Games like PAYDAY 2 and Cry of Fear
Looking for games like both PAYDAY 2 and Cry of Fear? Below are 24 Steam games ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender for players who enjoy both titles. Both PAYDAY 2 and Cry of Fear share Action roots, making the overlapping player base a strong signal for what to play next. Each pick is scored by combining collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries — players who own PAYDAY 2 and Cry of Fear also tend to own these — with content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, plus review-mined vibe embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when genre labels differ. No Steam login required.
Best matches for fans of both games
Ranked by collaborative filtering, genre overlap, and review-mined vibes — the same signals that power imho.run.
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PAYDAY 3
Top pick for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Cry of Fear. Shares Action and Adventure with both games.
PAYDAY 3 is the ultimate co-op FPS crime fantasy. Choose between stealth or loud playstyles, customize your character, and get ready to pull off the perfect heist.
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PAYDAY™ The Heist
Second pick for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Cry of Fear. Shares Action with both games.
Take on the role of a hardened career criminal executing intense, dynamic heists in constant pursuit of the next “big score”
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GTFO
Third pick for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Cry of Fear. Shares Action with both games.
GTFO is a hardcore cooperative horror shooter that throws you from gripping suspense to explosive action in a heartbeat. Stealth, strategy, and teamwork are necessary to survive in your deadly, underground prison. Work together or die together.
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Left 4 Dead 2
Ranked #4 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Cry of Fear. Shares Action with both games.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
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Ready or Not
Ranked #5 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Cry of Fear. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Ready or Not is an intense, tactical, first-person shooter that depicts a modern-day world in which SWAT police units are called to defuse hostile and confronting situations.
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Escape from Tarkov
Ranked #6 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Cry of Fear. Shares Action and Simulation with both games.
Escape from Tarkov is the original extraction FPS where every raid is a gamble with death. Prep your raid, bleed, endure and fight through ruthless PMC players and Scavs, gain tactical advantage and cling to your loot — only extraction decides if you live or lose it all.
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Deep Rock Galactic
Ranked #7 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Cry of Fear. Shares Action with both games.
Deep Rock Galactic is a 1-4 player co-op FPS featuring dwarven space miners, procedurally-generated destructible environments, and endless hordes of alien monsters. Explore cave systems, mine for minerals, and work together to survive!
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Crime Boss: Rockay City
Ranked #8 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Cry of Fear. Shares Action with both games.
Crime Boss: Rockay City is a 1-4 player co-op FPS heist game with enjoyable stealth and epic killing spree combat. Featuring a solo roguelike campaign that combines FPS and strategy elements with the most hilariously cheesy voice acting that make you laugh.
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Killing Floor
Ranked #9 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Cry of Fear. Shares Action with both games.
6-player co-op survival horror at its finest! Free updates, free special events and a ridiculous amount of fun!
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Borderlands 2
Ranked #10 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Cry of Fear. Shares Action and RPG with both games.
The Ultimate Vault Hunter’s Upgrade lets you get the most out of the Borderlands 2 experience.
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After the Fall®
Ranked #11 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Cry of Fear. Shares Action and Adventure with both games.
From the team that brought you Arizona Sunshine® comes an epic VR action FPS with intense co-op gameplay at its core. Team up with friends and take on a hostile VR world filled with ferocious undead--mutated and twisted by the relentless cold.
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Dying Light
Ranked #12 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Cry of Fear. Shares Action and RPG with both games.
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
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Back 4 Blood
Ranked #13 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Cry of Fear. Shares Action with both games.
Back 4 Blood is a thrilling cooperative first-person shooter from the creators of the critically acclaimed Left 4 Dead franchise. Experience the intense 4 player co-op narrative campaign, competitive multiplayer as human or Ridden, and frenetic gameplay that keeps you in the action.
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Crime Simulator
Ranked #14 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Cry of Fear. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
You’re out of jail, but the debt isn’t gone. Sneak, steal, and break into houses solo or in 4-player co-op. Use lockpicks, sleeping gas, and brute force to complete jobs, outsmart security, and make enough money before time runs out. Will you pay back what you owe, or lose everything?
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Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® Extraction
Ranked #15 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Cry of Fear. Shares Action with both games.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Extraction is a tactical, co-op, PvE first-person shooter where you and your squad face an evolving alien threat. Teamwork, tactics, and flawless execution are key to your survival.
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RAID: World War II
Ranked #16 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Cry of Fear. Shares Action and Adventure with both games.
RAID: World War II is an action-packed four player cooperative shooter set during a time when the Nazi war machine was still winning, and hope was in short supply.
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Rising Storm 2: Vietnam
Ranked #17 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Cry of Fear. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.
Red Orchestra Series' take on Vietnam: 64-player MP matches; 20+ maps; US Army & Marines, PAVN/NVA, NLF/VC; Australians and ARVN forces; 50+ weapons; 4 flyable helicopters; mines, traps and tunnels; Brutal. Authentic. Gritty. Character customization. And napalm in the morning.
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System Shock® 2 (1999)
Ranked #18 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Cry of Fear. Shares Action and RPG with both games.
"Remember, it is my will that guided you here. It is my will that gave you your cybernetic implants, the only beauty in that meat you call a body. If you value that meat... you will do as I tell you." The cult classic sci-fi horror FPS-RPG has returned.
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Dishonored
Ranked #19 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Cry of Fear. Shares Action and Adventure with both games.
Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal.
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Condemned: Criminal Origins
Ranked #20 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Cry of Fear. Shares Action with both games.
What twists the mind of an ordinary human into a serial killer?
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BioShock™
Ranked #22 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Cry of Fear. Shares Action and RPG with both games.
BioShock is a shooter unlike any you've ever played, loaded with weapons and tactics never seen. You'll have a complete arsenal at your disposal from simple revolvers to grenade launchers and chemical throwers, but you'll also be forced to genetically modify your DNA to create an even more deadly weapon: you.
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Resident Evil 2
Ranked #23 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Cry of Fear. Shares Action with both games.
A deadly virus engulfs the residents of Raccoon City in September of 1998, plunging the city into chaos as flesh eating zombies roam the streets for survivors. An unparalleled adrenaline rush, gripping storyline, and unimaginable horrors await you. Witness the return of Resident Evil 2.
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Contagion
Ranked #24 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Cry of Fear. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Contagion isn't your average Zombie Shooter but instead takes a more realistic and different approach to the popular genre with unique characters, environments, weapons, items, and a built in system that makes every round completely unpredictable with resources, objectives, and paths ever changing.