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Games like PAYDAY 2
20 games, the closest and most played first.
What to consider
Summarized by AIPAYDAY 2 players want a crew, a plan and guns in hand. The picks start with its own family, PAYDAY The Heist and PAYDAY 3, then branch to loot-driven shooters Borderlands 2 and Gunfire Reborn, and finally back to Left 4 Dead 2 for a pure four-person co-op shooter.
The first game in the series. You play a hardened career criminal who runs six high-stakes heists alongside three other partners, who can be live players or A.I. teammates. You load out with weapons and equipment, then cash in before you cash out. It is a smaller, tighter take on the same crime fantasy.
Standout features
- Six high-stakes heists
- Live or A.I. partners
- Weapon loadouts
Heists give way to loot. Four vault hunters take on creatures and psychos across a living planet, and you fight alongside friends in four-player co-op with a bazillion weapons to try. A revenge story against the villain Handsome Jack gives you a reason to keep moving, and the humor is much louder.
Standout features
- Four-player co-op
- Huge weapon variety
- Loot-and-shoot campaign
3. Gunfire Reborn
Best for squads who want co-op shooting with random levels and hero abilities.
97 votes
A first-person shooter that blends roguelite and RPG ideas. Each hero has different abilities, levels are randomly generated and weapons drop at random, so no two runs line up. You can play alone or with up to three others, which keeps the four-person squad from PAYDAY 2 while swapping contracts for random levels.
Standout features
- Heroes with different abilities
- Procedurally generated levels
- Up to four players
The sequel, built for one to four players, trades Washington for New York. It sells a heist fantasy where you get out with the prize either without a trace or through a hail of bullets. The settings range from Wall Street financial fortresses to Manhattan penthouses and the streets in between.
Standout features
- New York heist locations
- Stealth or loud approach
- 1-4 player co-op
5. Left 4 Dead 2
Best for crews who like four-player co-op shooting more than the heist planning.
261 votes
The heist is out, but the team shooting is in. Four survivors push through a zombie apocalypse across five campaigns from Savannah to New Orleans, armed with a wide array of weapons. If your favorite part of PAYDAY 2 is a four-person crew having each other's backs in firefights, this is the other big example.
Standout features
- Five Deep South campaigns
- Four-survivor teamwork
- Co-op horde shooting
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