PAYDAY 3

Action, Shooter

Steam players
Mixed
47% of 66,231
Metacritic score
66/100
from critics
Release
2023
PAYDAY 3: Cover

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Screenshots from Steam, unretouched: the in-game interface as it is.

What this game is

PAYDAY 3 is a cooperative first-person shooter where you and three teammates plan and carry out robberies: banks, art galleries, cryptocurrency hubs and corporate offices in New York. Each heist can be completed in quiet stealth mode or switched to open combat when stealth fails.

What players do right now: they put together a group of up to 4 people, pick a heist, decide on a tactic (quiet or loud) and complete the objectives one after another: crack the safe, disable the cameras, carry out the bags of money before the SWAT team arrives. The game has 19 heists (9 main + 4 side hustles + the DLC campaign The Bad Apple + Shopping Spree). Crime Spree mode lets you play heists in a row with rising difficulty and random modifiers.

A reworked game: PAYDAY 3 came out in September 2023 with serious problems. The servers went down in the first hours, and the always-online requirement made even solo play impossible. Since then Starbreeze has released dozens of patches: it reworked the skill system (Update 2.5, December 2025), added a solo mode without a lobby (June 2024), released the Shopping Spree DLC and other new heists, and launched the Contracts system (Update 3.3, March 2026). Recent reviews on Steam reached "Mostly Positive" in October 2024, though the overall rating remains "Mixed" because of the flood of negative reviews in the first weeks.

Skill system and progression: the skill tree is divided by role: a stealth focus, support, assault or hacking. The skills you choose affect tactics inside each heist.

Localization: the interface and subtitles are in Russian. Voice acting is English only (there is no official Russian dub).

Cooperative heist shooter PAYDAY 3: robberies of banks and art galleries in New York, in a team of four, quietly or loudly. 19 heists. Text and subtitles in Russian.

TagsFPSShoot 'em upTacticalCombatStealthDark Humor3DRealisticFirst-PersonMultiplayerOnline Co-opCo-opPvE
  • Single-player
  • Multiplayer
  • Co-op
  • Online co-op
  • Cross-play multiplayer
  • Steam Achievements
Available on
Steam
Release date
Metacritic
66
Developer
Starbreeze Studios
Publisher
Deep Silver
Age rating
18+

Languages and hardware

EnglishText + voice-over

Voice-over: EnglishText: 14 languages

All 14 languages
  • EnglishText + voice-over
  • FrenchText only
  • ItalianText only
  • GermanText only
  • испанский – ИспанияText only
  • JapaneseText only
  • KoreanText only
  • PolishText only
  • португальский – БразилияText only
  • RussianText only
  • Chinese (Simplified)Text only
  • испанский – Латинская АмерикаText only
  • Chinese (Traditional)Text only
  • TurkishText only

Minimum

OS
Windows 10 64-bit
Processor
Intel Core i5-9400F
Memory
16 GB
Graphics card
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (4 GB) or AMD Radeon RX 580 (4 GB)
Storage
65 GB

Recommended

OS
Windows 10 64-bit
Processor
Intel Core i7-9700K
Memory
16 GB
Graphics card
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (8 GB) or AMD RX Vega 56
Storage
65 GB

What people say about the game

47%

Mixed

66,231 reviews on Steam

66

Critics score

Metacritic score: 66/100

This is how players and critics rate the game itself, not our store.

Frequently asked questions

What will I get when I buy PAYDAY 3 on Lootaem?

A digital key or gift for Steam, not an account and not a subscription. After launch, Lootaem delivers it to your personal account (LC) right after payment. Activation in Steam: menu "Games" → "Activate a Product on Steam" → enter the key (or accept the gift). The game appears in your library within 1-2 minutes.

What are the system requirements for PAYDAY 3, and will it run on my PC?

Minimum: Intel Core i5-9400F, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (4 GB) or AMD Radeon RX 580 (4 GB) graphics card, 16 GB RAM, 65 GB of disk space. Recommended: Intel Core i7-9700K, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (8 GB) or AMD RX Vega 56 graphics card. Full requirements are in the "System requirements" block on this page.