PAYDAY 3 Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-26
- Game improved since launch
- Stealth and loud approaches
- Weapon and mask customization
- Problematic launch and server issues
- Fewer heists and weapons
- Buy on sale, not full price
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMmixedWindows <8GB VRAM / 16-31GB RAMmixed
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mixed (5/10)
- Total reviews
- 65,904
- Positive
- 30,36246.1%
- Negative
- 35,54253.9%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 4,939,883
- Estimated revenue
- $148,147,091
- Game price
- $30
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 3415.64%
- Estimated copies lost
- 25,560
- Estimated revenue lost
- $766,544
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 3435.7% Avg playtime 0.9h | 621% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 1,87531% Avg playtime 64.7h | 3,76662.3% Avg playtime 66.7h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 5.5 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 26 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 258.8 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,100.6 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
6,046 total
Organic purchasers4,59776.0%
Voted up: 64%
Key activations1,44924.0%
Voted up: 62%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
6,046 total
First impression0-2h5979.87%
Voted up: 27%
Mid game2-10h1,64127.1%
Voted up: 70%
Late game10-20h1,08818.0%
Voted up: 68%
Endgame20h+2,72045.0%
Voted up: 66%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
61.1%
Global baseline 63.3%
36 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 65,904 total.