Payday: The Heist (2011)

Developer: Overkill Software
Publisher: Sony Online Entertainment, Daybreak Game Company, Starbreeze Publishing
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Genres: Shooter
Rating: 3.5 of 5, 146 player ratings
Main story: about 20 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

An intense, high-stakes heist shooter built around tense cooperative firefights.

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Payday: The Heist is an action filled first person shooter that lets players take on the role of a hardened career criminal executing intense, dynamic heists in constant pursuit of the next “big score”. Load out with an array of weaponry and equipment. Navigate six high-stake heists with three other live or A.I. Co-Op partners in crime.

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