PAYDAY™ The Heist
Co-op first-person shooter built around coordinated robberies and police shootouts
OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio. · Published by Starbreeze Entertainment · Released Oct 20, 2011
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 93% of 41K
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 89% of 65 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 26
- peak 24h 36
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- Unknown
- no patch notes found
Metacritic: 76/100 (critic reviews)
What is PAYDAY™ The Heist?
This first-person shooter follows a criminal crew chasing its next big score across six heists. You choose weapons and equipment, fight police, and trade hostages alongside up to three other players or AI partners. A skill tree lets you develop your character between heists.
For you if...
- +you enjoy making tactical decisions with teammates under pressure
- +you prefer a darker crime tone
- +you like tough missions that punish mistakes
Not for you if...
- −you want varied objectives without replaying missions
- −you prefer forgiving combat to demanding teamwork
- −you depend on capable AI teammates when playing alone
What players say
93% of 41,005 reviews are positive · 89% of 65 in the last 30 days
Players praise the demanding team tactics, gunplay, and darker crime tone. They complain about repetitive missions, slow progression, and unreliable AI teammates.
Screenshots and trailer
PAYDAY™ The Heist system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP, Vista, 7
- Processor
- Intel Pentium 4 3 GHz / AMD Athlon XP 3400+
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX / ATI Radeon X1900
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 6 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
Recommended
- OS
- Windows XP, Vista, 7
- Processor
- Intel Core 2 Duo / AMD Athlon X2
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 / ATI Radeon HD 4850
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 6 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 56
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Age rating
- 17+
Steam Deck: Playable
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain.
Tags
- FPS
- Action
- Co-op
- Heist
- Multiplayer
- Crime
- Online Co-Op
- Shooter
- First-Person
- Great Soundtrack
- Team-Based
- Stealth
- Difficult
- Tactical
- Singleplayer
- Strategy
2 DLC available.
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