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SeriesPayday

Payday 2

Critic score17 critics
First release
Aug 13, 2013
Engine
Diesel
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Shooter, Tactical · Action, Stealth

Payday 2 is an action-packed, four-player co-op shooter that once again lets gamers don the masks of the original crew: Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf and Chains as they descend on Washington D.C. for an epic crime spree.

Also known as Payday: The Heist 2, PAYDAY: The Heist 2, PAYDAY 2, payday2_win32_release.exe

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Details

Storyline, release dates, time to beat, age ratings, modes, links, keywords

Storyline
Two years after the events of the first game, the Payday gang relocates to Washington, D.C. to carry out a new wave of heists. After proving their capabilities, the crew catches the attention of the Dentist, a powerful middleman who helps them break their arrested member Hoxton out of prison and uncover the informant who betrayed him. As they take on increasingly ambitious contracts, including stealing a mysterious box from a casino vault, their operator Bain is captured by the Dentist and an unknown faction. With help from the mercenary Locke, the gang discovers the conspiracy behind Bain's abduction, frees him, and carries out one final heist: infiltrating the White House to steal presidential pardons for their crimes. In an alternate ending, the gang discovers a secret ancient machine beneath the White House and activates it, with Bain seemingly using it to transfer his consciousness into the President's body.Read more

Two years after the events of the first game, the Payday gang relocates to Washington, D.C. to carry out a new wave of heists. After proving their capabilities, the crew catches the attention of the Dentist, a powerful middleman who helps them break their arrested member Hoxton out of prison and uncover the informant who betrayed him. As they take on increasingly ambitious contracts, including stealing a mysterious box from a casino vault, their operator Bain is captured by the Dentist and an unknown faction. With help from the mercenary Locke, the gang discovers the conspiracy behind Bain's abduction, frees him, and carries out one final heist: infiltrating the White House to steal presidential pardons for their crimes. In an alternate ending, the gang discovers a secret ancient machine beneath the White House and activates it, with Bain seemingly using it to transfer his consciousness into the President's body.

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Aug 13, 2013
PlayStation 3
Aug 13, 2013
Linux
Aug 13, 2013
All 9 release dates
Xbox 360
Aug 13, 2013
PlayStation 3
Aug 16, 2013
PlayStation 4
Jun 16, 2015
Xbox One
Jun 16, 2015
Nintendo Switch
Feb 23, 2018
Nintendo Switch
Feb 27, 2018
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
15h
Game modes
Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
First person
Keywords
heist, female protagonist, steam, multiple protagonists, online
… All 25, hostages, crime, digital distribution, pre-release public testing, playing cards, leveling up, sprinting mechanics, playstation plus, downloadable content, a.i. companion, betrayal, vending machine interaction, pax prime 2013, pax prime 2014, robbery, games on demand, surveillance camera, weapon modification, male protagonist, you play as the villain

At a Glance

Critic Score
75
Main Story (IGDB)
15h

Overview

Steam review summary

Steam users rate this Very Positive, 445,819 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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Multiplayer

  • Online multiplayerIGDB · 31 Oct
  • Online co-opSteam · 16 Oct

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