PAYDAY 3 Reviews

Severe content drought, gunplay that could be far better than it currently is, the weirdest matchmaking and server browser system I've ever seen. Most of the content is locked behind DLC which is wild, the best heists are clones of heists from older games. Guns definitely do not sound the best they've ever sounded. It should retail for 9 bucks, because for 40 bucks I cannot see this as being anything other than a disappointment.

This game is honestly terrible, you need to create an account just to play the game. The gameplay is objectively worse than Payday 2, the skill trees are pretty much crap compared to PD2, no unique builds, barely any variety, They are still selling DLC for this game. I would not recommend this game to anyone who is a fan of PD2. The missions feel very generic along with the dialogue sounding more stupid than its predecessor. If it is any indicator as to how much better PD2 is compared to 3, look at the steam player charts, PD2 has 25k players at the time of writing this review (July 2025) PD3 has 1500 and for a good reason. More people have gone back to play Payday2 after Payday 3 came out. This game sucks and the developers should look back on the previous game to improve the problems wiithin PD3

Why did i gave it a chance?.......i tried to have fun in the game even if its not fun....i cannot refund it

game is really good it has a few problems like the servers are still like not great but they do work like 90% of the time they just suck for the first week you have the game for some unknown reason just forget about the shitty launch i have more fun with this than i have with payday 2

This game is... well its good? Following a rocky start this game has slowly crawled it ways back into light, but the issue with that being that the game now, is finally in the state it should have been released in. While the heists are fun and new, the amount of them pales in comparison to the previous game. Speaking of, comparing Payday 3 to Payday 2 is night and day. Both games have their advantages, Payday 2 is a lot more goofy and comedic with its weaponry and how the overall game acts, while Payday 3 takes a lot more of a realistic approach, which does actually work for it. The guns are fun and the perk system is fun and interesting to mess around with, but another issue is the paid content. For a game approaching 2 years old, a good chunk of the weaponry and the heists are locked behind DLC, which would be okay, if not for the fact the base game is $45! I really want this game to do well, as everything about it is fun, if not for the fact you have to pay an arm and a leg to play it. Please Starbreeze, give the game a medic bag and help it get out of custody.

Im just about thirty hours into the game and personally, I think the game has risen from its terrible launch into something absolutely beautiful. I have played this game mostly on my ps5 and now i have transitioned to my pc. To say the least, this game is amazing. The heists are endlessly unique and playable. Bugs are scarce compared to launch. And weapon, gear, and character customization are vastly improved and creativity is welcome anywhere in your creations. Yes, payday 2 is thought to be superior to this game, but only because it had 10+ years in development. And that game was very beautifully sprouted throughout its support. If we want this game to be anything like payday 2, i believe we need to give the beautiful people at starbreeze some space, time, and support.

starbreeze pulled off the greatest heist with this game. the victims being our wallets

Overkill's back on their bullshit with every heist beyond the core set being DLC. Weapons? DLC. Heisters? DLC. What was a beloved series has gotten this mockery of a pay-to-play jigsaw puzzle as the newest installment.

After PayDay 3 flopped, StarBreeze has lowered the amount of investments that the game gets... Such as making the team that works on the game smaller... making it more or less abandoned/dead. Typical corporation fashion.

This game was such a massive waste of money. Extremely unfortunate given the amount of fun i had in payday 2, and then this massive turd comes out and the excitement was very short lived. i wish i was able to refund this.