Action · October 20, 2011

PAYDAY™ The Heist (2011)

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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. Time for a PAYDAY™ - Cash in Before you Cash Out! Key Features Six High-Intensity Heists Interactive 4-Player Co-Op play Endless Replayability Massive Character Progression Tree Build Your Skills to Fit Your Preferred Form of Violence Hostage Trading More DLC: Additional heists, weapons and equipment means PAYDAY™—a digitally distributed AAA quality title for less than half the price of a retail game—is total OVERKILL

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Position in Action

Metric	This title	Genre position
Review volume	40.2k Steam reviews	Top 14% in Action
Positive rating	93% positive	Genre average: 83% — this title sits in top 24%
Metacritic	76/100	Genre average 77 — top 62% of Action titles
Engagement hours	11 h average	Top 44% for session depth among Action

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

FPS · 1.0k
Action · 862
Co-op · 795
Heist · 715
Multiplayer · 663
Crime · 642
Online Co-Op · 628
Shooter · 515
First-Person · 404
Great Soundtrack · 372
Team-Based · 367
Stealth · 309
Difficult · 297
Tactical · 288
Strategy · 190

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

Multi-player
Co-op
Online Co-op

Community

Steam Achievements
Steam Trading Cards
Steam Cloud
Stats

Accessibility

Adjustable Difficulty

Input & Comfort

Custom Volume Controls
Stereo Sound

Other

Single-player
Family Sharing

Reception Metrics

Steam community

93%Very Positive · 40.2k reviews

37.4k positive · 2.8k negative

Metacritic

76/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

7.7/10

Curator recommendations

21.6k

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (5)

English volume_up
French
German
Italian
Spanish - Spain volume_up

Full audio (2)

English
Spanish - Spain

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

11h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

Typical completion time

2-week avg

Current engagement

Achievements

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release date	Oct 20, 2011
Developer	OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio.
Publisher	Starbreeze Entertainment
Base price	$4.94 -67%
Required age	17+
DLC / Add-ons	2 released
Platforms	Windows
Estimated owners	1M–10M
External links	Official site · Metacritic page · Support

Content Notes

PAYDAY: The Heist is a bank robbing game that glorifies clearly villanous acts. It contains high levels of violence, often against police officers or other law enforcement agencies. It does not go out of its way to be gory or gruesome, but can appear that way in chance situations

Editions & Packages

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