PAYDAY™ The Heist overview

Overview

PAYDAY™ The Heist comes from OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio. and is published by Starbreeze Entertainment. It arrived on Steam on Oct 20, 2011, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Multi-player, Co-op, Online Co-op, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Custom Volume Controls, and Adjustable Difficulty. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

PAYDAY™ The Heist's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 40 players at 8 October 2026 - 23:34:53 UTC, with a tracked peak near 49,734. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 93% positive across 40,789 reviews.

Language and system requirements

PAYDAY™ The Heist is available in 5 languages including:

7 regional rating boards including esrb, pegi, oflc, nzoflc, and dejus

Sales, recommendations, and streams

PAYDAY™ The Heist has sold up to 5,408,258 units and has 21,890 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $47,865,816. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

PAYDAY™ The Heist overview details

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

Steam Store description

PAYDAY™ The Heist is an action filled first person shooter that lets players take on the role of a hardened career criminal executing intense, dynamic heists in constant pursuit of the next “big score”. Load out with an array of weaponry and equipment. Navigate six high-stake heists with three other live or A.I. Co-Op partners in crime. Time for a PAYDAY™ - Cash in Before you Cash Out! Key Features Six High-Intensity Heists Interactive 4-Player Co-Op play Endless Replayability Massive Character Progression Tree Build Your Skills to Fit Your Preferred Form of Violence Hostage Trading More DLC: Additional heists, weapons and equipment means PAYDAY™—a digitally distributed AAA quality title for less than half the price of a retail game—is total OVERKILL

SteamPulse editorial summary

PAYDAY™ The Heist is listed as a game with $9.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Multi-player, Co-op, Online Co-op, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Custom Volume Controls, and Adjustable Difficulty, and is associated with Action. SteamPulse's latest observation records 40 players at 8 October 2026 - 23:34:53 UTC, a tracked peak of 49,734, and 93% positive reviews.

Overview tags

FPSActionCo-opHeistMultiplayerCrimeOnline Co-OpShooterFirst-PersonGreat SoundtrackTeam-BasedStealthDifficultTacticalStrategy

Content descriptors

PAYDAY: The Heist 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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