Games like PAYDAY™ The Heist
If PAYDAY™ The Heist is your kind of game, the closest matches are PAYDAY 2, PAYDAY 3 and RAID: World War II — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its dark, grim and nostalgic. 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™ The Heist is a co-op first-person shooter released in 2011 by OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio. Players take on the role of career criminals executing heists in settings that players describe as dark and grim. The game emphasizes tactical gameplay including ammo conservation, co-op coordination, hostage management, deployable equipment placement, and strategic positioning. Reviewers highlight that the police pressure system feels relentless and intelligent, while gunplay rewards precision over indiscriminate fire. Players note that four distinct character personalities create engaging dynamics, and heists build with cinematic escalating tension. The game currently holds a 93% positive rating from over 8,600 Steam reviews, is priced at $9.99, and runs in a playable state on Steam Deck. Players describe the experience as nostalgic and tense, with a progression system that offers simple but deep mechanics and clear goals.
About PAYDAY™ The Heist: 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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PAYDAY 2
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Top pick for PAYDAY™ The Heist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with PAYDAY™ The Heist.
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.
PAYDAY 3
WHY THIS
Shares a grim mood with PAYDAY™ The Heist.
Second-strongest match for PAYDAY™ The Heist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with PAYDAY™ The Heist.
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.
RAID: World War II
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with PAYDAY™ The Heist.
Third-strongest match for PAYDAY™ The Heist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with PAYDAY™ The Heist.
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.
GTFO
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Shares a tense mood with PAYDAY™ The Heist.
Ranked #4 for PAYDAY™ The Heist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with PAYDAY™ The Heist.
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.
Crime Boss: Rockay City
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with PAYDAY™ The Heist.
Ranked #5 for PAYDAY™ The Heist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with PAYDAY™ The Heist.
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.
Crime Simulator
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Shares a tense mood with PAYDAY™ The Heist.
Ranked #6 for PAYDAY™ The Heist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with PAYDAY™ The Heist.
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?
Hot Brass
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Shares a tense mood with PAYDAY™ The Heist.
Ranked #7 for PAYDAY™ The Heist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with PAYDAY™ The Heist.
As an elite SWAT operator, think fast and put your tactics to the test to master a series of missions and save lives. Summon your team of up to four players in online and local co-op, or hone your skills solo. Don’t just be the best—be the best of the best.
Rising Storm Game of the Year Edition
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Ranked #8 for PAYDAY™ The Heist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with PAYDAY™ The Heist.
Also contains all multi-player content from Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad
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PAYDAY 3
WHY THIS
Shares a grim mood with PAYDAY™ The Heist.
Reviewers of PAYDAY™ The Heist cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with PAYDAY™ The Heist.
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 2
WHY THIS
Reviewers of PAYDAY™ The Heist cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with PAYDAY™ The Heist.
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.
No Mercy 🔞
WHY THIS
Shares a grim mood with PAYDAY™ The Heist.
Reviewers of PAYDAY™ The Heist cross-mention this title as a similar play.
No Mercy is a 3D choice-driven adult Visual Novel about love and passion! <3
Serious Sam 3: BFE
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Reviewers of PAYDAY™ The Heist cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with PAYDAY™ The Heist.
Serious Sam 3: BFE is a prequel to the original indie fast action FPS and Game of the Year sensation - Serious Sam: The First Encounter!
Killing Floor
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Shares a grim mood with PAYDAY™ The Heist.
Reviewers of PAYDAY™ The Heist cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with PAYDAY™ The Heist.
6-player co-op survival horror at its finest! Free updates, free special events and a ridiculous amount of fun!
Heat
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Reviewers of PAYDAY™ The Heist cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with PAYDAY™ The Heist.
Survive the wilderness, build a home, raise a family, and expand your territory. Gain power as President, deliver justice as Sheriff, fight for your tribe as Chief, or show some southern hospitality as Governor. Begin your new life in 19th century America.
HELLDIVERS™ 2
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with PAYDAY™ The Heist.
Reviewers of PAYDAY™ The Heist cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with PAYDAY™ The Heist.
The Galaxy’s Last Line of Offence. Enlist in the Helldivers and join the fight for freedom across a hostile galaxy in a fast, frantic, and ferocious third-person shooter.
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine
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Reviewers of PAYDAY™ The Heist cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with PAYDAY™ The Heist.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below PAYDAY™ The Heist at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~50% under PAYDAY™ The Heist on Steam right now. Shares Action with PAYDAY™ The Heist.
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
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Priced ~55% under PAYDAY™ The Heist on Steam right now. Shares Action with PAYDAY™ The Heist.
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
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Priced ~90% under PAYDAY™ The Heist on Steam right now. Shares Action with PAYDAY™ The Heist.
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
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Priced ~70% under PAYDAY™ The Heist on Steam right now. Shares Action with PAYDAY™ The Heist.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
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Priced ~50% under PAYDAY™ The Heist on Steam right now. Shares Action with PAYDAY™ The Heist.
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
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Priced ~50% under PAYDAY™ The Heist on Steam right now. Shares Action with PAYDAY™ The Heist.
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.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~90% under PAYDAY™ The Heist on Steam right now. Shares Action with PAYDAY™ The Heist.
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.
Half-Life: Opposing Force
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Priced ~50% under PAYDAY™ The Heist on Steam right now. Shares Action with PAYDAY™ The Heist.
Return to the Black Mesa Research Facility as one of the military specialists assigned to eliminate Gordon Freeman. Experience an entirely new episode of single player action. Meet fierce alien opponents, and experiment with new weaponry. Named 'Game of the Year' by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
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The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with PAYDAY™ The Heist.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with PAYDAY™ The Heist.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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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?
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Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with PAYDAY™ The Heist.
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.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with PAYDAY™ The Heist.
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Frequently asked about PAYDAY™ The Heist
- Does PAYDAY™ The Heist run on Steam Deck?
- PAYDAY™ The Heist is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does PAYDAY™ The Heist cost?
- PAYDAY™ The Heist is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does PAYDAY™ The Heist have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — PAYDAY™ The Heist supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to PAYDAY™ The Heist?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside PAYDAY™ The Heist are PAYDAY 2, PAYDAY 3, RAID: World War II.
- Who developed PAYDAY™ The Heist?
- PAYDAY™ The Heist was developed by OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio. and published by Starbreeze Entertainment.
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