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Game entry

Payday 2

2013 · FPS, Action RPG, Strategy · PC, Linux, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox 360, Xbox One · Starbreeze Studios

GameForever voters place Payday 2 no. 835 in the world ranking, with 1,608 ELO points and 47% of wins across 400 duels settled. Its most contested head-to-head pits it against The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: 1 wins to 4 across 5 duels. Where it fares best, it sits at no. 35 out of 210 (2013).

World rank

no. 835

ELO score

1,608

Wins

47%

Duels played

400

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About Payday 2

Payday 2 is an action-packed, four-player co-op shooter that once again lets gamers don the masks of the original crew: Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf and Chains as they descend on Washington D.C. for an epic crime spree.

The community says

Why doesn't this get more credit for keeping co-op crews together for years?

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,608 ELO points over the last 170 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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  4. 835 Payday 2 1,608
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The standing

Where Payday 2 ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Payday 2 stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 35 out of 210 (2013).

Where Payday 2 ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 835 5,035
FPS 96 451
2010s 357 2,050
2013 35 210

The community

The debate

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  1. ComboSamurai

    Why doesn't this get more credit for keeping co-op crews together for years?

    Antonette_77

    Keeping a crew together for years is rare, that part deserves more credit.

  2. Corwin18

    Every crew I've ever had for this game formed by accident and stuck together for years, that alone earns it a spot somewhere in my personal top list

  3. JazlynMaster

    My kids ask for a heist night more than they ask for anything else honestly.

    IronDragon41

    Great for the family angle, doesn't move the ranking much though.

    CoopRider2008

    Une soirée heist night régulière, ça vaut toutes les récompenses du monde franchement (mes enfants ont plus de mémoire de ça que de moi j'crois).

    McClure30

    Replying to IronDragon41

    fair but ranking should reflect what people actually play, not just what they post about

    gdicki

    Kids asking for heist night says more about co-op design than any ELO number ever will, and yet here we are still arguing rankings instead of crews.

    Cosmo_Runolfsdottir

    A different universe entirely, exactly, and that's precisely why it deserves way more love than it gets!!

  4. GhostKnight

    Why does it always come down to who you're playing with... I've had brilliant nights and completely dead ones with the same exact heist, same guns, same everything.

  5. Pagac35

    Compared to Half-Life 2 this feels like a different universe entirely, one's a tight solo story and the other lives or dies on your crew showing up.

    Iron_Shields

    A rotating crew, sure, but doesn't that just mean the game needs its friends more than it stands on its own?

    Samuel_75

    Un universo distinto no significa que merezca el mismo puesto, no me vengas con eso.

    VinylByte

    Replying to lenoir_bernadette

    Wonder if that's the real question here though, since when does a heist need to beat a story to earn its spot?

    lenoir_bernadette

    Tu compares à Half-Life 2 (rien que ça) mais est-ce qu'un jeu coopératif doit vraiment se mesurer à une aventure solo ?

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