PAYDAY 3
Give it 10 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (81%); after 20h it's almost 1 in 2 (41%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 99% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 86% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 66,697 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 27.4h for positive, 23.4h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (86.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (22)
story milestone ending side
- No One Cared Who I Was... Until I put on the mask. 100%
- Just... One... More... Complete No Rest For The Wicked having opened all deposit boxes. 72%
- Arts and Crafts Customize a mask. 42%
- Closing the Account On Gold and Sharke empty the vault of its valuables and secure all the loot on Hard or above. 38%
- Unlimited Power Have the EDGE, GRIT and RUSH buffs active at the same time. 32%
- Color Me Surprised Complete No Rest For The Wicked without letting a dye pack explode on Very Hard or above. 28%
- Danger, High Voltage Stun 4 law enforcers by destroying a Zapper's battery pack on Hard or above. 23%
- The Hard Way Complete Gold and Sharke in stealth without accessing the HR computer. 21%
- No Stone Unturned Complete 99 Boxes having secured the maximum amount of bags on Hard or above. 21%
- Kitted Out Unlock all mods to a primary weapon. 15%
- Art Critic Complete Under The Surphaze having stolen all art from the 7 exhibitions on Very Hard or above. 13%
- Tech Mogul On 99 Boxes secure both hi-tech devices at their maximum value on Very Hard or above. 12%
- Party Crasher Complete Rock The Cradle without having the VIP invitation in stealth on Hard or above. 11%
- Cleanin' It Out Complete Dirty Ice having secured all cleaned jewelry bags on Overkill. 9.6%
- Traffic Control Complete Road Rage without the truck having stopped until the end on Overkill. 9.0%
- Guns Don't Kill People... Complete a heist after getting at least 50 turret kills on Hard or above. 8.2%
- Crowd Control Complete Road Rage without letting a single civilian flee, die or be traded on Hard or above. 6.6%
- Afterparty Complete Rock The Cradle after surviving 4 full assaults on Very Hard or above. 6.1%
- Smash and Grab Complete Dirty Ice within 120 seconds of spawning. 6.0%
- Spec Ops Complete Touch The Sky in stealth without killing a single guard on Overkill. 4.6%
- True Connoisseur Steal the painting by Shanda Latrell in Under the Surphaze on Very Hard or above. 3.4%
- Insurance Policy Complete Touch The Sky with 4 active human shields on Hard or above. 2.7%