Payday 3
Developers | |
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Overkill Software | |
Starbreeze Studios | |
Publishers | |
Deep Silver | |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 4[Note 1] | |
Planned | Unreal Engine 5[2] |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 21, 2023 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 69 |
OpenCritic | 68 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC, Subscription gaming service |
Microtransactions | Currency, Cosmetic |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Shooter, Stealth |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Contemporary, North America |
Series | Payday |
Payday | |
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Payday: The Heist | 2011 |
Payday 2 | 2013 |
Payday 3 | 2023 |
Warnings
- This game requires a constant internet connection for all game modes.
Payday 3 is a singleplayer and multiplayer and stealth game in the Payday series. It is a sequel to Payday 2. Unlike the previous entries in the series, Payday 3 is the first game to be made in Unreal Engine with a planned upgrade to Unreal Engine 5 coming post-release.
Payday 3 was initially announced in May 2016 following Starbreeze's acquisition of the Payday IP from 505 Games,[3] and officially began development in 2017.[4] However, its progress was halted by studio financial struggles and controversy following the poor sales and reception of RAID: World War II and Overkill's The Walking Dead. Following the judicial reevaluation and restructuring of Starbreeze, the company announced in an October 2019 press release that Payday 3 was estimated to release between 2022-2023.[5]
On March 19, 2021, Starbreeze, AB officially announced that Payday 3 will be co-published by Koch Media, alongside confirming several previous details such as the use of the Unreal Engine and a 2023 target release date.[6] The release date of September 21st, 2023 was confirmed in the Gameplay Trailer shared on June 12th.[7] While originally the game was meant to make use of the Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM[8], Starbreeze has announced on September 15th that the said DRM will no longer be used in the game.[9].
Payday 3 released on Steam, Epic Games Store and Microsoft Store on September 21th, with the game also being included with Xbox Game Pass for PC and allowing early access for purchasers of the Silver and Gold editions of the game.
The game released to generally positive reception from critics and mixed reception from the general gaming audiences. Heavy criticism has been pointed to issues such as the lack of content and the requirement of the constant internet connection compared to Payday 2, with the latter causing widespread matchmaking issues.[10]
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Collector's Edition only. Available in select countries only. | |||
Epic Games Store | Silver Edition and Gold Edition also available. | |||
Gold Edition also available. | ||||
Green Man Gaming | Silver Edition and Gold Edition also available. | |||
Humble Store | Silver Edition and Gold Edition also available. | |||
Microsoft Store | Xbox Play Anywhere. Base game is included with Xbox Game Pass for PC. Silver Edition and Gold Edition also available. | |||
Steam | Silver Edition and Gold Edition also available. |
- All versions require a Starbreeze Nebula account and a constant internet connection for all game modes.[11][12]
Version differences
- Pre-orders of the Standard Edition are granted the Trifecta Lootbag for free.
Silver Edition
- Includes the base game, Special Bonus Content (Dark Sterling mask only) and the Silver Season Pass.
Gold Edition
- Includes the base game, Special Bonus Content (Golden Slate gloves, Skull of Liberty and Dark Sterling masks) and the Gold Season Pass.
Collector's Edition
- Retail only. Includes the base game, Special Bonus Content (Golden Slate gloves, Skull of Liberty, Dark Sterling and Solidius masks) and the Gold Season Pass.
Monetization
Type | Notes |
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DLC | The game is expected to feature extensive post-release DLC like the previous game. |
One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Subscription gaming service | Available via Xbox Game Pass for PC. |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Trifecta Lootbag | Included with pre-orders of the Standard Edition. | |
Dark Sterling Mask | Included with the Silver and Gold editions. | |
Skull of Liberty Mask | Included with the Gold Edition. | |
Gold State Gloves | Included with the Gold Edition. | |
Silver Season Pass | Included with the Silver Edition. Will include 2 heists, 2 weapon packs and 2 tailor packs. |
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Gold Season Pass | Included with the Gold Edition. Will include 4 heists, 4 weapon packs and 4 tailor packs. |
Microtransactions
Type | Notes |
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Cosmetic | PAYDAY Credits can be used only for purchasing cosmetic items. |
Currency | PAYDAY Credits are a planned currency available only through real money purchases. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\PAYDAY3\Saved\Config\WindowsClient\GameUserSettings.ini |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1272080/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1272080/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher | ||
Steam Cloud | ||
Xbox Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Resolutions between 1280x720 and 1920x1080 are selectable. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Borderless must be used. Hor+ gameplay with spanned HUD. Pillarboxed FMVs. |
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4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Adjustable from 50° to 90°. | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Uses desktop resolution only. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Off (Low), 2x (Medium), 4x (High) and 8x (Ultra) available.[13] Combined under the Textures setting. |
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Anti-aliasing (AA) | FXAA, TAA (Quality/Performance). | ||
High-fidelity upscaling | DLSS 3.1 DLSS Frame Generation also supported. |
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Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Frame-cap up to 360 FPS available. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives. | ||
Ray tracing (RT) | |||
Color blind mode | Deuteranope, Protanope and Tritanope modes available. Strength can be adjusted. |
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 5 page for more details.
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | A Mouse Smoothing toggle is available. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | 2 pre-defined presets only. (Default, Legacy) | |
Controller sensitivity | Both axes' sensitivity can be adjusted. | |
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | Also supports DualSense. | |
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PlayStation button prompts | ||
Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes | Wired |
Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, VO, SFX and Cinematics sliders. | |
Surround sound | Up to 7.0. Cutscenes and menus are 2.0 stereo.[14] | |
Subtitles | Size can be adjusted. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Latin American Spanish | ||||
Turkish |
Network
- Cross-play and cross-progression with Xbox One/Series and PlayStation 4/5 consoles is available.
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | ||||
LAN play | ||||
Online play | 4 |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Issues unresolved
Shader compilation stutter
- The game does not compile shaders at startup and will suffer from severe shader compilation related stutters during gameplay, this occurs every time a new effect is rendered and thus every time a new shader needs to be compiled. [15]
Stuck on "Press Any Key to Start" screen in the Epic Games Store version
Reset personal settings in the EGL[16] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | PhysX | |
Audio | OGG Vorbis, Wwise, XAudio2 | |
Input | libScePad | v1.0.4.1 |
Multiplayer | Epic Online Services, Steamworks |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-9400F | Intel Core i7-9700K |
System memory (RAM) | 16 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 65 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 4 GB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 8 GB of VRAM |
Other | Broadband Internet connection |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.27.2[1]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1272080) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2023-09-10
- ↑ PAYDAY 3 Unreal Engine 5 Upgrade Planned Post Launch, Developer Says - last accessed on 2023-09-21
- ↑ Starbreeze acquires the full rights to the PAYDAY-franchise with an installed base of 14 million users - Starbreeze - last accessed on 2021-03-23
- ↑ Dead by Daylight boosts Starbreeze revenue - GamesIndustry.biz - last accessed on 2021-03-23
- ↑ Starbreeze provides estimate of future cash flows - Starbreeze - last accessed on 2021-03-23
- ↑ Starbreeze enters co-publishing agreement with Koch Media for 2023 PAYDAY 3 launch - Starbreeze - last accessed on 2021-03-23
- ↑ PAYDAY 3: Gameplay Trailer - last accessed on 2023-09-22
- ↑ Payday 3 Will Use The Denuvo DRM, Confirms Steam Page - last accessed on 2023-09-22
- ↑ @PaydayTheGame on X - last accessed on 2023-09-22
- ↑ Payday 3 Steam reviews are already pretty bad - last accessed on 2023-09-22
- ↑ PC Gamer - Payday 3 fans lament its inevitable shutdown after Starbreeze confirms transition to always-online: 'This game is on death row' - last accessed on 2023-07-15
- ↑ PAYDAY 3 on Steam - last accessed on 2023-07-16
- "Requires 3rd-Party Account: Starbreeze Nebula"
- ↑ Unreal Engine 4 Documentation - Scalability Reference - Textures - sg.TextureQuality - last accessed on 2023-09-21
- ↑ Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2023-09-22
- Tested using Razer Surround 7.1 virtualisation and confirmed using Orban Loudness Meter.
- ↑ [1] - last accessed on 2023-09-21
- ↑ Stuck on "Press Any Key to Start" screen in PAYDAY 3 - PLAION Player Support - last accessed on 2023-09-21