Games Like PAYDAY 2

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

Why similar: Heist 26.8% ★, FPS 13.6%, Co-op 12.8%, Crime 11.5%, Online Co-Op 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: The original delivers the closest possible match: four-player co-op bank robberies built around coordinated assaults, hostage control, and escape.

PAYDAY 3 is a 1-to-4 player co-op FPS and the ultimate heist fantasy, set in the most iconic city in the world. Gone without a trace or through a hail of bullets. Either way, you're getting out with the prize.

Why similar: Heist 29.2% ★, Crime 12.3%, Co-op 11.6%, FPS 8.7%, Stealth 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This modern sequel retains PAYDAY's crew-based heists, stealth-to-loud escalation, class builds, and objective-focused co-op shooting.

Crime Boss: Rockay City is a 1-4 player co-op FPS heist game with enjoyable stealth and epic killing spree combat. Featuring a solo roguelike campaign that combines FPS and strategy elements with the most hilariously cheesy voice acting that make you laugh.

Why similar: Heist 22.6% ★, Looter Shooter 13.4% ★, Crime 10.6%, Co-op 9.9%, FPS 8%

Why You'll Like It: Its co-op criminal jobs, robbery planning, loot extraction, and escalating firefights closely target the same fantasy as PAYDAY 2.

You’re out of jail, but the debt isn’t gone. Sneak, steal, and break into houses solo or in 4-player co-op. Use lockpicks, sleeping gas, and brute force to complete jobs, outsmart security, and make enough money before time runs out. Will you pay back what you owe, or lose everything?

Why similar: Heist 33.5% ★, Crime 17.6%, Online Co-Op 11%, FPS 9.5%, Multiplayer 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This co-op burglary game centers on scouting locations, stealing valuables, avoiding security, and turning robberies into chaotic getaways.

RAID: World War II is an action-packed four player cooperative shooter set during a time when the Nazi war machine was still winning, and hope was in short supply.

Why similar: Heist 28% ★, Co-op 18.5%, FPS 16.6%, Stealth 9.7%, Multiplayer 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Made by former PAYDAY developers, it offers mission-based four-player FPS co-op with classes, skill builds, and high-pressure objectives.

One-armed robber is a chaotic first-person heist game that centers around a uniquely challenging premise. Players take the role of a determined robber equipped with only one arm, tasked with pulling off daring heists on banks, shops, and various establishments.

Why similar: Heist 36.9% ★, Co-op 17.3%, Multiplayer 11.7%, FPS 9.7%, Stealth 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It distills the goofy, loud side of PAYDAY into physics-heavy co-op bank robberies and frantic loot hauling.

Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a single player or co-op heist game. Assemble a crack team of thieves, case the joint, and pull off the perfect heist.

Why similar: Heist 31.5% ★, Co-op 26.8%, Stealth 15.5%, Crime 7.9%, Online Co-Op 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Although top-down rather than first-person, it captures PAYDAY's co-op heist structure, specialist roles, stealth, and inevitable chaos.

Perfect Heist 2 is a round-based online game, where robbers try to hide in plain sight while robbing a bank without being noticed by the cop team!

Why similar: Heist 41.1% ★, Stealth 17%, FPS 12.1%, Multiplayer 8.2%, Shooter 7%

Why You'll Like It: Its asymmetric robber-versus-guard matches emphasize disguises, stealthy infiltration, alarms, and improvised getaway plans.

Steal everything. Even the people. The Break-In lets you take whatever you want, from TVs to fridges to toilets. And all in 1-4 player co-op, VR and non VR. Select your getaway vehicle, anything from a bicycle to a stolen police van, and load up with gear like hammers and rocket boosters, and steal.

Why similar: Heist 34.1% ★, Crime 16.5%, Stealth 14.1%, Co-op 10.8%, Online Co-Op 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox co-op burglary game focused on breaking into houses, carrying loot, evading residents, and making a clean escape.

Tactical squad-based heist game set in 1970s. The 2D top-down view gives you a great overview of what's happening at any given moment, allowing you to be a real criminal mastermind. Can you pull off the greatest heist in the history of mankind?

Why similar: Heist 43.9% ★, Crime 18.8%, Stealth 14.5%, Great Soundtrack 9.9%, Tactical 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: This tactical heist game lets you coordinate a criminal crew through robberies using planning, stealth, guns, and specialized tools.

Filthy Animals is a chaotic single-player/co-op heist game for up to 4 players. Become a mutant animal working for criminal mastermind Tony as you steal, fight, fall over, and eat tacos. Solve puzzles and avoid security before making off with the loot, ya Filthy Animal!

Why similar: Co-op 42%, Online Co-Op 29.5%, Multiplayer 18.3%, Action 8.2%, Singleplayer 2%

Why You'll Like It: This slapstick co-op game is built around stealing valuables together while navigating destructive, physics-driven robbery scenarios.

The Ultimate Vault Hunter’s Upgrade lets you get the most out of the Borderlands 2 experience.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 30.6% ★, Co-op 20.5%, FPS 15.4%, Shooter 9.7%, Multiplayer 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its four-player co-op, distinct character builds, massive weapon variety, and repeatable loot grind strongly suit PAYDAY's progression-focused side.

Ready or Not is an intense, tactical, first-person shooter that depicts a modern-day world in which SWAT police units are called to defuse hostile and confronting situations.

Why similar: FPS 21%, Co-op 19.3%, Crime 12.7%, Tactical 12.1%, Gun Customization 10.3% ★

Why You'll Like It: For players who enjoy PAYDAY's deliberate entries and coordinated gunfights, this co-op tactical FPS offers much more methodical room clearing.

Two cops, one case and only 24 hours to bust the bad guys! Become a loose cannon police detective and face off with criminal gangs in this procedurally-generated action movie FPS. Join forces with a friend and take down those crooks, buddy-cop style!

Why similar: FPS 50.1%, Action 49.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its procedural co-op raids provide fast breaching, room-clearing, weapon upgrades, and score-chasing action for a regular crew.

A Way Out is an exclusively co-op adventure where you play the role of one of two prisoners making their daring escape from prison.

Why similar: Co-op 39.9%, Online Co-Op 31.4%, Crime 15.2%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Action 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: This strictly two-player crime adventure follows a prison break and a series of coordinated criminal set pieces built around cooperation.

Join The Division in this open world tactical shooter. Engage in intense cover-based combat, team up with friends, and build your ultimate agent to save Washington, D.C.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 44.7% ★, Online Co-Op 16.8%, Co-op 13%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Shooter 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: It provides build-focused online co-op, repeatable missions, loot chasing, and team-based firefights in a crime-ridden urban setting.

RICO London is a gang-busting, name-taking, explosive co-op shooter. Battle your way up the high-rise tower stacked with East End gangsters solo or with a partner. Crash through doors, dodge bullets and turn the weapons of the fallen into your personal arsenal. Do whatever it takes reach the top.

Why similar: FPS 33%, Co-op 20%, Shooter 12.6%, Online Co-Op 11.7%, Multiplayer 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: This sequel expands the co-op breach-and-clear formula with criminal raids, destructible doors, and arcade-style FPS progression.

Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

Why similar: Co-op 30.5%, FPS 21.8%, Online Co-Op 12.9%, Multiplayer 11.2%, Team-Based 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its iconic four-player campaigns deliver immediate cooperative FPS action, dynamic encounters, and the same need to protect the team under pressure.

Deep Rock Galactic is a 1-4 player co-op FPS featuring dwarven space miners, procedurally-generated destructible environments, and endless hordes of alien monsters. Explore cave systems, mine for minerals, and work together to survive!

Why similar: Co-op 31.4%, Looter Shooter 25.9% ★, FPS 19.6%, Shooter 8.2%, PvE 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Another excellent four-player objective shooter, it emphasizes class synergy, procedural missions, upgrades, and surviving disasters as a crew.

Craft, Steal, Brawl and Escape! It’s time to bust out of the toughest prisons in the world as you return to the life of an inmate in The Escapists 2, now with multiplayer! Have you got what it takes to escape?

Why similar: Co-op 31.4%, Online Co-Op 22.8%, Multiplayer 19.9%, Stealth 15.8%, Strategy 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its multiplayer breakouts reward players who divide jobs, acquire contraband, deceive guards, and execute carefully prepared escapes.

GTFO is a hardcore cooperative horror shooter that throws you from gripping suspense to explosive action in a heartbeat. Stealth, strategy, and teamwork are necessary to survive in your deadly, underground prison. Work together or die together.

Why similar: Co-op 19.5%, FPS 16%, Online Co-Op 15.6%, Stealth 12.6%, Team-Based 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: This is a harsher, more tactical co-op FPS where planning, stealth, resource management, and communication determine whether a squad extracts.

The ultimate spy-vs-guards simulator. Carefully sneak your way to the objective as Intruders or use the wide variety of tactical gadgets to trap your opponents as Guards. Intruder allows for stealth, teamwork, and environmental interactions never before seen in a multiplayer game.

Why similar: Stealth 23.5%, FPS 21.5%, Team-Based 17.2%, Shooter 8.8%, Multiplayer 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: This multiplayer stealth game revolves around infiltrating guarded compounds with gadgets, disguises, communication, and sudden close-quarters firefights.

Zero Hour is a tactical FPS with online team-based game play that takes place in a variety of fictional locations interpreted in Bangladesh with Real-life scale & resource management. It brings a grounded, close quarter combat experience to the game.

Why similar: FPS 17.2%, Co-op 16.1%, Tactical 10.5%, Online Co-Op 10.1%, Shooter 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: This tactical FPS supports cooperative PvE operations where careful planning, breaching, communication, and hostage handling matter.

Go undercover as the world’s greatest spies in this tense multiplayer game of subterfuge. Disguise as anyone, deploy an arsenal of high-tech gadgets or neutralize the competition. As long as you extract with the objective, no trick is too dirty when you work for DECEIVE INC.

Why similar: Heist 48.9% ★, Stealth 15.7%, Team-Based 13.8%, Shooter 7.3%, First-Person 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: It turns social stealth, disguises, gadget use, and extraction into tense multiplayer spy-heist matches with multiple viable approaches.

In KILLING FLOOR 2, players descend into continental Europe after it has been overrun by horrific, murderous clones called Zeds that were created by rogue elements of the Horzine Corporation. 6-player Co-Op & 12-player VS Zed-slaughtering mayhem.

Why similar: Co-op 21.2%, FPS 17.6%, Team-Based 16.4%, Online Co-Op 15.4%, Multiplayer 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It pairs wave-based co-op FPS combat with perk builds, weapon purchases, and the satisfying rhythm of surviving escalating pressure together.

The Galaxy’s Last Line of Offence. Enlist in the Helldivers and join the fight for freedom across a hostile galaxy in a fast, frantic, and ferocious third-person shooter.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 25.7%, Co-op 25.1%, Multiplayer 13.6%, Great Soundtrack 11.4%, Shooter 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its objective-driven missions, chaotic friendly-fire firefights, stratagem loadouts, and extraction moments create a similarly memorable co-op loop.

Awaken as an unstoppable warrior and battle alongside your friends in this story-driven free-to-play online action game

Why similar: Looter Shooter 51.9% ★, Co-op 17.6%, Online Co-Op 12.7%, Action 6.6%, Shooter 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its fast mission-based co-op, extensive gear customization, and long-term loot progression make it a strong alternative for PAYDAY's build collectors.

The critically acclaimed Vermintide 2 is a visually stunning and groundbreaking melee action game pushing the boundaries of the first person co-op genre. Join the fight now!

Why similar: Co-op 38.9%, Online Co-Op 19.2%, FPS 13.4%, Multiplayer 11.9%, First-Person 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its replayable four-player missions and distinct careers make it a strong choice for players who value teamwork, builds, and co-op intensity.

Take back the city of Tertium from hordes of bloodthirsty foes in this intense and brutal action shooter. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is the new co-op focused experience from the award-winning team behind the Vermintide series. As Tertium falls, Rejects Will Rise.

Why similar: Co-op 36.3%, FPS 28.7%, Shooter 12.3%, PvE 8.4%, First-Person 8%

Why You'll Like It: Its squad-based FPS missions, class builds, weapon crafting, and relentless close-range combat scratch the same cooperative action itch.

Become the best thief. Gather intel, steal things and sell them to buy hi-tech equipment. Do everything that a real thief does.

Why similar: Heist 30.9% ★, Crime 20.3%, Stealth 18.2%, Co-op 14.1%, FPS 6.7%

The original shooter-looter returns, packing bazillions of guns and a mayhem-fueled adventure! Blast through new worlds and enemies as one of four new Vault Hunters.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 30.8% ★, Co-op 17.7%, FPS 15.2%, Online Co-Op 13%, Multiplayer 8.5%

6-player co-op survival horror at its finest! Free updates, free special events and a ridiculous amount of fun!

Why similar: Co-op 30%, FPS 26.7%, Online Co-Op 13.1%, Multiplayer 9%, Team-Based 8.8%

Launch into the Borderlands universe and shoot ‘n’ loot your way through a brand new adventure that rockets you onto Pandora’s moon in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!

Why similar: Looter Shooter 27.9% ★, Co-op 18.5%, FPS 15%, Online Co-Op 12.8%, Multiplayer 8%

Nine distinct classes provide a broad range of tactical abilities and personalities. Constantly updated with new game modes, maps, equipment and, most importantly, hats!

Why similar: FPS 24%, Multiplayer 18.7%, Team-Based 14.1%, Co-op 11%, Online Co-Op 9.8%

Crime Simulator: Playgrounds is a short, chaotic, and hilarious entry in the Crime Simulator franchise. Throw hammers, spray pepper gas, and cause mayhem solo or with up to 4 players. Take over hideouts, complete absurd missions, and unleash destruction with the wildest weapons. No rules—just fun!

Why similar: Heist 35.5% ★, Crime 16.5%, Co-op 13.9%, Online Co-Op 10.3%, FPS 7.8%

A tactical open world third-person shooter set in New York after a deadly pandemic. Team up or go solo to restore order against deadly factions, secure loot, and conquer high-risk endgame challenges.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 35.2% ★, Co-op 19%, Online Co-Op 11.3%, Multiplayer 10%, Shooter 7.2%

Get ready for the most out-landish gameplay scenarios ever seen as the Third Street Saints take on the Syndicate!

Why similar: Co-op 32.2%, Crime 16.6%, Online Co-Op 15.2%, Great Soundtrack 10.7%, Action 9.5%

Get your crew back together for the ultimate heist experience! Return to Monaco, plan your operation, and skedaddle when things inevitably go awry in this co-op heist game. The city is yours for the taking!

Why similar: Heist 39.9% ★, Co-op 17.8%, Crime 13.2%, Stealth 10.5%, Online Co-Op 7.6%

Welcome to San Francisco. Play as Marcus, a brilliant young hacker, and join the most notorious hacker group, DedSec. Your objective: execute the biggest hack of history.

Why similar: Stealth 25.8%, Crime 25%, Co-op 15.9%, Multiplayer 14%, Shooter 8.8%

Discover the original co-op shooter-looter, crammed with new enhancements! As one of 4 trigger-happy mercenaries with RPG progression, equip bazillions of guns to take on the desert planet Pandora.

Why similar: Co-op 23.2%, FPS 20.2%, Looter Shooter 17.6% ★, Online Co-Op 15.8%, Shooter 8.9%

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege is an elite, tactical team-based shooter where superior planning and execution triumph.

Why similar: FPS 21.1%, Online Co-Op 16.5%, Co-op 12.9%, Team-Based 11.6%, Multiplayer 10.5%

Pushing the boundaries of what fans have come to expect from the record-setting entertainment franchise, Call of Duty®: Black Ops II propels players into a near future Cold War

Why similar: FPS 25.5%, Co-op 16.5%, Multiplayer 15.3%, Online Co-Op 8.8%, Shooter 8.5%

Take to the streets for intense close quarters combat, where a team's survival depends upon securing crucial strongholds and destroying enemy supply in this multiplayer and cooperative Source Engine based experience.

Why similar: FPS 49.5%, Co-op 9.6%, Team-Based 7.9%, Multiplayer 7.9%, Tactical 7.1%

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2 - the sequel to the award-winning next-generation first-person shooter - returns to Sin City. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 is your last chance to rescue America's sexiest city from an escalating terrorist siege that will force you into heart-pounding action from beginning to end.

Why similar: Co-op 22.1%, FPS 21.5%, Tactical 11.7%, Online Co-Op 10.3%, Multiplayer 7%

Rogue Heist is a fresh take on Heist; what happens when both the sides are eyeing the same prize. A 6v6 multiplayer game where are you are sent in with your team to steal and outrun an opponent at the same time.

Why similar: Heist 33.6% ★, Crime 16.2%, Team-Based 13.6%, Gun Customization 10.2% ★, Multiplayer 9.3%

Take charge of a SWAT unit as an elite operator. Command a specialized AI squad or team up in co-op to seize suspects, rescue civilians, and restore order. Study the briefing, kit out your team, and execute your plan with disciplined precision.

Why similar: FPS 16.2%, Co-op 15.5%, Crime 11.3%, Team-Based 10.2%, Gun Customization 9.3% ★

Experience the insane antics of Saints Row IV. The Saints have gone from the Penthouse to the White House - but Earth has been invaded and it’s up to you to save it with an arsenal of superpowers and strange weapons, in the wildest open world game ever.

Why similar: Co-op 42.7%, Online Co-Op 18.6%, Action 13.1%, Great Soundtrack 12.2%, Multiplayer 8.9%

Harry, a bank robber aims to rob a government bank, so he choose the day that the bank is open to visitors, and takes the opportunity to carry out the robbery. Upon arriving at the bank, learns some routines, of how things work and then begins to put his plan into practice.

Why similar: Heist 28.9% ★, Looter Shooter 18.9% ★, Crime 13.2%, Stealth 11%, FPS 10.2%

Pure adrenaline of non-stop action in Single Player, Online Co-op and Multiplayer. Double the pleasure and mayhem with new multiplayer DLCs! (click for details)

Why similar: Co-op 26.6%, Crime 26.5%, Heist 22.1% ★, Action 8.6%, Shooter 6.6%

Saints Row 2 brings true freedom to open-world gaming. Players can play as who they want, how they want, and with whomever they want in this sequel to the much acclaimed and tremendously successful Saints Row.

Why similar: Co-op 27.6%, Crime 25.5%, Online Co-Op 12.5%, Action 9.3%, Great Soundtrack 9.2%

The System built a world of injustice and oppression. Pressed up against the wall, it now fights for its survival. Uphold the law as an elite police officer or join the Stagers to liberate the world, defining the future of society in this multiplayer isometric tactical shooter!

Why similar: Heist 32.4% ★, Gun Customization 12.1% ★, Co-op 10.8%, Crime 9.2%, Online Co-Op 8.2%

Tired of political exploitation? Join me and let's rebuild our thieving business together! Let's steal cars, radios, and TVs - anything that catches your eye can be yours! Recall what it's like to be a thief in Thief Simulator 2: Prologue!

Why similar: Heist 31.8% ★, Co-op 20.4%, Crime 19.9%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Stealth 5.5%

Sneak Thief is a first person, shooter, strategy, stealth and puzzle game that lets you choose how you want to play. Use your wits and expertise to setup and perform heists whether that be by using brute force to smash your way through or by getting away without making a sound.

Why similar: Heist 37.5% ★, Stealth 25.3%, FPS 9.7%, Crime 7%, Multiplayer 6.2%

Paladins is the ultimate fantasy team-based shooter experience, with over 50 customizable Champions fighting in 5v5 action across a diverse Realm of modes and maps!

Why similar: FPS 25.5%, Team-Based 17%, Multiplayer 14.3%, Online Co-Op 10.8%, Co-op 10.7%

Perfect Heist is a round-based online game, where the robber team tries to execute a bank robbery without getting noticed, and the cop team tries to prevent it. Robbers hide in plain sight and try to slowly infiltrate the bank while the Cops try to figure out who is a normal customer, and who is a robber!

Why similar: Heist 46.5% ★, FPS 15.5%, Crime 12%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Shooter 6.9%

In the dark days of the end of World War Two amidst the ruins of Berlin, one bullet can change history…

Why similar: Stealth 31.1%, Co-op 22.5%, FPS 9.3%, Action 9.1%, Multiplayer 8.7%