Games like PAYDAY 2
If PAYDAY 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are PAYDAY 3, PAYDAY™ The Heist and THE WASTE — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its modding community support, tactical positioning matters and writing quality is exceptional. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →PAYDAY 2 is a cooperative action RPG released in 2013 where players execute elaborate heists in Washington D.C., working together across stealth and aggressive approaches. The game features extensive build crafting through a perk system and detailed weapon customization, with tactical positioning proving integral to success. Players describe the experience as both challenging and immersive, while the modding community has provided long-term support for the title. The game holds an 87% positive rating from over 174,000 Steam reviews and runs verified on Steam Deck. Available for $9.99, it delivers a massive amount of content designed for extended cooperative play sessions.
About PAYDAY 2: PAYDAY 2 is an action-packed, four-player co-op shooter that once again lets gamers don the masks of the original PAYDAY crew - Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf and Chains - as they descend on Washington DC for an epic crime spree.
Players who liked PAYDAY 2 also play
Steam players who put hours into PAYDAY 2 also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
PAYDAY 3
WHY THIS
Top pick for PAYDAY 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with PAYDAY 2.
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.
PAYDAY™ The Heist
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for PAYDAY 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with PAYDAY 2.
Take on the role of a hardened career criminal executing intense, dynamic heists in constant pursuit of the next “big score”
THE WASTE
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for PAYDAY 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with PAYDAY 2.
THE WASTE – a brutal and stylish action game about bloody street shootouts and survival in a city after a global collapse, where authority has fallen, and crime thrives. Two factions fight for control over the city, its resources, and survivors.
Bank Robber
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with PAYDAY 2.
Ranked #4 for PAYDAY 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with PAYDAY 2.
Harry, a bank robber aims to rob a government bank, so he choose the day that the bank is open to visitors, and takes the opportunity to carry out the robbery. Upon arriving at the bank, learns some routines, of how things work and then begins to put his plan into practice.
Crime Boss: Rockay City
WHY THIS
Shares weapon customization with PAYDAY 2.
Ranked #5 for PAYDAY 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with PAYDAY 2.
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.
The Abyss Break
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for PAYDAY 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with PAYDAY 2.
Hardcore first-person co-op horror game. Explore the worlds beyond the Abyss alone or with a team, gather what you need to survive, and discover how far consciousness can change before it is no longer your own.
Crime Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with PAYDAY 2.
Ranked #7 for PAYDAY 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with PAYDAY 2.
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?
The Break-In
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for PAYDAY 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with PAYDAY 2.
Steal everything. Even the people. The Break-In lets you take whatever you want, from TVs to fridges to toilets. And all in 1-4 player co-op, VR and non VR. Select your getaway vehicle, anything from a bicycle to a stolen police van, and load up with gear like hammers and rocket boosters, and steal.
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PAYDAY 3
WHY THIS
Reviewers of PAYDAY 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with PAYDAY 2.
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.
Ready or Not
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with PAYDAY 2.
Reviewers of PAYDAY 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with PAYDAY 2.
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.
Deep Rock Galactic
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with PAYDAY 2.
Reviewers of PAYDAY 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with PAYDAY 2.
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!
Warframe
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with PAYDAY 2.
Reviewers of PAYDAY 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with PAYDAY 2.
Awaken as an unstoppable warrior and battle alongside your friends in this story-driven free-to-play online action game
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Reviewers of PAYDAY 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with PAYDAY 2.
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.
Serious Sam 4
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with PAYDAY 2.
Reviewers of PAYDAY 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with PAYDAY 2.
Serious Sam 4 reignites the classic FPS series in a high-powered prequel loaded with an explosive arsenal, intergalactic carnage, and perfectly timed one-liners.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Wildlands
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with PAYDAY 2.
Reviewers of PAYDAY 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with PAYDAY 2.
Create a team with up to 3 friends in Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon® Wildlands and enjoy the ultimate military shooter experience set in a massive, dangerous, and responsive open world.
GTFO
WHY THIS
Shares cooperative play with PAYDAY 2.
Reviewers of PAYDAY 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with PAYDAY 2.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below PAYDAY 2 at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under PAYDAY 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with PAYDAY 2.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under PAYDAY 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with PAYDAY 2.
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.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under PAYDAY 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with PAYDAY 2.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under PAYDAY 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with PAYDAY 2.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under PAYDAY 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with PAYDAY 2.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under PAYDAY 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with PAYDAY 2.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under PAYDAY 2 on Steam right now. Shares RPG with PAYDAY 2.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under PAYDAY 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with PAYDAY 2.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with PAYDAY 2.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with PAYDAY 2.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with PAYDAY 2.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with PAYDAY 2.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with PAYDAY 2.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
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Frequently asked about PAYDAY 2
- Is PAYDAY 2 verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — PAYDAY 2 is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does PAYDAY 2 cost?
- PAYDAY 2 is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does PAYDAY 2 have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — PAYDAY 2 supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to PAYDAY 2?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside PAYDAY 2 are PAYDAY 3, PAYDAY™ The Heist, THE WASTE.
- Who developed PAYDAY 2?
- PAYDAY 2 was developed by OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio. and published by Starbreeze Entertainment.
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