any other games plays like payday 2?

[AtorfRisha]

since payday 3 is coming and i would like to know if theres other games like payday 2 . Though i know that gta 5 and gta online has the heist and deep rock galatic has the horde shooter aspect. And hitman for the stelath aspect

[Mekanik]

payday the heist

[Sevenfold]

Originally posted by Boreal:

payday the heist

ikr?

[TheUnchosen]

Originally posted by Boreal:

payday the heist

[Sunday Driver]

The truth is that there's nothing else quite like Payday 2 other than PD:TH and RAID:WW2 (it's not bad, but not as good as PD2). I play other coop games and they are not really like Payday 2 as it has its objective based system, gun focused combat, skills and perks, stealth and loud and so on. Especially taking into consideration the unusual movie style heisting theme for the game.

Other games will try to do "heists" but they are frankly lame by comparison as they are not the focus of the game, but rather some side thing and so are buried in a lot of padding and time wasting I have no desire for when I can jump right into a heist in PD2. Others that focus more on heists are a radically different form like turn based tactics or some kind of simulation.

While there's obviously some inspiration it's more distant at this point and L4D2 is significantly different game. All zombies, the director AI, the A to B aspect with minimal objectives, no real stealth component, no skills or perks, tiny weapon selection, more repetitive gameplay. It's a fun game, but it's a far simpler relation. Kind of like playing the original Donkey Kong or Mario Bros. and then looking at the newer Mario games. There's a connection but things have been changed since then.

The game closest to L4D2 in design and feel is Vermintide (1&2) and that also plays very different to PD2. It shared some of the same developers as L4D, so no surprise. Has the same sort of way of generating hordes. More melee focused combat, although it has some ranged. Fun but a very different experience. Nothing particularly notable about the music. If you like Warhammer Fantasy (RIP) it's pleasing to see some of that appear again. Might not click if you aren't into that world. It has a worse DLC policy than PD2 and does more shameless milking, sadly. They've got to keep their Tencent masters fed.

Thief Simulator is nothing like PD2. It's fun but it's an open world thing and non-violent comical stuff where you grind up your XP by repeatedly stealing the dishes from some poor slob's house and eventually buy better equipment and choose the power up that lets you disable the next level of security. It's pretty glitchy with the AI and often you can just keep wandering in to places and grab stuff and walk out. It's not very focused so requires you to really decide what you want to do and aim for. Hiding under the bed from the cops is all a bit silly...It's a fun game in its own way though.

Saints Row 3/4 is hilarious and fun but it's more GTA parody (and probably more fun, tbh) than anything like PD2.

[AtorfRisha]

Originally posted by Hoxilicious:

The truth is that there's nothing else quite like Payday 2 other than PD:TH and RAID:WW2 (it's not bad, but not as good as PD2). I play other coop games and they are not really like Payday 2 as it has its objective based system, gun focused combat, skills and perks, stealth and loud and so on. Especially taking into consideration the unusual movie style heisting theme for the game.

Other games will try to do "heists" but they are frankly lame by comparison as they are not the focus of the game, but rather some side thing and so are buried in a lot of padding and time wasting I have no desire for when I can jump right into a heist in PD2. Others that focus more on heists are a radically different form like turn based tactics or some kind of simulation.

While there's obviously some inspiration it's more distant at this point and L4D2 is significantly different game. All zombies, the director AI, the A to B aspect with minimal objectives, no real stealth component, no skills or perks, tiny weapon selection, more repetitive gameplay. It's a fun game, but it's a far simpler relation. Kind of like playing the original Donkey Kong or Mario Bros. and then looking at the newer Mario games. There's a connection but things have been changed since then.

The game closest to L4D2 in design and feel is Vermintide (1&2) and that also plays very different to PD2. It shared some of the same developers as L4D, so no surprise. Has the same sort of way of generating hordes. More melee focused combat, although it has some ranged. Fun but a very different experience. Nothing particularly notable about the music. If you like Warhammer Fantasy (RIP) it's pleasing to see some of that appear again. Might not click if you aren't into that world. It has a worse DLC policy than PD2 and does more shameless milking, sadly. They've got to keep their Tencent masters fed.

Thief Simulator is nothing like PD2. It's fun but it's an open world thing and non-violent comical stuff where you grind up your XP by repeatedly stealing the dishes from some poor slob's house and eventually buy better equipment and choose the power up that lets you disable the next level of security. It's pretty glitchy with the AI and often you can just keep wandering in to places and grab stuff and walk out. It's not very focused so requires you to really decide what you want to do and aim for. Hiding under the bed from the cops is all a bit silly...It's a fun game in its own way though.

Saints Row 3/4 is hilarious and fun but it's more GTA parody (and probably more fun, tbh) than anything like PD2.

i agree whole heartedly

[ivan]

killing floor 2 is a fun coop horde shooter which has amazing gore mechanics, if you want it to be more similiar to payday, there a mode where you complete objectives while getting swarmed by zombies

[>//The_FALCON]

destiny 2 is a better RPG Shooter

[The Least Interesting Chibi...]

Killing Floor 1/2, Vermintide 1/2, Deep Rock Galactic, Left 4 Dead 1/2, World War Z... are the closest in the Horde Shooter genre.

Payday The Heist, Raid: WW2, and GTFO are closest that are related in some way to PD2.

SWAT 4, Insurgency: Sandstorm, and the Rainbow Six series for a more tactical shooter feel.

Thief Simulator is good stealth comparison, so props to Hoxilicious for mentioning that.

[Defective Soul]

Depends on what payday 2 is for you
if about guns try some shooters, bf4, insurgency/insurgency sandstorm and otons of others
if about bags - monaco, rimword (yes you can raid other's property!)
if about tactics - doorkickers + last part of it, swat4, upcoming "ready or not", tarkov and etc
if about teamplay - arma,squad,

Also look at battefield:hardline
Payday is preety unique game in it's game mechanics and a way how they works, so you had to find something like it, what will be not some sick unity game (lake thief sim)

[Sunday Driver]

I think the best way to look at it is to NOT look for another game like this. That way you can go into the new game with a fresh and open mind to enjoying its own ways and quirks without feeling it's failed before you start because it isn't just like this one. There just isn't going to be a swap in replacement, so aim instead for something you enjoy for what it is.

Think of the kind of games you enjoy, what moments you enjoy in this one and so on and that can give you a quick guide to choosing. Trying to fit a broad set of requirements that it must be like this one (which covers an awful lot of aspects) is just too high a bar and too many tick boxes at once.

There's already some good suggestions of high quality games in this thread though. Consider them as suggestions for fun games that you may enjoy because those are good and not because it's a clone/just like PD2/etc.

Honestly (seeing as it was mentioned) Saints Row 3 is one I'd recommend any time to anyone who enjoyed some third person action as it's just so absurd and all about fun and entertaining you non-stop. It isn't trying to moralise or be high brow art. It's great old school attitude of "how can we make a fun game" that gave us that classic 8-bit and 16-bit era inventiveness and legends that live on today from it like Mario, etc. It's got a lot of content and way less BS than almost all the "sandbox" games out there. Absolute blast from start to finish and it's very fun multiplayer. The story is all over the top, which suits it perfectly. Lots of variety as you go on. It seems everyone else doing sandbox games over time got lost in the tall grass and forgot that fun was what it was meant to be about (and I think even GTA has kind of gone that way too). SR cuts out so much of the boring padding and time wasting they put in other games to up the play time hours and lets you just play it and even...COMPLETE IT. I enjoyed Saints Row 4 too, more of the same really, I'd recommend only playing it after playing 3 though as there's so many references.

[AtorfRisha]

Originally posted by Hoxilicious:

I think the best way to look at it is to NOT look for another game like this. That way you can go into the new game with a fresh and open mind to enjoying its own ways and quirks without feeling it's failed before you start because it isn't just like this one. There just isn't going to be a swap in replacement, so aim instead for something you enjoy for what it is.

Think of the kind of games you enjoy, what moments you enjoy in this one and so on and that can give you a quick guide to choosing. Trying to fit a broad set of requirements that it must be like this one (which covers an awful lot of aspects) is just too high a bar and too many tick boxes at once.

There's already some good suggestions of high quality games in this thread though. Consider them as suggestions for fun games that you may enjoy because those are good and not because it's a clone/just like PD2/etc.

Honestly (seeing as it was mentioned) Saints Row 3 is one I'd recommend any time to anyone who enjoyed some third person action as it's just so absurd and all about fun and entertaining you non-stop. It isn't trying to moralise or be high brow art. It's great old school attitude of "how can we make a fun game" that gave us that classic 8-bit and 16-bit era inventiveness and legends that live on today from it like Mario, etc. It's got a lot of content and way less BS than almost all the "sandbox" games out there. Absolute blast from start to finish and it's very fun multiplayer. The story is all over the top, which suits it perfectly. Lots of variety as you go on. It seems everyone else doing sandbox games over time got lost in the tall grass and forgot that fun was what it was meant to be about (and I think even GTA has kind of gone that way too). SR cuts out so much of the boring padding and time wasting they put in other games to up the play time hours and lets you just play it and even...COMPLETE IT. I enjoyed Saints Row 4 too, more of the same really, I'd recommend only playing it after playing 3 though as there's so many references.

i might play saints row again

[Sunday Driver]

Originally posted by TonyVtuberGaming:

i might play saints row again

Wouldn't be a mistake! I'm saving it up for a rainy day and letting the memory of it fade some more so it feels fresh when I do. :) It's one of the few games it was a pleasure to 100% instead of a frustration or exercise in tedium.

Sometimes game that is a big different is also a good thing to refresh yourself with and stop it all feeling samey and boring.

[AtorfRisha]

Originally posted by Hoxilicious:

Originally posted by TonyVtuberGaming:

i might play saints row again

Wouldn't be a mistake! I'm saving it up for a rainy day and letting the memory of it fade some more so it feels fresh when I do. :)

It's one of the few games it was a pleasure to 100% instead of a frustration or exercise in tedium.

yeah and i really like your summary about starting fresh in new games

[Solomons Proxy]

Vermintide might be it for you

[TheUnchosen]

Originally posted by Solomons Proxy:

Vermintide might be it for you

Vermintide seems to be more melee focused.