Games like Portal 2 and PAYDAY 2
Looking for games like both Portal 2 and PAYDAY 2? Below are 24 Steam games ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender for players who enjoy both titles. Both Portal 2 and PAYDAY 2 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 Portal 2 and PAYDAY 2 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 Portal 2 and PAYDAY 2. 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 Portal 2 and PAYDAY 2. 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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Borderlands 2
Third pick for fans of both Portal 2 and PAYDAY 2. 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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Left 4 Dead 2
Ranked #4 for fans of both Portal 2 and PAYDAY 2. 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 #5 for fans of both Portal 2 and PAYDAY 2. 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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Portal
Ranked #6 for fans of both Portal 2 and PAYDAY 2. Shares Action with both games.
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
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GTFO
Ranked #7 for fans of both Portal 2 and PAYDAY 2. 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
Ranked #8 for fans of both Portal 2 and PAYDAY 2. 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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It Takes Two
Ranked #9 for fans of both Portal 2 and PAYDAY 2. Shares Action and Adventure with both games.
Embark on the craziest journey of your life in It Takes Two. Invite a friend to join for free with Friend’s Pass and work together across a huge variety of gleefully disruptive gameplay challenges. Winner of GAME OF THE YEAR at the Game Awards 2021.
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Crime Simulator
Ranked #10 for fans of both Portal 2 and PAYDAY 2. 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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Crime Boss: Rockay City
Ranked #11 for fans of both Portal 2 and PAYDAY 2. 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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Half-Life 2
Ranked #12 for fans of both Portal 2 and PAYDAY 2. Shares Action with both games.
Reawakened from stasis in the occupied metropolis of City 17, Gordon Freeman is joined by Alyx Vance as he leads a desperate human resistance. Experience the landmark first-person shooter packed with immersive world-building, boundary-pushing physics, and exhilarating combat.
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Borderlands 4
Ranked #13 for fans of both Portal 2 and PAYDAY 2. 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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Shadow Warrior 2
Ranked #14 for fans of both Portal 2 and PAYDAY 2. Shares Action and Adventure with both games.
Shadow Warrior 2 is the stunning evolution of Flying Wild Hog’s offbeat first-person shooter starring the brash warrior Lo Wang, who must again wield a devastating combination of guns, blades, magic and wit to strike down the demonic legions overwhelming the world.
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Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition
Ranked #15 for fans of both Portal 2 and PAYDAY 2. Shares Strategy and Adventure with both games.
The critically acclaimed RPG that raised the bar, from the creators of Baldur's Gate 3. Gather your party. Master deep, tactical combat. Venture as a party of up to four - but know that only one of you will have the chance to become a God.
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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2
Ranked #16 for fans of both Portal 2 and PAYDAY 2. Shares Action with both games.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2 - the sequel to the award-winning next-generation first-person shooter - returns to Sin City. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 is your last chance to rescue America's sexiest city from an escalating terrorist siege that will force you into heart-pounding action from beginning to end.
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Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2
Ranked #17 for fans of both Portal 2 and PAYDAY 2. Shares Action and Adventure with both games.
Join The Division in this open world tactical shooter. Engage in intense cover-based combat, team up with friends, and build your ultimate agent to save Washington, D.C.
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Team Fortress 2
Ranked #19 for fans of both Portal 2 and PAYDAY 2. Shares Action and Free To Play with both games.
Nine distinct classes provide a broad range of tactical abilities and personalities. Constantly updated with new game modes, maps, equipment and, most importantly, hats!
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Half-Life
Ranked #20 for fans of both Portal 2 and PAYDAY 2. Shares Action with both games.
Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's debut title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. Also includes an exciting multiplayer mode that allows you to play against friends and enemies around the world.
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Back 4 Blood
Ranked #21 for fans of both Portal 2 and PAYDAY 2. 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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Sanctum 2
Ranked #22 for fans of both Portal 2 and PAYDAY 2. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.
Sanctum 2 is the sequel to the world’s first Tower Defense/FPS hybrid game. Pick from four unique character classes and embark on a mission to protect the oxygen-producing Cores from hordes of deadly aliens who are threatened by their existence.
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Titanfall® 2
Ranked #23 for fans of both Portal 2 and PAYDAY 2. Shares Action with both games.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
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RAID: World War II
Ranked #24 for fans of both Portal 2 and PAYDAY 2. 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.