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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentHow this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

We filtered the 50 games similar to Payday 3 down to the 23 that fit the “Ranged” category. PAYDAY 2, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Payday 3.

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS
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Co-opMultiplayer
Year 2023Dev Starbreeze Studios

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Within the “Ranged” category, the closest game to Payday 3 is PAYDAY 2 — scoring 92/100 on our similarity scale. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas follow close behind.

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The best ranged games like Payday 3

23 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

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.

#1PAYDAY 2
PAYDAY 2
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
Co-opSoloMultiplayerOnlineTacticalMeleeRangedStealthFirst Person
Steam👍 89%· 672KRAWG👍 62%· 2.2KMC79IGDB75· 17
Year 2013Dev 505 GamesPlaytime ~9hOn PC · Xbox · Linux

✓ Fits the tactical first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and deep RPG systems

≠ Stands apart with deep simulation and loot and gear systems, while skipping adventure storytelling

The gang is back, and they have bigger and better plans. Objective based cooperative FPS became more complicated. The classic group of Hoxton, Dallas, Chains and Wolf got reinforcement, and now Payday Gang consists of 21 heisters, some of which are based on movie characters or even Youtubers.

It predates Payday 3 by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Visuals69
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opOnlineTacticalMeleeRangedStealthFirst Person
Steam👍 85%· 6.0KRAWG👍 73%· 317MC78IGDB82· 5
Year 2008Dev Ubisoft · Ubisoft EntertainmentPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are tactical first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and combat tactical

≠ Stands apart with offline, skill tree progression and loot and gear systems, while skipping deep RPG systems

The peak of the cover-based Rainbow Six era: squad orders are quick to issue, the rappel-through-window breach is still satisfying, and Terrorist Hunt is the mode that kept it alive for years. The story is throwaway and reuses locations from the first game, and the tactical depth is far shallower than the pre-Vegas entries.

It predates Payday 3 by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Game mode84Visuals66
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opOnlineMeleeTacticalRangedStealthFirst Person
Steam👍 80%· 1.7KRAWG👍 69%· 272MC85IGDB86· 4
Year 2006Dev Ubisoft · Ubisoft EntertainmentPlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of tactical first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Stands apart with third-person shooting, punishing difficulty and offline, while skipping deep RPG systems

The sixth game in a series of action-packed books/games about special forces from the maestro of the genre Tom Clancy. The plot of the game has nothing to do with the previous parts.

It predates Payday 3 by 17 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Game mode84Visuals69
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerRangedMeleeTacticalStealthFirst Person
Steam👍 93%· 9.1KRAWG👍 90%· 467MC88IGDB68· 5
Year 2001Dev Nerve Software · Bethesda SoftworksPlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Apple Macintosh

✓ 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.

Genre100Combat100Visuals69Game mode53
Sniper Elite
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeStealthTacticalRangedFirst Person
Steam👍 76%· 4.1KRAWG👍 57%· 179MC76IGDB81· 2
Year 2005Dev RebellionPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Nintendo

✓ Both are tactical first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, third-person shooting and historical setting, while skipping deep RPG systems

The 2005 original that started the series: a lone OSS sniper in the ruins of Berlin, built around bullet drop, wind and breath control at a time when few shooters modelled any of it. The ballistics still hold up. Everything around them does not — movement is famously slippery and frame-rate dependent, the controls are unmapped and awkward, and the tutorials interrupt constantly.

It predates Payday 3 by 18 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Game mode79Visuals58
Rogue Warrior
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerMeleeTacticalStealthRangedFirst Person
Steam👍 67%· 1.6KRAWG👍 13%· 45MC29IGDB54· 2
Year 2009Dev Bethesda SoftworksPlaytime ~2hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are tactical first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: sandbox freedom, horror tension and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping deep RPG systems

Rogue Warrior is a character-driven, first-person-shooter, featuring Richard 'Demo Dick' Marcinko's explosive personality in an action-packed single player campaign, and intense multiplayer combat.

It predates Payday 3 by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Visuals55Game mode52
Hired Ops
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerOnlineSoloCo-opRangedTacticalMeleeFirst Person
Steam👍 68%· 16KRAWG👍 28%· 32
Year 2016Dev Absolut SoftPlaytime ~2hOn PC

✓ Both are tactical first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and deep RPG systems

≠ Where it differs: brings strong narrative focus, setting modern and historical setting, while skipping adventure storytelling

Hired Ops is a session-based online shooter dedicated to fierce conflicts between rival mercenary groups battling on a global scale from Russian developer AbsolutSoft.

Genre100Game mode96Combat81Visuals69
Ready or Not
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opTacticalRangedMeleeFirst Person
Steam👍 78%· 329KRAWG👍 81%· 175IGDB84· 2OC82· 59
Year 2023Dev VOID InteractivePlaytime ~6hOn PC

✓ 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.

Genre100Game mode81Combat80Visuals69
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeRangedTacticalFirst Person
Steam👍 96%· 17KRAWG👍 88%· 530MC78IGDB81· 5OC70· 23
Year 2005Dev LucasArts Entertainment · Disney InteractivePlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ 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.

Genre100Combat82Game mode78Visuals69
77
DOOM II
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opTacticalRangedMeleeFirst Person
Year 2020Dev ELDRAZI-17On PC

✓ Fits the tactical first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and deep RPG systems

≠ Its own twist: dark, oppressive atmosphere, horror setting and setting scifi, while skipping adventure storytelling

Found all secrets of the lost temple. Main controls : - mouse : view. - click : shoot, attack. - up and down arrow : move. - shift : run. - numbers : change guns. - space : interact. For play, launch the application "Doom 2 - The lost Temple" (zdoom).

Genre100Game mode80Combat79Visuals68
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerCo-opOnlineSoloRangedTacticalMeleeFirst Person3D
Steam👍 82%· 1.5MRAWG👍 77%· 1.5KMC75OC76· 92
Year 2015Dev Ubisoft · Ubisoft EntertainmentPlaytime ~32hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of tactical first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and ranged combat

≠ Stands apart with competitive edge, punishing difficulty and historical setting, while skipping deep RPG systems

The gameplay of the game is based on intense strategic battles between the Navigator and the defenders in a limited space.

It predates Payday 3 by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Visuals100Combat82Game mode82
Full Mojo Rampage
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opRangedTacticalMelee3D
Steam👍 84%· 1.3KRAWG👍 20%· 44IGDB69· 7OC67· 19
Year 2013Dev NicalisPlaytime ~2hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the tactical first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and deep RPG systems

≠ Stands apart with roguelike runs, action RPG combat and punishing difficulty, while skipping adventure storytelling

Full Mojo Rampage is an indie rogue-like top-down action game developed by Over The Top Games. ###Plot You are a Voodoo doll fighting evil in the Voodoo world. Fight the hordes of zombies, complete quests, and clear out the Voodoo dungeons.

Where it drifts furthest from Payday 3: visuals.

It predates Payday 3 by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode80Combat69Visuals38
Takedown: Red Sabre
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opOnlineRangedMeleeTacticalFirst Person
Steam👍 42%· 5.7KRAWG👍 10%· 30MC34IGDB36· 3
Year 2013Dev Serellan · 505 GamesPlaytime ~2hOn PC · Xbox

✓ Both are tactical first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and ranged combat

≠ Where it differs: brings deep simulation and early access, while skipping deep RPG systems

A tactical shooter aiming for pre-Vegas Rainbow Six: lethal, slow, no regenerating health. That intent is clear and the appeal is real for the audience it targets. The execution is not — it released visibly unfinished, with broken AI, minimal mission variety and no save system, and it was widely criticised on those grounds.

It predates Payday 3 by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Combat81Visuals69
Call of Duty®: Black Ops III
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerSoloCo-opOnlineMeleeRangedTacticalFirst Person
Steam👍 91%· 42KRAWG👍 84%· 1.9KMC81OC79· 99
Year 2010Dev Raven Software · Square EnixPlaytime ~9hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are tactical first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Where it differs: brings dark, oppressive atmosphere, strong narrative focus and horror setting, while skipping deep RPG systems

Wall-running and thrust jumps make it the most mobile campaign in the series, and the four-player co-op campaign is a genuine structural change. Zombies is at its most elaborate here. The story is close to incomprehensible, the campaign is the weakest part of the package, and the PC version's supply-drop economy drew heavy criticism.

It predates Payday 3 by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Combat79Visuals63
Brink
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opOnlineMeleeRangedTacticalFirst Person
Steam👍 63%· 8.1KIGDB73· 8
Year 2011Dev Splash Damage · Bethesda SoftworksOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Both are tactical first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: strong narrative focus, setting scifi and skill tree progression, while skipping deep RPG systems

It predates Payday 3 by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Combat75Visuals69

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