players like PAYDAY 3 more than PAYDAY 2
by where each lands in players' personal rankings
85% put PAYDAY 2 higher
28 of 33 players who ranked both games have PAYDAY 2 above PAYDAY 3 in their own library (12 more own both but never told them apart)
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>> the verdict in words what the duels say about payday 2 vs payday 3
Players like PAYDAY 3 more than PAYDAY 2, by a hair. PAYDAY 3 beats 53% of the games in a typical Steam library, which ranks it #4,962 of 19,175 scored games; PAYDAY 2 beats 50% and ranks #6,905 of 19,175. PAYDAY 2's score rests on 676 players, PAYDAY 3's on 55 players.
Of the 33 players who ranked both games, 85% put PAYDAY 2 higher in their own library and 15% PAYDAY 3. That goes against the site-wide verdict: people who own both lean the other way from the crowd at large.
29% of PAYDAY 2's raters keep it in the top 30% of their own library, against 36% for PAYDAY 3. PAYDAY 3 is the safer pick: 31% of its raters file it in their bottom 40%, against 41% for PAYDAY 2.
Both are tagged Action, FPS and Heist on Steam; PAYDAY 2 came out in 2013, PAYDAY 3 in 2023.
Every score here comes from players duelling games out of their own Steam library, not from reviews or playtime, and this matchup last moved 5 minutes ago. A new duel on either game can change who wins.
