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More about this game →We filtered the 50 games similar to Payday 3 down to the 17 that fit the “Adventure” category. Warface, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands and Call of Duty: World at War top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Payday 3.
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Within the “Adventure” category, the closest game to Payday 3 is Warface — scoring 82/100 on our similarity scale. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands and Call of Duty: World at War follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Payday 3. Each one has been evaluated across 14 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.
✓ Fits the tactical first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and deep RPG systems
≠ Where it differs: brings deep simulation and free to play, while skipping melee combat
Where it drifts furthest from Payday 3: combat.
It predates Payday 3 by 10 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Same family of tactical first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling
≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, horror tension and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping deep RPG systems
It predates Payday 3 by 15 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Same family of tactical first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling
≠ Stands apart with deep simulation, punishing difficulty and historical setting, while skipping deep RPG systems
It predates Payday 3 by 22 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Both are tactical first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling
≠ Where it differs: brings deep simulation, horror tension and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping deep RPG systems
Ready or Not is an intense, tactical, first-person shooter that depicts a modern-day world in which SWAT police units are called to defuse hostile and confronting situations. Please remember that the Beta build is still an incomplete version of the game.
✓ Fits the tactical first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling
≠ Stands apart with strong narrative focus, setting scifi and setting space, while skipping deep RPG systems
The game is set in the Star Wars universe during the Old Republic era. The player assumes the role of a Republic commando who leads his group of four Clone troopers, the Delta Squad, through various military missions.
It predates Payday 3 by 18 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Same family of tactical first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling
≠ Stands apart with vibe casual, strong narrative focus and historical setting, while skipping deep RPG systems
It predates Payday 3 by 12 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Fits the tactical first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling
≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics, horror tension and strong narrative focus, while skipping deep RPG systems
It predates Payday 3 by 11 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Fits the tactical first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling
≠ Stands apart with dark, oppressive atmosphere, setting scifi and setting space, while skipping deep RPG systems
It predates Payday 3 by 18 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Same family of tactical first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling
≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, dark, oppressive atmosphere and punishing difficulty, while skipping deep RPG systems
It predates Payday 3 by 12 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Both are tactical first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling
≠ Where it differs: brings real-time strategy, historical setting and visual isometric, while skipping deep RPG systems
Set during the World War II, this isometric tactic game offers the player to lead an Allied commando squad through a series of secret military operations.
Where it drifts furthest from Payday 3: visuals.
It predates Payday 3 by 22 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Fits the tactical first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling
≠ Stands apart with horror tension, dark, oppressive atmosphere and strong narrative focus, while skipping deep RPG systems
A Quake III-engine shooter split between grounded WWII combat and occult nonsense, and it commits fully to both. The stealth missions and the weapon feel still hold up. Enemy variety thins out badly in the second half, the supernatural turn loses some players entirely, and the level design assumes patience for hunting hidden switches.
It predates Payday 3 by 22 years, with what that implies technically.
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