PAYDAY 3

The Peer-to-Peer Playtest begins at March 26th 2026 11:00 CET on Steam Hey Heisters! We are kicking off a Steam playtest from Thursday to Monday to test some fresh under-the-hood improvements to the Peer-2-Peer matchmaking! Feel free to jump into the Open Beta Branch on Steam! How to access the playtest The playtest will be running on a separate branch on Steam. To switch branch, you need to right click on PAYDAY 3 in your Steam Library and select “Properties”. In the window that pops up, navigate to the “Game…

The Peer-to-Peer update for PAYDAY 3 is now live! What’s new? Peer-to-Peer allows you to host the game yourself without having to wait for a dedicated server. This should improve your overall gameplay experience. What is Peer-to-Peer? Essentially, when you host a game, you act as the server. Anyone who connects to your game joins as a client. What does this mean for your friends? Not much, except they may load in faster, since they’re no longer connecting to a dedicated server that takes time to load. What if you’re…

The Peer-2-Peer update for PAYDAY 3 is ALMOST here! And Paul has one last quick update before it drops! We’ll be turning it on live for everybody on Monday, and we’ll update you when we have an exact time it will be enabled. Have a great weekend, heisters!

Hello Heisters! This update makes more meaningful changes to the game, adds damage numbers, and introduces the first version of the Contract system. We have several goals in mind for the Contracts going forward. When we began development, the system started as a new way to convey narrative, tying together heists or objectives, adding text or VO before or after each heist, and then providing a reward at the end. In its current iteration, the Contracts offer four missions, a brief explanation of the premise, and provide a reward at…

We talked with Andrej, our Creative Director, who wanted to show some of the Quality of Life updates that are now in the game, as well as some fun things that are (maybe) coming to the game. Watch on YouTube

Our concept artists have been hard at work coming up with new ideas for masks in PAYDAY 3, and we want YOU to help us pick your favorite idea. The winning mask idea will be designed, shaped and molded into a usable mask for all PAYDAY 3 Players. Please note that concepts and names are not final, and may change. We will reveal the results of the vote on our social channels after the poll has closed, at the end of day March 3rd. We aim to add the winning…

Hello Heisters! Following Skills 2.0 and the improvements to the minute-to-minute gameplay made last year, we discovered a number of items we'd like to improve on. This patch focuses on Quality of Life (QoL) updates, aimed at making the game smoother in general, including removing pet peeves like being unable to rack shotguns or chamber rifles while sprinting. We've also incorporated some feedback from the Shopping Spree release and followed up with additional balance changes to weapons and skills. Feature Increase randomization of height and angle of helmet pops New…

Hello Heisters! Last weekend we hosted a public beta containing the Peer-to-Peer system, quality of life changes and some changes to gunplay. A lot of you chose to participate, so let’s have a look at what we’ve learned. In summary, we’re thrilled with the results, but see the need to make some improvements before we completely transition to peer-to-peer. Let’s look at the results together! Statistics We had mostly positive feedback across the board. Let’s look at the graphs! This is a high priority for us, and you. So having…

The Peer-to-Peer Playtest begins at January 29th 2026 13:00 CET on Steam Hello heisters, We know the connection to our servers has been a frequent topic, and our team will always strive for providing you the best possible experience. As a result, we have been working on developing a Peer-to-Peer connection for a while now, and we’re finally ready to let you all get hands on with it and see how it works. We hope to see as many of you as possible hop in and play during the Open…

Hello Heisters! We started the new year strong with the release of PAYDAY 3 DLC Shopping Spree, a brand new heist with a great deal of variety. Today, we’re joined by Paul, our General Manager of Live Service who gives us a brief overview of the things we are working on in the coming three months for PAYDAY 3. You can watch the full video here, or read the summary below. February Peer-to-Peer First mentioned a few months ago, we’re aiming to move away from dedicated servers in favor of…