Single-player games like PAYDAY 2
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to PAYDAY 2, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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PAYDAY 3
Single-player alternative to PAYDAY 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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PAYDAY™ The Heist
Single-player alternative to PAYDAY 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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”
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THE WASTE
Single-player alternative to PAYDAY 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Bank Robber
Single-player alternative to PAYDAY 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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SWAT Commander: Prologue
Single-player alternative to PAYDAY 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with PAYDAY 2.
The FREE PROLOGUE version of our tactical squad shooter. In SWAT Commander: Prologue, you join an elite special forces unit. Team up with other operatives, manage your equipment, and most importantly – complete your mission successfully.
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The Abyss Break
Single-player alternative to PAYDAY 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Crime Boss: Rockay City
Single-player alternative to PAYDAY 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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CriminalZ
Single-player alternative to PAYDAY 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with PAYDAY 2.
CriminalZ is a 1-4 player co-op crime roguelite where every paid quota makes the Boss demand more. Deal, steal, break in, hack systems, and escape the police as your crew fights to make enough cash before time runs out.
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Ready or Not
Single-player alternative to PAYDAY 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Deep Rock Galactic
Single-player alternative to PAYDAY 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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!
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Warframe
Single-player alternative to PAYDAY 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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
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Left 4 Dead 2
Single-player alternative to PAYDAY 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Serious Sam 4
Single-player alternative to PAYDAY 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Wildlands
Single-player alternative to PAYDAY 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.