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Within the “Xbox” category, the closest game to Payday 3 is Warface — scoring 82/100 on our similarity scale. PAYDAY 2 and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands 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.
✓ 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.
✓ 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.
✓ Both are tactical first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and deep RPG systems
≠ Its own twist: dark, oppressive atmosphere, setting scifi and post-apocalyptic world, while skipping adventure storytelling
It predates Payday 3 by 9 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ 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.
✓ 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.
✓ 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.
✓ 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.
✓ 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.
✓ 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.
✓ 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.
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War Thunder
Shooter · FPS
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
Shooter · FPS
Call of Duty: Vanguard
Shooter · FPS
Rainbow Six Siege
Shooter · FPS
Call of Duty: Ghosts
Shooter · FPS
Halo 3: ODST
Shooter · FPS
Star Wars: Squadrons
Shooter · FPS
Splitgate
Shooter · FPS
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
Shooter · FPS
Rogue Warrior
Shooter · FPS
Halo 5: Guardians
Shooter · FPS