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2009USK 18PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable89 % positive−90 % 29.99 € 2.99 €

The cel-shaded looter shooter that started it all, sending you across the lawless wasteland of Pandora to collect a seemingly endless stream of procedurally generated guns. Its irreverent humor and four-player co-op make it a classic loot grind.

  • Post-apocalyptic setting
  • Loot and gear
  • Lots of grind
  • Playing together in co-op

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In short: Games like Borderlands

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Borderlands special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Tom Clancy's The Division 2

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2019USK 18PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck playable79 % positive29.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Borderlands: a post-apocalyptic setting, hunting for loot and gear as well as lots of grind.

A cover-based looter shooter set in a meticulously recreated, collapsed Washington D.C., where you team up with friends to clear missions and chase ever-better gear. Its endgame of raids, the Dark Zone and build crafting keeps players hooked.

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Destiny

Playing together in co-op

Bungie's shared-world shooter pairs silky Halo-style gunplay with loot chasing, cooperative strikes and raids, wrapped in an evocative space-myth setting and a superb soundtrack.

Far Cry New Dawn

Post-apocalyptic setting

A vividly colorful post-apocalyptic shooter set in a rebuilt Hope County, where you craft scrap weapons, upgrade your Prosperity base and battle the Highwaymen twins. Light RPG touches like enemy tiers and outpost expeditions put a twist on the familiar Far Cry formula.

Defiance

Post-apocalyptic setting

An online third-person shooter set on an alien-transformed post-apocalyptic Earth, tied to the Syfy TV series of the same name. You explore a large shared open world, collect loot and fight alongside other players in missions and events.

Fallout 76

Post-apocalyptic setting

An online Fallout set in the irradiated hills of Appalachia, where you explore a huge world solo or with friends, build camps, join public events and shape your character with perk cards. After a rocky launch, NPCs, factions and steady updates turned it into a lively post-apocalyptic sandbox.

Sunset Overdrive

Post-apocalyptic setting

A loud, colorful open-world action shooter where you grind across rooftops, wall-run and blast mutants with absurd weapons. The fluid traversal and irreverent humor set it apart.

Warframe

Playing together in co-op

A fast free-to-play co-op shooter where you play a space ninja, flipping, slashing and gunning across the solar system while collecting and modding dozens of Warframes. Beneath the deep grind lies a surprisingly strange and memorable story.

Destiny 2

Playing together in co-op

A free-to-play looter shooter with best-in-class gunplay, where you roam the solar system as a Guardian wielding space magic and chasing ever-better gear. It truly shines in demanding co-op raids with friends and in its PvP modes.

Deep Rock Galactic

Playing together in co-op

Play as gruff space dwarves carving through fully destructible procedural caves with up to three friends, mining minerals and holding off massive alien swarms. Complementary classes, dry humor and a famously wholesome community make every dive a blast – Rock and Stone!

Shadow Warrior 2

Playing together in co-op

A frantic first-person shooter where wisecracking Lo Wang slices and shoots through demon hordes with blades, guns and magic. Loot, skill upgrades and four-player co-op give it strong replay value.

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