Borderlands 2 similar games & best alternatives

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Borderlands 2

PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2012

Should you play it?

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What works

  • High replayability and extensive dlc content
  • Strong co-op multiplayer experience
  • Varied character classes and skill customization
  • Engaging humor and memorable characters
  • Large variety of weapons and loot

Things to keep in mind

  • Some balance issues at higher difficulties
  • Grind-heavy gameplay especially for endgame
  • Bugs and glitches reported
  • Steep difficulty spikes for new players
  • Limited character expression beyond skins

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Monster Hunter: World

  • MONSTER HUNTER RISE

  • Granblue Fantasy: Relink

  • Dead Effect 2 VR

  • Iron Brigade

  • Shatterline

Less competitive

Games that feels like Borderlands 2 but with less competition against others

  • Warframe

  • Remnant: From the Ashes

  • Mass Effect™: Andromeda Deluxe Edition

  • REMNANT II®

  • CODE VEIN

  • EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced

  • Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

  • Borderlands 3

  • Homeworld Remastered Collection

  • Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Borderlands 2: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Status, Competition, Violence.

Last update: 03/08/2026