%, First-Person 6.3%

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!

Why similar: Gore 46.9%, Violent 33.1%, Action 14.1%, Singleplayer 5.9%

Serious Sam 4 reignites the classic FPS series in a high-powered prequel loaded with an explosive arsenal, intergalactic carnage, and perfectly timed one-liners.

Why similar: FPS 26.4%, Co-op 18.8%, Gore 14%, Shooter 13.4%, Violent 6.8%

Serious Sam II is a shot of adrenaline to the hearts of first-person shooter fans across the world. This is serious!

Why similar: FPS 27.4%, Co-op 18.1%, Shooter 10.8%, First-Person 7.7%, Comedy 7.2%

"WELCOME TO THE PIONEER PROGRAM! As the newest recruit of Kindred Aerospace - The 4th best interstellar space exploration company - Your job is to determine if the planet ARY-26 planet is fit for humans. You may be short on equipment and experience, but you'll figure it out. Good luck!

Why similar: Co-op 24.3%, First-Person 20.6%, Dark Humor 15.5%, Comedy 12.3%, Multiplayer 11.6%

From Space is a solo and co-op action-shooter for squads up to four players. Take on the challenge of liberating the earth from an alien infestation with your friends, using over-the-top weaponry in a post-apocalyptic world with awesomely stylized graphics. The apocalypse has never been so much fun!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 20.4%, Looter Shooter 19.2% ★, Co-op 19%, Shooter 12.7%, Action RPG 8.2%

Ironsand is a co-op titan-slaying FPS roguelite set on a desert planet where powerful builds and team synergy are everything

Why similar: Online Co-Op 19.9%, FPS 19.7%, Looter Shooter 16.9% ★, Co-op 15.5%, Shooter 10%

Gun up and wreak havoc in Gambit! – a 4-player campaign-driven shooter-adventure in a world of gangs, guns, and mayhem.

Why similar: FPS 18.7%, Online Co-Op 16.7%, Co-op 15.4%, Shooter 13.6%, Dark Humor 13.6%

BioShock is a shooter unlike any you've ever played, loaded with weapons and tactics never seen. You'll have a complete arsenal at your disposal from simple revolvers to grenade launchers and chemical throwers, but you'll also be forced to genetically modify your DNA to create an even more deadly weapon: you.

Why similar: FPS 49.5%, Shooter 15.4%, First-Person 12%, Atmospheric 6.3%, Action 5.2%

Pick a character and team up with three friends ‘cause it’s time to save the world. Experience intense FPS action as you obliterate hordes of terrifying monsters! You may not be on the best team of mercenaries, but you are… a Toxic Commando!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 19.4%, FPS 18.9%, Looter Shooter 17.1% ★, Shooter 13.6%, Co-op 10.8%

The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition is the ultimate way to play the award-winning RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division. Including the base game and all DLC, this remastered masterpiece is the absolute best version of The Outer Worlds.

Why similar: FPS 26.5%, Shooter 19.7%, Action RPG 12.7%, First-Person 12.3%, RPG 9.1%

Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter is a high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Month February 2002!

Why similar: FPS 34.5%, Co-op 15%, Shooter 12.1%, Gore 10.4%, First-Person 8.1%

You & your friends are the deadliest killers in the galaxy – the US Colonial Marines. It’s up to you to not just survive, but wipe out the Xeno infestation.

Why similar: FPS 29.9%, Co-op 20.6%, Shooter 13.6%, Online Co-Op 10.4%, Sci-fi 5.8%

NOW AVAILABLE! When the Earth falls to an extra-terrestrial invasion, humanity becomes an endangered species. Earthfall is a four-player cooperative shooter that challenges players to survive hordes of ruthless alien drones and their inscrutable masters.

Why similar: FPS 22.1%, Online Co-Op 20.8%, Co-op 19.1%, Shooter 10.9%, First-Person 6.9%

Purchase FBC: Firebreak and invite your friends to play the full game for free on any platform. FBC: Firebreak is a three-player cooperative first-person shooter set within a mysterious federal agency under assault by otherworldly forces.

Why similar: FPS 24.8%, Co-op 23.1%, Shooter 12.7%, Dark Humor 12.7%, First-Person 9.2%

Serious Sam 3: BFE is a prequel to the original indie fast action FPS and Game of the Year sensation - Serious Sam: The First Encounter!

Why similar: FPS 30.8%, Co-op 17.5%, Online Co-Op 12.6%, Gore 9.9%, Shooter 7.9%

Gunheart is an online co-op RPG shooter where you and your friends become customizable robotic bounty hunters trying to make a buck at the edge of the galaxy. Encounter menacing aliens, explore exotic locations, unlock new gear, and rake in cash to boost your rig.

Why similar: Violent 65%, Action 35%

Back 4 Blood is a thrilling cooperative first-person shooter from the creators of the critically acclaimed Left 4 Dead franchise. Experience the intense 4 player co-op narrative campaign, competitive multiplayer as human or Ridden, and frenetic gameplay that keeps you in the action.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 23.1%, FPS 19.8%, Co-op 15.3%, Shooter 13.3%, Gore 9.5%