4 Offline 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.

Genre puts it alongside Borderlands 2, and so does loot and gear systems, melee combat, and multiplayer gameplay. The common ground extends to a first-person view. Where the two diverge is setting and combat: magic-based combat and fantasy world.

Its point of contact with Borderlands 2 is deep RPG systems, melee combat and single-player focus. The distance is in setting and visuals — its own ground is puzzle design and fantasy world.

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.