PAYDAY™ The Heist (2011)
- Developer
- OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio.
- Publisher
- Starbreeze Entertainment
- Genres
- Action
- Rating
- 4.7 of 5, 40,912 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 5.9 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam
How it feels
A tense, fast-paced multiplayer heist game where every mission feels like a coordinated, high-stakes operation.
co-opfast-pacedtacticaltenseteam-basedstealth elementsdifficultatmospheric
What players say
Players consistently describe this as a more grounded, harder, and more tactical game than its sequels, with a tense atmosphere and no skill trees or hitmarkers. The graphics are dated but many say the game still holds up, though the small active community makes friends recommended.
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