
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.
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PAYDAY 3 is a 1-to-4 player FPS where you live out the ultimate heist fantasy. Tackle jobs in stealth to empty vaults without leaving a trace. Or charge in loud, fight off relentless enemies, and escape with the big score. A deep skill tree, extensive weapon selection and unlockable modifications provide near endless variety, no matter your playstyle.

Put on the mask and become a legend. After years off the grid, the Payday Gang returns to unleash an epic crime wave across New York City. Join the world’s most infamous crew with your customized look, loadout and skills.

In this life of crime, the only limit is your own ambition. Use cash from heists and challenges to fill your armory with powerful new weapons. Unlock specialized skills and gadgets to enhance your favorite tactics. Gotta spend money to make money!

Meticulous preparation or raw violence: The choice is yours. PAYDAY gives you the tools to avoid escalation, but if the alarm goes off, the heist must go on. Cops, SWAT and Special Units will combine forces to take you out. What will your strategy be?

The perfect heist demands coordination. Bots will always have your back, but nothing beats a well-organized team of players. Whether you split up or stick together, you’ll need to overcome escalating threats as one. In PAYDAY 3, your crew is your greatest weapon.
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I'm tired of people complaining about the launch of this game, trust me I was there too at Launch, but 3 years later they have fixed a bunch of the issues at launch. The gunplay is awesome now, there isn't no "Meta" and every weapon feels usable, the armor system has been fixed for a Year now, the Heist are fun to play and I do like how they are going back and reworking some of the Heist in the game... But I wanna go over other people's complaints in these reviews for this game and why they aren't good arguments. "The Launch Of Payday 3 Was Horrible" The launch WAS horrible, I was there, but it has been 3 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ years, people need to stop whining and understand the game has improved heavily, I mean from what I heard, a lot of people thought Payday 2 wasn't great at launch... so why would you treat this game different? "You have to create an Starbreeze Account in order to play" From what I remember, you need to make an account for the more recent COD games in order to play... so once again, why is this different than that, because you still need to make one even if you play the Campaign only, which is the same for making an account in order to play solo in this as well. "The Lack of Content" This is my main point, a lot of people compare the content of this game to the CURRENT state of Payday 2, I understand if you compared it to the Year 3 of Payday 2 to the Year 3 of Payday 3... but most people compare to the CURRENT content state of Payday 2 which is content made up from 13 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ YEARS OF SUPPORT AND ONGOING... so IF you want the same amount of content for this game... then wait 13+ Years for it. Overall, don't listen to these weak arguments about this game and just play the damn game, it has passed the state it was at Launch and I have enjoyed it so much playing it.
no offline mode
Gameplay-wise? The game is awesome. It's an upgrade to Payday 2, and a very worthwhile one at that. BUT there is one major issue that makes me recommend that no one buy the game. Unlike in Payday 2, you cannot join random people's lobbies without owning the DLCs... This is a major, money-hungry move that makes the game extremely hostile to solo players, or even people who occasionally play without a friend who owns the DLCs.
할만함
I'm a big fan of Payday 2, and I've heard the horror stories of this game at launch. I can say that this game isn't bad at all. It has gotten its fair share of updates, making it feel more like payday than it did at launch. There are still some issues with the game, like balancing the cops with the player, but I think that could easily be fixed by adding new specials, making the existing ones stronger, or adding Death Wish/Death Sentence difficulty like in Payday 2. Overall, it's still a fun game that will kill time when you're bored. I look forward to the future updates of the game, and hopefully the devs will implement more free content as an incentive for new and returning players to try out the game again. The 2 new types of vests and the tutorial mode is a good start, but I think a big free content update is greatly needed to regain popularity and players to this franchise.
예구를 한 내가 밉다
Getting to a better place, booted it up as of 7/13/2026 and for the first time I actually was getting into it. I wont go into convincing a person to buy this after the horrific history of this game. But honestly, this game is fun to me now, i started seeing that payday in my payday game. Overall, pleasantly suprised, and eager to see where it goes.
Il gioco è divertente, il gameplay ha una meccanica con rigiocabilità estrema e il divertimento con gli amici si moltiplica, purtroppo ancora non regge il confronto con payday2, però se continuano a fornire contenuti e a rifinire i difetti rimasti, il gioco ha il potenziale di diventare un gioco epico proprio come il predecessore.
Let it die
Horrible launch but its fine now. Payday2 has more heists and features but i like the visuals this one has.
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Languages: English*, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America +2 more
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