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PAYDAY 3

Starbreeze Studios · Starbreeze Entertainment · 2023-09-21

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ActionAdventureRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Sep 21, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 18, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Sep 21, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

PAYDAY 3 is the ultimate co-op FPS crime fantasy. Choose between stealth or loud playstyles, customize your character, and get ready to pull off the perfect heist.

797
playing now
45%
positive of 65k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
30
twitch viewers (latest)
64/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
59/100
IGDB user rating (43 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

797 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Payday 3 is a 2023 cooperative first-person shooter game developed and published by Starbreeze Studios. The game was formerly published by Deep Silver. The game is a sequel to Payday 2, and is the third installment in the Payday series. It was released for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on 21 September 2023.

Trailer

PAYDAY 3 trailer thumbnail

PAYDAY 3: Gameplay Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 797 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,930 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~366/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (29,353 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.3M–2.9M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 65,134 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.91 at GreenManGaming (2025-09-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $47.88 · on sale 91 of 210 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
19k19k20232026Week of 2023-09-01: 10,202 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 19,151 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2,246 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,737 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,758 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 957 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 478 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 770 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 539 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 379 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 569 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 268 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 347 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 352 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 423 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 281 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 337 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 734 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 327 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 386 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 501 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 250 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 403 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 281 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 316 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 227 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 180 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 377 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 191 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 747 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 408 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 201 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 205 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 170 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 431 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 174 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 45 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.1k1172026-08-06 21:00 — 551 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 324 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 595 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 691 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 445 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 651 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 750 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 434 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 718 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 684 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 362 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 560 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 602 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 313 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 553 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 525 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 295 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 493 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 686 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 309 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 346 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 605 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 487 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 480 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 756 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 1,025 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 580 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 1,047 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 797 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$47.86$9.892023-06-132026-08-262023-06-13 — best price $33.992023-11-08 — best price $31.992023-12-21 — best price $29.992024-01-29 — best price $31.192024-03-07 — best price $25.992024-05-03 — best price $25.992024-06-27 — best price $19.992024-07-31 — best price $39.992024-09-20 — best price $44.652024-10-30 — best price $15.892024-12-03 — best price $15.892025-01-09 — best price $29.992025-03-03 — best price $15.892025-04-11 — best price $45.372025-05-26 — best price $45.512025-07-27 — best price $29.992025-09-23 — best price $9.902025-11-04 — best price $29.992025-11-25 — best price $12.592025-12-08 — best price $46.612025-12-22 — best price $46.972026-01-08 — best price $29.992026-01-22 — best price $46.812026-02-02 — best price $47.352026-02-16 — best price $47.412026-02-27 — best price $15.002026-03-12 — best price $46.182026-03-25 — best price $46.362026-04-10 — best price $46.832026-04-24 — best price $46.842026-05-09 — best price $29.992026-05-22 — best price $29.992026-06-08 — best price $46.152026-06-22 — best price $45.812026-07-06 — best price $45.652026-07-17 — best price $22.792026-07-30 — best price $29.992026-08-26 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

6402026-08-26 19:15 — 9 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 40 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 30 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
86.5%
earned "No One Cared Who I Was..."
9.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesCamera ComfortCustom Volume Controls25 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Windows (Xbox)29,1501%22
PS5 (PlayStation)27,3674%23
Steam (Steam)20,1335%22

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSPvECo-opCrimeHeistActionAmericaShooterStealthTactical

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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