Games Like Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

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

Why similar: Looter Shooter 19.3% ★, Loot 19%, Co-op 8.6%, FPS 8%, Shooter 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: It’s the closest overall match, with the same co-op looter-shooter structure, skill trees, wild guns, and comedic wasteland tone.

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: Looter Shooter 23.2% ★, Loot 15.2%, Online Co-Op 10.4%, FPS 9.4%, Co-op 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: This is the most polished version of the Borderlands formula, with nonstop loot drops, class builds, and chaotic co-op gunfights.

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: Looter Shooter 21.6% ★, Loot 16%, Online Co-Op 9.7%, FPS 8.9%, Co-op 8%

Why You'll Like It: It translates Borderlands’ gun-and-loot gameplay into a fantasy setting while keeping the same co-op action, build variety, and goofy humor.

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 24% ★, Online Co-Op 12.1%, Action RPG 11.1%, Co-op 10.4%, Loot 9%

Why You'll Like It: This standalone Borderlands offshoot offers familiar co-op shooting, loot progression, and joke-heavy writing in a shorter package.

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 26.6% ★, FPS 10.9%, Co-op 10.5%, Loot 9.1%, Multiplayer 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: It combines co-op FPS combat, randomized loot, upgrade systems, and a very over-the-top sense of humor.

Destiny 2 is an action MMO with a single evolving world that you and your friends can join anytime, anywhere, absolutely free.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 22.9% ★, Loot 13.6%, FPS 9.6%, Co-op 9.4%, Open World 9%

Why You'll Like It: It’s one of the strongest alternatives if you mainly want polished first-person looter-shooter combat, gear chasing, and co-op play.

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: Looter Shooter 23.2% ★, Online Co-Op 17.4%, FPS 16.5%, Co-op 14.6%, Multiplayer 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: This co-op FPS scratches the same itch for buildcrafting, elemental gun synergies, and fast loot-driven combat, just in roguelite form.

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: Looter Shooter 24.8% ★, FPS 18.6%, Online Co-Op 15%, Co-op 13.3%, Shooter 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its cel-shaded look, hyper-mobile gunplay, and constant weapon swapping make it feel like a speedier, run-based cousin to Borderlands.

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 24.7%, Comedy 13%, Shooter 11.6%, Sci-fi 9.6%, First-Person 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its loud sci-fi setting, exaggerated combat, and constant trash-talking capture a lot of the same brash energy as Borderlands.

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: Looter Shooter 20.2% ★, Loot 16.7%, Co-op 16.1%, FPS 12.6%, Space 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: This 4-player sci-fi FPS delivers class synergy, co-op chaos, and a lighthearted tone that lines up well with Borderlands’ party-play appeal.

The Outer Worlds is an award-winning single-player RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division. As you explore a space colony, the character you decide to become will determine how this player-driven story unfolds. In the colony's corporate equation, you are the unplanned variable.

Why similar: Action RPG 15.7%, Open World 15.1%, FPS 14.1%, Space 10.8%, Sci-fi 8%

Why You'll Like It: It leans more RPG than looter-shooter, but its satirical sci-fi world, first-person combat, and colorful writing make it a strong tonal match.

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 23.9%, Comedy 21.8%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Shooter 10.3%, Open World 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: If the comedy and weird sci-fi flavor are what you love most, this delivers a very similar irreverent first-person shooter vibe.

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 35.2%, Action RPG 21.2%, FPS 19.5%, First-Person 14%, Adventure 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: While more melee-focused, it shares Borderlands’ first-person co-op RPG loop, colorful carnage, and darkly comedic tone.

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

Why similar: Looter Shooter 36.9% ★, Co-op 13.6%, Loot 11.5%, Online Co-Op 6.5%, RPG 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: This is a strong pick for players who want gear-based builds, ability spam, and cooperative looter-shooter progression even in third person.

"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: Multiplayer 20.2%, Comedy 19.8%, Co-op 18.7%, First-Person 15%, Adventure 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its bright alien-world exploration, co-op support, and goofy sci-fi humor echo The Pre-Sequel’s lighter spacefaring side.

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: Looter Shooter 31.6% ★, Loot 18.7%, Co-op 16.2%, Multiplayer 12.2%, Online Co-Op 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its co-op power escalation, item stacking, and chaotic combat deliver the same satisfying feeling of becoming absurdly overpowered.

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora™ is a third and first-person action-adventure game set in the Western Frontier. Reconnect with your lost heritage and discover what it means to be Na'vi.

Why similar: Open World 19.1%, Online Co-Op 18.2%, Multiplayer 11.9%, Shooter 8.3%, First-Person 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This first-person open-world sci-fi adventure shares the appeal of traversing an alien frontier with flashy combat and co-op exploration.

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 27.6%, Open World 23.4%, Shooter 12.4%, First-Person 7.5%, Action 7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers explosive open-world FPS action with a vibrant wasteland setting and a similarly gleeful attitude toward overkill.

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 20.4%, Co-op 20.4%, Action RPG 20.1%, Shooter 13.4%, First-Person 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Though darker in tone, it delivers excellent class-based co-op FPS combat and progression for players who want teamwork-heavy firefights.

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 26.4%, Co-op 16.9%, Online Co-Op 12.5%, Comedy 10.9%, Shooter 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: It trades loot for pure co-op carnage, but the nonstop enemy waves and dumb-fun tone line up with Borderlands’ chaotic side.

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 56.9%, Action 28.9%, FPS 14.2%

Why You'll Like It: It’s still fundamentally Borderlands 2’s loot-and-build formula, just tailored to solo VR play rather than traditional co-op.

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 22.5%, Open World 20.5%, Multiplayer 14.8%, Online Co-Op 12.6%, FPS 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: It channels a similar co-op questing-and-looting rhythm, just with zombies and melee-heavy first-person combat instead of guns-first shooting.

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 31.4%, Shooter 21.8%, First-Person 14.1%, Action 9.4%, Looter Shooter 9% ★

Why You'll Like It: Its mission-based structure, upgrade systems, and aggressive first-person gunplay make it a good fit if you want a grittier sci-fi spin.

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

Why similar: Co-op 25.8%, Open World 20.6%, Multiplayer 16.8%, Online Co-Op 10%, First-Person 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: It expands on the same first-person co-op RPG loot loop as Dead Island, making it another solid Borderlands-adjacent option.

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.

Why similar: Loot 17.4%, Looter Shooter 11.9% ★, Online Co-Op 11.4%, FPS 11.4%, Co-op 10.5%

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: Open World 19.7%, FPS 16.8%, Co-op 14.7%, Online Co-Op 11.1%, Multiplayer 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its bright post-apocalyptic world, co-op play, and light RPG progression give it some of the same accessible FPS adventure feel.

MOTHERGUNSHIP is a bullet-hell FPS where you craft your own guns, fight gigantic bosses, and defeat a robotic alien armada that conquered Earth. Face off against overwhelming odds in brutal, non-stop combats where thinking on your feet is the only way to survive.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 23.3%, FPS 23.2%, Co-op 19.1%, Sci-fi 13.6%, First-Person 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: This one embraces absurd weapon combinations and nonstop FPS chaos in a way Borderlands fans often click with immediately.

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: Looter Shooter 17.7% ★, Loot 12.4%, FPS 7.8%, Online Co-Op 7.8%, Space 7.5%

Inspired by BioShock and System Shock 2, Void Bastards is a revolutionary new strategy-shooter that will test your wits as well as exercise your aim. Can you lead the misfit prisoners of the Void Ark through the derelict spaceships and myriad dangers of the Sargasso Nebula?

Why similar: FPS 26%, Space 21.7%, Shooter 18%, Sci-fi 14.1%, First-Person 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its comic-book presentation, sci-fi scavenging, and dry humor make it a smart pick if you like Borderlands’ style as much as its shooting.

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 32.8%, Memes 21.2%, Funny 14.1%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Adventure 8.5%

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: Looter Shooter 24.9% ★, Online Co-Op 17.1%, FPS 15.4%, Co-op 9.3%, Shooter 9%

Get ready for the most out-landish gameplay scenarios ever seen as the Third Street Saints take on the Syndicate!

Why similar: Open World 25.6%, Comedy 18%, Co-op 15.7%, Online Co-Op 11.9%, Funny 8.5%

Revenge of the Savage Planet is an upbeat, satirical action adventure Sci-Fi. Jump, shoot and collect your way across vibrant alien worlds, uncovering new gear and upgrades, while discovering various hidden secrets.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 18.1%, Co-op 17%, Space 15%, Comedy 11%, Open World 10.8%

Experience the insane antics of Saints Row IV. The Saints have gone from the Penthouse to the White House - but Earth has been invaded and it’s up to you to save it with an arsenal of superpowers and strange weapons, in the wildest open world game ever.

Why similar: Open World 26.4%, Comedy 20.1%, Co-op 15.7%, Online Co-Op 10.9%, Funny 8.1%

The adventure continues in Torchlight II! An Action RPG filled with epic battles, bountiful treasure, and a fully randomized world. Bring your friends along for the journey with online and LAN multiplayer.

Why similar: Loot 27.8%, Action RPG 22.4%, Co-op 15%, Online Co-Op 11.4%, RPG 10.8%

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: Looter Shooter 24.6% ★, Online Co-Op 13.9%, Co-op 12.5%, Action RPG 11.2%, Multiplayer 8.1%

An intergalactic conspiracy threatens the fate of humanity! Team up with a wide cast of talking alien guns as you shoot, stab, and skate your way through the exotic locales to take down the bad guys and save your favorite species (humans)!

Why similar: FPS 24.1%, Comedy 17.1%, Shooter 13.5%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Space 9.4%

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 21.2%, Co-op 15.7%, Comedy 13.3%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Shooter 8.8%

Blast your way through an interdimensional adventure with Ratchet and Clank – now on PC! Help them take on an evil emperor from another reality as you jump between action-packed worlds and beyond at hyper-speed!

Why similar: Sci-fi 16.8%, Adventure 14.4%, Shooter 11.4%, Funny 11.1%, Open World 10.4%

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 17.1%, Loot 16.3%, FPS 14.1%, Co-op 12.9%, Shooter 9.1%

EVERSPACE 2 is a fast-paced single-player spaceship shooter with exploration in space and on planets, tons of loot, RPG elements, mining, and crafting. Experience an exciting sci-fi story set in a vivid, handcrafted open world full of secrets, puzzles, and perils.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 24.4% ★, Loot 18.6%, Space 12.7%, Action RPG 10.3%, Open World 9.5%

The Outer Worlds 2 is the sequel to the award-winning first-person sci-fi RPG from Obsidian Entertainment.

Why similar: Action RPG 23%, Open World 19.3%, RPG 16.8%, First-Person 11.2%, Sci-fi 10.6%

The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

Why similar: FPS 20.2%, Co-op 19.8%, Funny 14.1%, Comedy 13.2%, First-Person 11.8%

Join Johnny Gat & Kinzie Kensington as you tear apart Hell in a quest to save the Boss’ soul. Historical icons, old friends, older enemies, a talking gun, a full length musical number & a whole lot more shenanigans await!

Why similar: Open World 21.6%, Co-op 17.1%, Comedy 16.4%, Funny 10.8%, Multiplayer 7.9%

Fire up a wild ride across the cosmos with a fresh take on Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. In this action-adventure game, you are Star-Lord leading the unpredictable Guardians from one explosion of chaos to the next. You got this. Probably.

Why similar: Space 21.6%, Comedy 18%, Sci-fi 14.7%, Shooter 12.6%, Open World 6.7%

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

Why similar: Looter Shooter 35.5% ★, Action RPG 15.4%, Online Co-Op 9.2%, Space 8.6%, Co-op 8%

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 25.7%, Co-op 14.9%, Comedy 11.5%, Shooter 10.4%, Online Co-Op 10.1%

Dive into an adrenaline-fuelled free-roaming adventure with 400 square miles of rugged terrain and hundreds of weapons and vehicles.

Why similar: Open World 38.8%, Multiplayer 14.6%, Shooter 12.7%, Action 8.7%, Co-op 6.2%

The co-op open-world space sim where everyone has a role! Pilot the ship. Reroute power. Launch nukes. Explore alien planets. Research new talents. Work together to find the Lost Colony! ...or just deliver some biscuits

Why similar: Space 14.9%, Co-op 14.4%, Open World 13.1%, Online Co-Op 11.3%, FPS 10.6%

The Galaxy’s Last Line of Offence. Enlist in the Helldivers and join the fight for freedom across a hostile galaxy in a fast, frantic, and ferocious third-person shooter.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 22.8%, Co-op 14%, Space 13.2%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Shooter 11.3%

The world’s most irreverent co-op action adventure returns! In the next chapter of Magicka, players ascend from the ruins of Aldrheim to experience a Midgård almost wiped free of Wizards after the Wizard Wars, with the few that do remain having either gone mad or extremely hostile toward all others

Why similar: Co-op 24.7%, Online Co-Op 15.6%, Comedy 15.4%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Funny 8.6%

Indebted to the wrong people, with his life on the line, veteran of the U.S. Cavalry and now hired gun, Booker DeWitt has only one opportunity to wipe his slate clean. He must rescue Elizabeth, a mysterious girl imprisoned since childhood and locked up in the flying city of Columbia.

Why similar: FPS 25%, Shooter 18.1%, Sci-fi 15.8%, First-Person 13.4%, RPG 10.4%

You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...

Why similar: Space 20%, Online Co-Op 18.8%, Open World 14.6%, Co-op 13.7%, Multiplayer 10.9%

A handcrafted two player adventure set in low gravity. Solve intricate asymmetric puzzles and escape Moontella’s extremely profitable slime empire through chaos, laughter, and unforgettable true co-op moments with your partner.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 22.3%, Space 20.5%, Co-op 15.8%, FPS 12.9%, Shooter 10.8%

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: Looter Shooter 27.7% ★, Co-op 18.8%, FPS 14.6%, Online Co-Op 13.3%, Multiplayer 8.1%

BLAST YOUR WAY through the UK's forgotten favourite space adventure: Space Quest 2099!Enjoy combat and movement based on the designs of the Quake 3 engine. Go alone or team up and shoot baddies in cooperative episodes with FULL MOTION VIDEO with SPECIAL EFFECTS!

Why similar: Memes 22.6%, FPS 19.5%, Comedy 16.9%, Shooter 13%, Sci-fi 12.7%

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 23.6%, Co-op 19.1%, Shooter 12.8%, Comedy 11.7%, Multiplayer 11.3%

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: Space 63.8%, Action 14.7%, Adventure 12.6%, Singleplayer 8.9%