PAYDAY 2 overview

Overview

PAYDAY 2 comes from OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio. and is published by Starbreeze Entertainment. It arrived on Steam on Aug 13, 2013, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Multi-player, Co-op, Online Co-op, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Tracked Controller Support, and VR Supported. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, Steam, and Xbox so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

PAYDAY 2's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 31,180 players at 5 October 2026 - 04:22:57 UTC, with a tracked peak near 247,628. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 89% positive across 674,517 reviews.

Language and system requirements

PAYDAY 2 is available in 12 languages including:

13 regional rating boards including esrb, pegi, bbfc, usk, and oflc

Sales, recommendations, and streams

PAYDAY 2 has sold up to 26,308,446 units and has 445,720 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $233,992,464. On Twitch, 2 streamers are live with around 2 total watchers.

PAYDAY 2 overview details

PAYDAY 2 combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

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 bes…

SteamPulse editorial summary

PAYDAY 2 is listed as a game with $9.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Multi-player, Co-op, Online Co-op, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Tracked Controller Support, and VR Supported, and is associated with Action and RPG. SteamPulse's latest observation records 31,180 players at 5 October 2026 - 04:22:57 UTC, a tracked peak of 247,628, and 89% positive reviews.

Overview tags

Co-opActionFPSHeistMultiplayerLooter ShooterOnline Co-OpStealthCrimeShooterTeam-BasedFirst-PersonGreat SoundtrackGun CustomizationTactical

Content descriptors

PAYDAY 2 is a bank robbing game that glorifies clearly villanous acts. It contains high levels of violence, often against police officers or other law enforcement agencies. It does not go out of its way to be gory or gruesome, but can appear that way in chance situations.

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Support and legal notes

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