Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like PAYDAY 3 (2026)
Every game below overlaps with PAYDAY 3 on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: PAYDAY The Heist, which both stealth, crime and strategy.
- PAYDAY 3 is tagged Heist, Co-op, Crime, Action, Multiplayer, FPS, Shooter, Stealth by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 2 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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PAYDAY The Heist
Why it matched: both stealth, crime and strategy; shares 9 player tags including FPS, Heist and Crime; published by the same company.
Take on the role of a hardened career criminal executing intense, dynamic heists in constant pursuit of the next “big score”
PAYDAY The Heist at a glance Released 2011 Studio OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio. Player sentiment 93% positive of 40,968 Price $9.99 FPSHeistCrimeOnline Co-OpShooterFirst-PersonStealthTactical
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Payday 2
Why it matched: both stealth, crime and strategy; shares 10 player tags including FPS, Heist and Online Co-Op.
PAYDAY 2 is an action-packed, four-player co-op shooter that once again lets gamers don the masks of the original PAYDAY crew - Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf and Chains - as they descend on Washington DC for an epic crime spree.
Payday 2 at a glance Released 2013 Studio Overkill Software Player sentiment 89% positive of 674,295 Price $9.99 FPSHeistOnline Co-OpStealthCrimeShooterFirst-PersonGun Customization
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Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2
Why it matched: both stealth and strategy; shares 9 player tags including FPS, Stealth and Shooter; released around the same time (2021).
SGW Contracts 2 is a modern warfare shooter set in the Middle East. Play as Raven, Contract Sniper Assassin, as you take out a series of targets across a dramatic single-player campaign. With extreme-range shots exceeding 1000m, gear up for the most challenging entry to the series yet.
Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 at a glance Released 2021 Studio CI Games Player sentiment 84% positive of 14,887 Price $3.99 FPSStealthShooterRealisticGun CustomizationTacticalFirst-PersonCombat
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Ready or Not
Why it matched: both crime and strategy; shares 9 player tags including Tactical, Realistic and FPS; released around the same time (2023).
Become an elite SWAT commander and bring order to a city overwhelmed by chaos and corruption.
Ready or Not at a glance Released 2023 Studio VOID Interactive Player sentiment 79% positive of 344,226 Price $49.99 TacticalRealisticFPSShooterFirst-PersonCombatGun CustomizationCrime
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Zero Hour
Why it matched: both stealth and strategy; shares 9 player tags including Tactical, Shooter and FPS; released around the same time (2024).
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.
Zero Hour at a glance Released 2024 Studio AttritoM7 Productions Player sentiment 77% positive of 33,371 Price $9.99 TacticalShooterFPSRealisticFirst-PersonOnline Co-OpCombatStealth
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Perfect Heist 2
Why it matched: both stealth, crime and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Stealth, Shooter and Heist; released around the same time (2021).
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!
Perfect Heist 2 at a glance Released 2021 Studio yeswecamp Player sentiment 93% positive of 4,731 Price $3.99 StealthShooterHeist3DFPSFirst-PersonTactical
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One-armed robber
Why it matched: both stealth, crime and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Heist, FPS and First-Person; released around the same time (2023).
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.
One-armed robber at a glance Released 2023 Studio Duhndal Player sentiment 91% positive of 52,823 Price Free HeistFPSFirst-PersonShooterStealth3DTactical
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Sniper Ghost Warrior 3
Why it matched: both stealth, crime and strategy; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Stealth and Shooter.
Go behind enemy lines with the ultimate modern military shooter. Play as an American sniper dropped in Georgia, near Russian border. Choose your own path to accomplish your missions across an unforgiving open world.
Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 at a glance Released 2017 Studio CI Games Player sentiment 67% positive of 19,635 Price $19.99 FPSStealthShooterFirst-PersonTacticalOnline Co-OpHeist
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GTFO
Why it matched: both stealth and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Online Co-Op, FPS and Shooter; released around the same time (2021).
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.
GTFO at a glance Released 2021 Studio 10 Chambers Player sentiment 84% positive of 66,650 Price $39.99 Online Co-OpFPSShooterStealthTacticalFirst-PersonPvE
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Crysis Remastered
Why it matched: both stealth and strategy; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Stealth; released around the same time (2021).
The classic first person shooter from Crytek is back with the action-packed gameplay, sandbox world, and thrilling epic battles you loved the first time around – now with remastered graphics optimized for a new generation of hardware.
Crysis Remastered at a glance Released 2021 Studio Crytek Player sentiment 77% positive of 17,722 Price $10.49 FPSShooterStealthRealisticTacticalAmericaFirst-Person
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Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts
Why it matched: both stealth and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Stealth, Shooter and FPS; released around the same time (2019).
Become the ultimate assassin in the most realistic modern warfare sniping game available. Engage in an immersive single-player campaign across large, open-ended maps. Tactical thinking, stealth approach and precision in execution of long shots required.
Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts at a glance Released 2019 Studio CI Games Player sentiment 73% positive of 13,229 Price $2.99 StealthShooterFPSFirst-PersonRealisticGun CustomizationTactical
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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint
Why it matched: both stealth and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Shooter, Stealth and Realistic; released around the same time (2023).
Ghost Recon Breakpoint is a tactical third-person shooter set in a vast open world. You must survive, adapt, and fight a rogue spec ops faction, using stealth, strategy, and high-tech gear in solo or co-op.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint at a glance Released 2023 Studio Ubisoft Paris Player sentiment 73% positive of 47,338 Price $59.99 ShooterStealthRealisticOnline Co-OpTacticalFPSFirst-Person
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Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Why it matched: both stealth, crime and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Stealth, Shooter and First-Person.
Enter the realm of a retired assassin, forced back into action by treason. You may be a hired killer but you still have a sense of loyalty and justice. Visit the dark recesses of a world corrupted by crime, greed, degradation and dishonor. And a past that catches up with you.
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin at a glance Released 2002 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 82% positive of 4,890 Price $8.99 StealthShooterFirst-PersonFPSCrimeTactical
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Schedule I
Why it matched: both stealth, crime and strategy; shares 5 player tags including Crime, First-Person and Stealth; released around the same time (2025).
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Schedule I at a glance Released 2025 Studio TVGS Player sentiment 98% positive of 314,499 Price $19.99 CrimeFirst-PersonStealthFPSShooter
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Crysis 2 Remastered
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Shooter and First-Person; released around the same time (2022).
Relive the legendary single-player campaign from the classic first-person shooter, Crysis 2, optimized for today's hardware in Crysis 2 Remastered.
Crysis 2 Remastered at a glance Released 2022 Studio Crytek Player sentiment 89% positive of 9,459 Price $11.99 FPSShooterFirst-PersonShoot 'Em UpDark HumorTacticalCombatPvE
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Thief Simulator
Why it matched: both stealth and crime; shares 7 player tags including Stealth, Crime and First-Person.
Become the best thief. Gather intel, steal things and sell them to buy hi-tech equipment. Do everything that a real thief does.
Thief Simulator at a glance Released 2018 Studio Noble Muffins Player sentiment 88% positive of 39,806 Price $19.99 StealthCrimeFirst-PersonHeistRealisticFPSRPG
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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist
Why it matched: both stealth and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Stealth, Shooter and Tactical.
In this stealth-action thriller, a terrorist group known as the Engineers launches the Blacklist, a series of escalating attacks on US interests. Only one man can stop them: legendary covert agent Sam Fisher.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist at a glance Released 2013 Studio Ubisoft Toronto Player sentiment 79% positive of 21,615 Price $19.99 StealthShooterTacticalOnline Co-OpFPSFirst-PersonRPG
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Crysis
Why it matched: both stealth and strategy; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Stealth.
The classic first person shooter from Crytek is back with the action-packed gameplay, sandbox world, and thrilling epic battles you loved the first time around – now with remastered graphics optimized for a new generation of hardware.
Crysis at a glance Released 2007 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 77% positive of 17,705 Price $10.49 FPSShooterStealthRealisticTacticalAmericaFirst-Person
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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction
Why it matched: both stealth; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Online Co-Op and PvE; released around the same time (2022).
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Extraction is a tactical, co-op, PvE first-person shooter where you and your squad face an evolving alien threat. Teamwork, tactics, and flawless execution are key to your survival.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction at a glance Released 2022 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 66% positive of 3,159 Price $39.99 FPSOnline Co-OpPvEShooterFirst-PersonGun CustomizationRealisticStealth
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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
Why it matched: both stealth and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Stealth, Tactical and Shooter.
In Ghost Recon Future Soldier join an elite team of highly trained, cut-throat special-ops soldiers. Armed to the teeth with unrivalled combat technology, Ghost Recon takes you to the globe’s most deadly warzones to hunt down the highest value targets.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier at a glance Released 2012 Studio Ubisoft Paris Player sentiment 71% positive of 6,170 Price $19.99 StealthTacticalShooterGun CustomizationFPSOnline Co-OpFirst-Person
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Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
Why it matched: both stealth and strategy; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Tactical and First-Person.
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is a game about a fictitious conflict on one of the Sakhalin islands.
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising at a glance Released 2009 Studio Codemasters Player sentiment 69% positive of 2,475 Price Not listed FPSTacticalFirst-PersonShooterRealisticStealthOnline Co-Op
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World War 3
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Realistic and Online Co-Op; released around the same time (2022).
World War 3 is a free-to-play tactical online multiplayer FPS where the world is your battleground. Outgun the enemy in thrilling, team-based skirmishes with a huge arsenal of weapons, vehicles, gadgets, and drones at your disposal.
World War 3 at a glance Released 2022 Studio New Generation Games Player sentiment 54% positive of 54,564 Price Free FPSRealisticOnline Co-OpTacticalGun CustomizationShooterFirst-PersonCombat
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Cruelty Squad
Why it matched: both stealth and strategy; shares 6 player tags including FPS, Shooter and First-Person; released around the same time (2021).
An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world
Cruelty Squad at a glance Released 2021 Studio Consumer Softproducts Player sentiment 96% positive of 24,888 Price $19.99 FPSShooterFirst-PersonDark HumorStealthTactical
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Due Process
Why it matched: both crime and strategy; shares 6 player tags including 3D, Tactical and FPS; released around the same time (2020).
A PVP tactical FPS about PLANNING & EXECUTION. Sound strategy and good teamwork are essential for victory because new PROCEDURALLY-GENERATED MAPS are delivered every week. You'll face a new tactical challenge every round.
Due Process at a glance Released 2020 Studio Giant Enemy Crab Player sentiment 81% positive of 8,556 Price $9.99 3DTacticalFPSOnline Co-OpShooterCrime
Common questions
What game is most like PAYDAY 3?
PAYDAY The Heist, on the evidence we have. It both stealth, crime and strategy. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to PAYDAY 3" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with PAYDAY 3. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.