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PAYDAY: The Heist

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App ID 24240
App Type Game
Store Name PAYDAY™ The Heist
Developer
Publisher Starbreeze Entertainment
Franchise PAYDAY
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Diesel Engine
Last Changenumber 28979831
Last Record Update 14 May 2025 – 11:50:35 UTC ()
Release Date 20 October 2011 – 16:44:00 UTC ()
😍 91.62%
40k reviews
46
In-Game

Take on the role of a hardened career criminal executing intense, dynamic heists in constant pursuit of the next “big score”

Additional Information

Developer OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio.
gamedir PAYDAY The Heist
metacritic_name Payday: The Heist
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metacritic_score 76
NoServers Yes
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community_visible_stats Yes
InstallScript installscript.vdf
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
Publisher Starbreeze Entertainment
SortAs PAYDAY
Store Release Date 20 October 2011 – 16:45:00 UTC ()
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community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://bsky.app/profile/paydaythegame.com
https://discord.gg/paydaygame
https://www.facebook.com/PaydayGameOfficial
https://www.instagram.com/paydaygame/
https://www.reddit.com/r/paydaytheheist
https://tiktok.com/@paydaygame
https://www.twitch.tv/paydaythegame
https://x.com/paydaygame
https://www.youtube.com/@PAYDAYGame
Primary Genre Action (1)
Store Genres Action (1)
Steam Release Date 20 October 2011 – 16:44:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 14 May 2025 – 11:49:09 UTC () (1747223349)
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review_score 8
review_percentage 93
Detected Technologies (?) Diesel Engine, Bink_Video SDK, NVIDIA_PhysX SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Note: Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 1 March 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 857495
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    recommended_runtimeproton-7.0-1
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Content Descriptors Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)
controllertagwizard Yes
First seen on SteamDB 20 March 2013 – 07:42:32 UTC (), in changelist #196282
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

5 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes

Tags

🔫 FPS 💥 Action 🤝 Co-op 💸 Heist 🕹️ Multiplayer 🚨 Crime 👥 Online Co-Op 🔫 Shooter 🙌 First-Person 🎶 Great Soundtrack 👥 Team-Based 🥷 Stealth 😓 Difficult 🤔 Tactical 💡 Strategy 👤 Singleplayer 🖥️ Simulation 🎲 RPG 🌱 Indie 🗺️ Adventure

Categories

Single-player Online Co-op Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Cloud Stats Family Sharing Co-op Multi-player

Accessibility Categories

Custom Volume Controls Stereo Sound Adjustable Difficulty

Assets

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timestamp14 May 2025 – 11:50:32 UTC
Trailers
81134 ↴
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Steam charts

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  • 46 players right now
  • 75 24-hour peak
  • 50,316 all-time peak 16 October 2014
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Store data

  • 144,319 followers
  • #5732 in top sellers
  • 37,644 positive reviews
  • 2,660 negative reviews
  • 93.40% positive reviews

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  • 0 viewers right now
  • 17 24-hour peak
  • 2,863 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😍 Very Positive
  • 91.62% SteamDB Rating
  • 37,644 93.4% positive reviews
  • 2,660 6.6% negative reviews

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How many players are playing PAYDAY: The Heist right now on Steam?

Steam player counter indicates there are currently 46 players live playing PAYDAY: The Heist on Steam.

PAYDAY: The Heist had an all-time peak of 50316 concurrent players on 16 October 2014.

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