Games like PAYDAY 2 and Rust
Looking for games like both PAYDAY 2 and Rust? Below are 24 Steam games ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender for players who enjoy both titles. Both PAYDAY 2 and Rust share Action, RPG 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 Rust 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™ The Heist
Second pick for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Rust. 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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Dying Light
Third pick for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Rust. 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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Escape from Tarkov
Ranked #4 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Rust. 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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Left 4 Dead 2
Ranked #5 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Rust. 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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Deep Rock Galactic
Ranked #6 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Rust. 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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Left 4 Dead
Ranked #7 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Rust. Shares Action with both games.
From Valve (the creators of Counter-Strike, Half-Life and more) comes Left 4 Dead, a co-op action horror game for the PC and Xbox 360 that casts up to four players in an epic struggle for survival against swarming zombie hordes and terrifying mutant monsters.
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RAID: World War II
Ranked #8 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Rust. 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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GTFO
Ranked #9 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Rust. 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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Borderlands 2
Ranked #10 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Rust. 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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Don't Starve Together
Ranked #11 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Rust. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
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Back 4 Blood
Ranked #14 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Rust. 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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Risk of Rain 2
Ranked #16 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Rust. 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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Hunt: Showdown 1896
Ranked #17 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Rust. 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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After the Fall®
Ranked #18 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Rust. 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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Crime Boss: Rockay City
Ranked #19 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Rust. 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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Ready or Not
Ranked #20 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Rust. 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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Borderlands 4
Ranked #21 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Rust. Shares Action and Adventure with both games.
Borderlands 4 is a mayhem-fueled looter shooter, jam-packed with billions of weapons, deadly enemies, and intense co-op action. Break free from a dangerous hidden planet as one of four new badass Vault Hunters.
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Insurgency: Sandstorm
Ranked #22 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Rust. Shares Action with both games.
Insurgency: Sandstorm is a hardcore tactical FPS built on lethal close-quarters combat and ruthless intensity. Every bullet count, every step matters, and teamwork is your only path to survival in the brutality of modern warfare.
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Zombie Survival Game Online
Ranked #23 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Rust. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.
Zombie Survival Game Online is an open-world, post-apocalyptic, looter shooter. Craft, quest, explore, build, and fight for survival. Parkour up a mountainside, ramp a truck over a horde, and grab a gasmask to explore the sewers. Can you survive? Doubtful.
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Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead
Ranked #24 for fans of both PAYDAY 2 and Rust. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.
Three years after the conflict in Chernarus, portrayed in the original Arma 2, a new flashpoint explodes in the Green Sea Region. Coalition forces led by the US Army are deployed to Takistan to quickly restore peace and prevent further civilian casualties.