Games like PAYDAY 2 and Dead by Daylight
Looking for games like both PAYDAY 2 and Dead by Daylight? Below are 24 Steam games ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender for players who enjoy both titles. Both PAYDAY 2 and Dead by Daylight 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 Dead by Daylight 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 Dead by Daylight. 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 Dead by Daylight. 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 Dead by Daylight. 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 Dead by Daylight. 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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Back 4 Blood
Ranked #5 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Dead by Daylight. 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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Dying Light
Ranked #6 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Dead by Daylight. 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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RAID: World War II
Ranked #7 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Dead by Daylight. 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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Killing Floor
Ranked #8 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Dead by Daylight. 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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Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine
Ranked #9 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Dead by Daylight. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a single player or co-op heist game. Assemble a crack team of thieves, case the joint, and pull off the perfect heist.
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Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® Extraction
Ranked #10 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Dead by Daylight. 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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Deep Rock Galactic
Ranked #11 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Dead by Daylight. 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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Escape from Tarkov
Ranked #12 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Dead by Daylight. 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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White Noise 2
Ranked #13 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Dead by Daylight. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.
Enjoy a 4vs1 asymmetric horror experience like no other. Be a part of the investigator team, or take control of the creature and devour them!
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Crime Boss: Rockay City
Ranked #14 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Dead by Daylight. 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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Aliens vs. Predator™
Ranked #15 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Dead by Daylight. Shares Action with both games.
Survive, hunt and prey in the deadly jungles and swamps in distinctly new and thrilling first person gameplay.
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Ranked #16 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Dead by Daylight. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Take on the role of one of the notorious Slaughter family, or their victims, in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a third-person asymmetrical horror experience based on the groundbreaking and iconic 1974 horror film. Experience the mad and macabre for yourself in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
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Friday the 13th: The Game
Ranked #17 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Dead by Daylight. Shares Action with both games.
Jason is back! Jason Voorhees is unleashed and stalking the grounds of Camp Crystal Lake! Take on the role as Jason Voorhees and Camp Crystal Lake counselors. This is the game you’ve been waiting for; the chance to kill or be killed on Friday the 13th!
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Last Year: The Nightmare
Ranked #18 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Dead by Daylight. Shares Action with both games.
Serial killers are chasing you as you try to escape from your high school. You play as one of The Teenagers on the run, or play as one of The Killers doing the hunting. Last Year: The Nightmare feels like surviving through a haunted house with your friends.
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Hunt: Showdown 1896
Ranked #19 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Dead by Daylight. Shares Action with both games.
Hunt: Showdown 1896 is the brutally rewarding extraction shooter. Track twisted monsters and overcome ruthless PvP. Take bounties in corrupted backwaters lost to history. With a team, you might survive. Die with nothing or get out with everything.
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Resident Evil 2
Ranked #20 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Dead by Daylight. 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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After the Fall®
Ranked #21 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Dead by Daylight. 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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Borderlands 2
Ranked #22 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Dead by Daylight. 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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Risk of Rain 2
Ranked #23 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Dead by Daylight. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.
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Sniper Elite: Resistance
Ranked #24 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Dead by Daylight. Shares Action and Adventure with both games.
Offering unparalleled sniping mechanics, stealth and tactical third-person combat, Sniper Elite: Resistance turns the attention of the award-winning series towards a hidden war, far from the front lines, deep within the heart of occupied France.