4 Action RPG games like Borderlands 2 that you should try

What brings it close to Borderlands 2 is open world exploration, melee combat and a sci-fi setting, and the two track each other on genre, game mode and visuals. To that it adds loot and gear systems, and multiplayer gameplay. They part company on combat and setting: this one brings post-apocalyptic world.

On paper it is what Borderlands 2 is — open world exploration, melee combat and a sci-fi setting — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. To that it adds loot and gear systems, and co-op play. They part company on world and setting: this one brings procedural generation and horror setting.

On paper it is what Borderlands 2 is — open world exploration, melee combat and a sci-fi setting — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. Both also lean on loot and gear systems, and co-op play. The distance is in combat and setting — its own ground is a space setting.

It meets Borderlands 2 on deep RPG systems, a sci-fi setting and offline play. Where the two diverge is visuals and genre: precision platforming and 2D presentation.