Payday: The Heist

Platforms

• PlayStation 3

• Microsoft Windows

Genres

• first-person shooter

• shooter game^*

• stealth game^*

• strategy video game^*

Play modes

• co-op mode

• single-player video game

Players by platform

• PlayStation 3^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  4^*

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  4^*

Content classifications

• ESRB · PlayStation 3^*

  Classification

  M - Mature^*

• ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*

  Classification

  M - Mature^*

Series

• Payday

Engines

• Diesel

Localized titles

• Payday: The Heist

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  No^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  No^*

Store genres

• Action^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Multi-player^*
• Co-op^*
• Online Co-op^*
• Steam Achievements^*
• Steam Trading Cards^*
• Custom Volume Controls^*
• Adjustable Difficulty^*
• Stereo Sound^*
• Steam Cloud^*
• Stats^*
• Family Sharing^*

Interface languages

• English^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• French^*
• German^*
• Italian^*
• Spanish - Spain^*

Audio languages

• English^*
• Spanish - Spain^*

Community tags · historical

• FPS^*

  Votes · historical

  1,037^*

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  862^*

• Co-op^*

  Votes · historical

  795^*

• Heist^*

  Votes · historical

  715^*

• Multiplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  663^*

• Crime^*

  Votes · historical

  642^*

• Online Co-Op^*

  Votes · historical

  628^*

• Shooter^*

  Votes · historical

  515^*

• First-Person^*

  Votes · historical

  404^*

• Great Soundtrack^*

  Votes · historical

  372^*

• Team-Based^*

  Votes · historical

  367^*

• Stealth^*

  Votes · historical

  309^*

• Difficult^*

  Votes · historical

  297^*

• Tactical^*

  Votes · historical

  288^*

• Strategy^*

  Votes · historical

  190^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  180^*

• Simulation^*

  Votes · historical

  137^*

• RPG^*

  Votes · historical

  101^*

• Indie^*

  Votes · historical

  100^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  84^*

System requirements

• Windows · Unspecified tier^*

  Operating system

  Windows XP, Vista, 7^*

  Processor alternatives

  P4 3 GHz or Athlon 3400+^*

  Memory

  1 GB Ram Video Card: NVIDIA 7800GTX or ATI x1900^*

• Windows · Recommended^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel Core 2 Duo / AMD Athlon X2^*

  Graphics alternatives

  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 / ATI Radeon HD 4850^*

  Memory

  2 GB^*

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel Pentium 4 3 GHz / AMD Athlon XP 3400+^*

  Graphics alternatives

  NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX / ATI Radeon X1900^*

  Memory

  1 GB^*

• Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27^*

  Memory

  2 GB^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Steam Deck^*

  Compatibility category

  Playable^*

• Steam Deck · Community performance · 2026-06-27^*

  Community-reported frame rate

  60 fps^*

  Reports

  1^*

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Playable^*

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Platinum^*

  Reports

  53^*

  Community confidence

  strong^*

Developers

• Overkill Software
• OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio.^*

Publishers

• Daybreak Game Company

• Starbreeze Entertainment^*
• Sony Online Entertainment^*

• 2011-10-18

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2011-10-20 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2011-10-20^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

• 2011-10-18 · PlayStation 3^*

  Release date

  2011-10-18^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  PlayStation 3^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Oct 20, 2011^*

Detailed specifications