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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.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “chaotic, varied heist gameplay” (67 of 104 reviews) and “chaotic fun with friends” (24); the most common complaint is “essential content locked behind DLC” (16). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-09.
What reviewers agree on
67 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“If you're the kind of person who enjoys a bit of adrenaline and chaos mixed with teamwork, then Payday 2 is honestly something special. This game has a vibe that’s hard to pin down until you actually play it. You go…”
“Grew up playing payday on xbox very fun and nostalgic to play here”
“Just reinstalled since 2017 and absolutely hooked already again. People say it's just boring repetition wah wah wah keep crying who cares that's the whole point is keep looting the missions and replaying for more money…”
24 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“If you're the kind of person who enjoys a bit of adrenaline and chaos mixed with teamwork, then Payday 2 is honestly something special. This game has a vibe that’s hard to pin down until you actually play it. You go…”
“Got the game when it was just at 1$ during Christmas, so not a loss of money at all. For me personally, the gameplay being the same all the time is boring. But if you play with friends, it sure can be fun. It doesn't…”
“Very good co-op game, still fun after all these years, and got plenty of content due to huge count of DLCs.”
12 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Very good co-op game, still fun after all these years, and got plenty of content due to huge count of DLCs.”
“~ DIFFICULTY ~ 🔲 click and play 🔲 Easy 🔲 Normal ✅ Hard 🔲 Dark Souls GRAPHICS 🔲 what is this 🔲 Bad 🔲 mid 🔲 Graphics don't matter in this game ✅ Good 🔲 Beautiful 🔲 Masterpiece MUSIC 🔲 Bad 🔲 Not special 🔲 Good ✅ Beautiful…”
“Great game to this day, and while it lacks some stuff that Payday 3 has, it still feels more complete and loved compared to the sequel's current state involving heavy microtransactions; sure this game has a ton of DLC…”
11 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Just reinstalled since 2017 and absolutely hooked already again. People say it's just boring repetition wah wah wah keep crying who cares that's the whole point is keep looting the missions and replaying for more money…”
“Very good co-op game, still fun after all these years, and got plenty of content due to huge count of DLCs.”
“very good game, tons of mods that make it super replayable. very good community, tutorials, and builds online”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Got the game when it was just at 1$ during Christmas, so not a loss of money at all. For me personally, the gameplay being the same all the time is boring. But if you play with friends, it sure can be fun. It doesn't…”
“Great game that used to be really ♥♥♥♥ with HDD but no one uses it anymore. This feels little like Counter Strike Source with a forced modded recoil and the camera movement so it might give you a motion sickness if you…”
“~ DIFFICULTY ~ 🔲 click and play 🔲 Easy 🔲 Normal ✅ Hard 🔲 Dark Souls GRAPHICS 🔲 what is this 🔲 Bad 🔲 mid 🔲 Graphics don't matter in this game ✅ Good 🔲 Beautiful 🔲 Masterpiece MUSIC 🔲 Bad 🔲 Not special 🔲 Good ✅ Beautiful…”
16 of the 104 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ mechanics. in higher difficulties of the same heists they add fences that you cant jump but police can, seems like people also have a 3rd eye in this game since you can stay behind them and they…”
“PAYDAY 2’s core is genuinely fun. The heists are clever, the stealth–loud loop is satisfying, and the builds can be deep if you want it to be. I want to like this game more than I do. What kills it for me in 2026 is how…”
“For me Payday 2 peaked hard for about a week at launch and then fell off entirely and I havent been able to go back. Overkill built a genuinely fun cooperative heist shooter with enough variety in its jobs and enough…”
9 of the 104 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“i have this game 100% and own a world record speedrunning ukrainian job i love this game and its probably my favorite game ever but god do the devs hate this game every heist is a clusterfuk of bugs its nearly…”
“game is good,but it's a buggy mess,want to join a lobby? half the time not loading,why? why not.”
“This game is an abusive EX to me. so basically I got this game because my friends had it and they wanted me to really play it. and at a time I did like it. that was until a bug started to be really annoying to me me. my…”
8 of the 104 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ mechanics. in higher difficulties of the same heists they add fences that you cant jump but police can, seems like people also have a 3rd eye in this game since you can stay behind them and they…”
“This isn't really a "heist" game, it's a dlc-choked l4d with banks/jewelry stores, etc clone. Stealth is non-existent and flakey and there's very little focus other than run & gun. That might be somewhat interesting…”
“Its good, just dont play above overkill difficulty or you will suffer. Thats all i got to say”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“i have this game 100% and own a world record speedrunning ukrainian job i love this game and its probably my favorite game ever but god do the devs hate this game every heist is a clusterfuk of bugs its nearly…”
“my only issue with payday is the fact that instead of fixing the obvious issues and problems with 3, they just fall back on 2 and just leave that game in the dirt for secondary updates, it's just lazy”
“I've enjoyed this title for many years. However returning to this game I know have content I have already unlocked now locked behind new requirements such as making a new account or a new paywall is insane. Your time…”
4 of the 104 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ mechanics. in higher difficulties of the same heists they add fences that you cant jump but police can, seems like people also have a 3rd eye in this game since you can stay behind them and they…”
“This isn't really a "heist" game, it's a dlc-choked l4d with banks/jewelry stores, etc clone. Stealth is non-existent and flakey and there's very little focus other than run & gun. That might be somewhat interesting…”
“Got the game when it was just at 1$ during Christmas, so not a loss of money at all. For me personally, the gameplay being the same all the time is boring. But if you play with friends, it sure can be fun. It doesn't…”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 89.4% positive rating · as of 2026-05-09
“PAYDAY 2 is what happens when a heist game stops pretending to be normal and just embraces pure chaos. You go in thinking the plan will be smooth, quiet, professional, maybe even elegant. Ten minutes later the alarm is screaming, somebody forgot a bag, another guy is down for…”
— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs played“Great game, the co-op is rlly active pretty optimisied and good graphics see my specs and belive that i played 40HRS+ on this rig, it doesnt feel repetitive at all to me for the price of 200rs ($2) now it may not be worth when it came in sale for 48rs ($0.4) in India (Conversion…”
— a player, Steam review · 44 hrs played“I doubt anybody is gonna see this so let it be known I'm gay as ♥♥♥♥ Play this game if you love horde shooters. This game is peak, it has guns, and it allows you to live out your fantasy of having the skill to pull off bank robbing.”
— a player, Steam review · 267 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-20.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
PAYDAY 2: Update 248.2 Changelog
Hello heisters! Got another round of level adjustments mainly targeting the newly released Under the Hammer heist. We've been trying to further improve performance as well as address some of the feedb
PAYDAY 2: Update 248.1 Changelog
Hello heisters! We saw performance issues for quite a few players since the engine upgrade and finally narrowed it down to faulty "Garbage Collection". These fixes should resolve the issue some player
PAYDAY 2: Under The Hammer Heist
Hello Bidders! Long before the events of the White House heist, help Bain obtain an item that will lead to a lost lost fortune. The New Under The Hammer Heist Pack Raise up your paddles, and make your
PAYDAY 2: Update 248 Changelog
Hello heisters! Got an new update for you all, to coincide with the new content drop. Incase you missed it, the new Under The Hammer Heist DLC has been released! Check it out: PAYDAY 2: Update 248 Cha
PAYDAY 2: Update 247.3 Changelog
Hello heisters! Another round of fixes. We're still looking into the performance issues from the v3 engine update, thank you for understanding and helping us in the bug report forums with all the info
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-09.
| Genres | Action, RPG |
| Player tags | Co-op · Action · FPS · Heist · Multiplayer · Looter Shooter · Online Co-Op · Stealth · Crime · Shooter · Team-Based · First-Person (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Tracked Controller Support · VR Supported |
| Languages | English * , German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Korean, Polish * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 1328 |
| Official site | https://www.paydaythegame.com/payday2/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 2 GHz Intel Dual Core Processor Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia & AMD (512MB VRAM) DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 83 GB available space VR Support: SteamVR. Standing or Room Scale. Requires installing the free VR DLC.