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Games like Borderlands 2

What to play if you like Borderlands 2

Start with Warhammer: Vermintide 2, Granblue Fantasy: Relink, CODE VEIN. These games share the strongest Game DNA signals with Borderlands 2, then show where the experience changes.

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These are anonymous game-to-game comparisons, not personal recommendations or player-behaviour claims.

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 cover79% shared experience

Warhammer: Vermintide 2

Preserves: Social dependency and Co-op dependency

Granblue Fantasy: Relink cover78% shared experience

Granblue Fantasy: Relink

Preserves: Social dependency and Co-op dependency

CODE VEIN cover77% shared experience

CODE VEIN

Preserves: Social dependency and Co-op dependency

Remnant: From the Ashes cover77% shared experience

Remnant: From the Ashes

Preserves: Social dependency and Co-op dependency

Changes: Isolation

Gunfire Reborn cover76% shared experience

Gunfire Reborn

Preserves: Social dependency and Co-op dependency

Changes: Isolation

GTFO cover75% shared experience

GTFO

Preserves: Social dependency and Co-op dependency

Changes: Progression

Monster Hunter Wilds cover75% shared experience

Monster Hunter Wilds

Preserves: Social dependency and Co-op dependency

Borderlands 3 cover75% shared experience

Borderlands 3

Preserves: Social dependency and Co-op dependency

Changes: Isolation

Devil May Cry 5 cover75% shared experience

Devil May Cry 5

Preserves: Social dependency and Co-op dependency

The First Descendant cover74% shared experience

The First Descendant

Preserves: Social dependency and Co-op dependency

State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition cover74% shared experience

State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition

Preserves: Social dependency and Co-op dependency

Changes: Sandbox freedom and Session length

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide cover74% shared experience

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

Preserves: Social dependency and Co-op dependency

OUTRIDERS cover73% shared experience

OUTRIDERS

Preserves: Social dependency and Co-op dependency

Changes: Session length

Brotato cover73% shared experience

Brotato

Preserves: Social dependency and Co-op dependency

Changes: Sandbox freedom

Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition cover73% shared experience

Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition

Preserves: Social dependency and Co-op dependency

Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009) cover72% shared experience

Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009)

Preserves: Social dependency and Co-op dependency

Changes: Progression and Competitive intensity

PAYDAY 2 cover72% shared experience

PAYDAY 2

Preserves: Social dependency and Co-op dependency

DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin cover72% shared experience

DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin

Preserves: Social dependency and Co-op dependency

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