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PAYDAY 2

View on Steam ↗Updated 21 Oct · 05:05 UTC
  • Single-player
  • Multi-player
  • Co-op
  • Online Co-op
  • Steam Achievements
  • Full controller support
  • Tracked Controller Support
  • VR Supported
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Store data

UK price
£3.99
US price
Awaiting regional check
Positive reviews
89%
Total reviews
675,083
Release date
13 Aug, 2013
Concurrent players13,856Most recent successful sample
Today's peak14,49626/144 samples
Tracked peak36,901Highest retained daily peak
Steam rating89%675,083 reviews
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Game information

Details supplied by the Steam store
App ID
218620
App type
Game
Supported systems
Windows
Genres
Action, RPG
Release date
13 Aug, 2013
Last player update
21 Oct · 05:05 UTC
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System requirements

Supplied by the developer on Steam

Windows

Minimum
Requirement
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS
Windows 10
Processor
2 GHz Intel Dual Core 64-bit Processor
Memory
4 GB RAM
Graphics
NVIDIA & AMD (1GB VRAM)
DirectX
Version 11
Storage
32 GB available space
VR Support
SteamVR. Standing or Room Scale. Requires installing the free VR DLC.
Additional Notes
Requires a CPU which supports the SSE4.1 instruction set
Recommended
Requirement
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS
Windows 11
Processor
2.3 GHz Intel Quad Core 64-bit Processor
Memory
8 GB RAM
Graphics
NVIDIA & AMD (2GB VRAM)
DirectX
Version 11
Storage
32 GB available space
VR Support
SteamVR. Standing or Room Scale. Requires installing the free VR DLC.
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Player history

Concurrent players

Peak 16,903Average 14,955Latest 13,856
04.2k8.5k12.7k16.9k20 Oct 2026, 06:00 UTC21 Oct 2026, 05:00 UTC

24-hour and 7-day views use hourly peaks from ten-minute samples. Longer views use retained daily peaks. Up to 24 recent event markers are shown per layer.

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Long-term history

Monthly players breakdown

Calculated from SteamWatch samples
MonthPeakGain% gainAverageAvg % gain
Last 30 days36,635-266-0.7%28,308-4.6%
October 202635,706-1,195-3.2%27,706-6.5%
September 202636,901——29,638—
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About this game

Description

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Infamous Collection

The Infamous Collection contains a mountain of DLCs for PAYDAY 2!

There are two ways to obtain lots of PAYDAY 2 content:

The Infamous Collection - grab a large amount of DLCs

The PAYDAY 2 Subscription - available at the top of this page - unlocks all available DLC for a low monthly cost

About the Game

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.

The CRIMENET network offers a huge range of dynamic contracts, and players are free to choose anything from small-time convenience store hits or kidnappings, to big league cyber-crime or emptying out major bank vaults for that epic PAYDAY. While in DC, why not participate in the local community, and run a few political errands?

Up to four friends co-operate on the hits, and as the crew progresses the jobs become bigger, better and more rewarding. Along with earning more money and becoming a legendary criminal comes a character customization and crafting system that lets crews build and customize their own guns and gear.

Key Features

Rob Banks, Get Paid – Players must choose their crew carefully, because when the job goes down they will need the right mix of skills on their side.

CRIMENET – The dynamic contract database lets gamers pick and choose from available jobs by connecting with local contacts such as Vlad the Ukrainian, shady politician "The Elephant", and South American drug trafficker Hector, all with their own agenda and best interests in mind.

PAYDAY Gunplay and Mechanics on a New Level – Firing weapons and zip tying civilians never felt so good.

Dynamic Scenarios – No heist ever plays out the same way twice. Every single scenario has random geometry or even rare events.

Choose Your Skills – As players progress they can invest in any of five special Skill Trees: Mastermind, Enforcer, Ghost, Technician and Fugitive. Each features a deep customization tree of associated skills and equipment to master, and they can be mixed and matched to create the ultimate heister.

More Masks than Ever – PAYDAY 2 features a completely new mask system, giving players the ability to craft their own unique mask with a pattern and color of their choice, resulting in millions of different combinations.

Weapons and Modifications – A brand new arsenal for the serious heister, covering everything from sniper and assault rifles to compact PDWs and SMGs. Once you've settled for a favorite, you can modify it with optics, suppressors, fore grips, reticles, barrels, frames, stocks and more, all of which will affect the performance of your weapon. There are also purely aesthetic enhancements - why not go for the drug lord look with polished walnut grips for your nine?

Play It Your Way – Each job allows for multiple approaches, such as slow and stealthy ambushes or running in guns blazing. Hit the target any way you want, each approach will provide a different experience.

A Long History of Additional Content – More than 70 updates since release, including new heists, characters, weapons and other gameplay features like driving cars and forklifts.

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