Payday 3
GameBy Starbreeze Studios · Released Sep 21, 2023
PAYDAY 3 is a 1-to-4 player co-op FPS and the ultimate heist fantasy, set in the most iconic city in the world. Gone without a trace or through a hail of bullets. Either way, you're getting out with the prize.
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About the game
- Released
- Sep 21, 2023
- Developer
- Starbreeze Studios
- Publishers
- Starbreeze Publishing, Prime Matter, PLAION
- Genres
- Shooter
- Platforms
- Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
- Links
- Official site, Wikipedia
Game data from IGDB.com
Key figures from the reports
Revenue from the Payday franchise saw significant declines, with Payday 3 dropping 82.6% to SEK 82.9 million and Payday 2 falling 70% to SEK 41.8 million.
Game World Observer, 2025 · Starbreeze 2024 Financial Results
Management maintains its full-year adjusted EBIT forecast of SEK 7,000 million to 9,000 million, supported by a release pipeline that includes Payday 3 and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Embracer Group, 2024 · Embracer Group Q1 Interim Report: FY 2023/24, p. 17
Lies of P demonstrated strong single-player retention by holding 20% of its peak CCU six weeks post-launch, while Payday 3 struggled significantly, retaining only 4% of its peak.
GameDiscoverCo, 2024 · Plus: Which Recent PC Games Have the Most 'Staying Power'?
Payday 3 generated $4.4 million in revenue during the first six months of 2024 and maintained approximately 300,000 monthly active users as of June 30.
Game World Observer, 2024 · Starbreeze H1 2024 Financial Results
Performance was mixed across key titles, with Remnant II generating over $66 million in net sales, while Payday 3 underperformed against financial expectations.
Game World Observer, 2023 · Embracer Group Q2 Financial Results
On Steam
Steam estimates as of 9 Oct 2026. Revenue is premium revenue on Steam only: game sales, without DLC.
- Revenue to date
- $39.0M
- Units sold
- 1.4M
- Last 12 months
- $2.2M
- 128K units
- Price
- $29.99
- Positive reviews
- 46%
- of 66K reviews
- Peak players
- 78K
- at the same time
- Followers
- 187K
- Average playtime
- 29 h
| Year | Share of the best year | Revenue | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $28.4M | 904K | |
| 2024 | $6.0M | 240K | |
| 2025 | $2.8M | 170K | |
| 2026 so far | $1.7M | 100K |
On Steam since Sep 21, 2023 · Developer Starbreeze Entertainment · Publisher Deep Silver, Starbreeze EntertainmentSteam store page
Documents about Payday 3
Starbreeze Entertainment Interim Report: October–December 2025
Starbreeze Entertainment’s latest interim results for the period ending December 2025 reveal a challenging quarter marked by declining net sales and significant impairment losses.
- Starbreeze recorded a significant pre-tax loss of SEK 402.7 million for the full year 2025, driven largely by a SEK 261.9 million impairment charge on the Baxter project.
- Net sales for the October–December 2025 quarter fell 6.4% to SEK 41.1 million, primarily due to a 14.7% decline in PAYDAY 3 revenue.
- The company ended the year with a net loss of SEK 399 million and negative earnings per share of –0.25 SEK.
Starbreeze 2024 Financial Results
Starbreeze’s 2024 financial results reveal a significant contraction in revenue, primarily driven by the absence of major new releases compared to the previous year.
- Starbreeze reported 2024 net revenue of SEK 185.9 million ($17.3 million), a 3.4x decline compared to 2023, primarily due to the absence of major new releases.
- The company shifted from a profit of SEK 207.6 million in 2023 to a net loss of SEK 199.3 million ($18.6 million) in 2024.
- Third-party publishing was the company's only growth segment, with revenue increasing 220% to SEK 47.7 million ($4.4 million) driven by titles like Roboquest.
Embracer Group Q2 2024 Financial Report Analysis
Embracer Group’s financial results for the second quarter of the 2024 fiscal year, ending September 30, 2024, reflect a period of significant structural transition characterized by asset divestment and declining revenues across its core gaming segments.
- Embracer Group is divesting its mobile developer Easybrain to Miniclip for $1.2 billion, a deal expected to close in early 2025 that will reduce the company's net debt from SEK 13.2 billion to approximately SEK 500 million.
- PC and Console revenue plummeted 46% year-over-year to SEK 2.1 billion, driven by an 81% decline in new game sales due to a lack of major releases compared to the previous year.
- Total net sales for Q2 2024 reached SEK 8.5 billion, representing a 21% year-over-year decrease across the company.
Embracer Group Q1 Interim Report: FY 2023/24
The Embracer Group Q1 Interim Report for the 2023/24 fiscal year outlines the company’s financial performance and strategic restructuring efforts during the period of April to June 2023.
- Embracer Group is executing a restructuring program targeting SEK 2.9 billion in annual capital expenditure savings and SEK 0.8 billion in annual overhead savings by the end of the 2024/25 fiscal year.
- The company aims to reduce net debt to below SEK 8.0 billion by the end of the 2023/24 fiscal year through project consolidation and a new group-wide investment greenlighting process.
- Q1 net sales reached SEK 10,450 million, a 47% year-over-year increase, while adjusted EBIT rose 27% to SEK 1,673 million.
Starbreeze H1 2024 Financial Results
Starbreeze’s financial results for the first half of 2024 reveal a period of significant revenue growth coupled with a substantial increase in net losses.
- Starbreeze reported a net loss of $8.95 million for H1 2024, a significant increase from the $18.9k net loss recorded in the same period of 2023.
- Total revenue for H1 2024 reached $9.46 million, representing a 38.5% year-over-year increase, while EBITDA grew by 211% to $5.5 million.
- Payday 3 generated $4.4 million in revenue during the first six months of 2024 and maintained approximately 300,000 monthly active users as of June 30.
Plus: Which Recent PC Games Have the Most 'Staying Power'?
This analysis examines the retention and market performance of PC and console games, with a primary focus on Steam launches from September 2023.
- Games-as-a-Service (GaaS) sports titles like EA Sports FC and NBA 2K exhibit the highest retention, maintaining 0.64x to 0.66x of their peak concurrent user (CCU) counts.
- Most premium 'play once' games suffer rapid player decay, frequently dropping below 100 CCU shortly after their initial launch.
- Lies of P demonstrated strong single-player retention by holding 20% of its peak CCU six weeks post-launch, while Payday 3 struggled significantly, retaining only 4% of its peak.
Embracer Group Q2 Financial Results
Embracer Group’s financial results for the second quarter of the 2023/2024 fiscal year reflect a period of significant corporate transition characterized by revenue growth alongside aggressive cost-cutting measures.
- Embracer Group reported a net loss of SEK 562 million for Q2 2023/2024, a significant reversal from the SEK 2.38 billion profit recorded in the same period last year.
- Net sales grew 13% year-over-year to SEK 10.83 billion, driven by a 25% increase in Tabletop Games and a 76% surge in Entertainment & Services, despite a 5% decline in the PC and Console segment.
- The company is executing a restructuring program to reduce net debt to at least SEK 8 billion by March 31, 2024, which has already resulted in 904 job cuts and the closure of studios including Volition and Campfire Cabal.
Embracer Group Q1 2023 Financial Results
Embracer Group’s financial results for the first fiscal quarter of 2023, ending June 30, demonstrate significant year-over-year growth alongside the implementation of a major corporate restructuring program.
- Embracer Group reported Q1 2023 net sales of SEK 10.45 billion, a 47% year-over-year increase, and a net profit of SEK 2.25 billion compared to a net loss of SEK 182 million in the prior-year period.
- The company is executing a restructuring program to reduce net debt from SEK 16.75 billion to at least SEK 8 billion by March 31, 2024, involving studio closures and workforce reductions.
- PC and console revenue grew 74% to $365.5 million, bolstered by the releases of Dead Island 2 and Remnant II, with back catalog titles like Borderlands 3 contributing nearly 40% of that segment's revenue.
Plus: Next Week Goes Giant With Party Animals, Lies of P & Payday 4
This analysis examines the performance and market positioning of video games on Steam and major consoles during mid-September 2023.
- The industry is facing an unusually crowded release window in mid-September 2023, featuring six titles from the Steam 'Top 100 Wishlisted' list debuting in a single week.
- Steam games show a median conversion ratio of 0.15 from pre-release Hype scores to first-week reviews, with top performers exceeding this by 2x to 3x and underperformers dropping as low as 0.02.
- Party Animals is a high-potential release with nearly 500,000 Steam followers, while Mortal Kombat 1 demonstrated strong early momentum with 26,000 concurrent users during its premium early access period.
Which Games Got Most Steam Hyped for the Rest of 2023?
Anticipation for the remainder of 2023 on Steam is dominated by a mix of high-budget sequels and viral multiplayer titles.
- Starfield, Payday 3, and Party Animals are the most anticipated upcoming Steam releases for the remainder of 2023, based on a proprietary Hype score derived from over 16,000 unreleased titles.
- Sea of Stars and Payday 3 are demonstrating the highest wishlist velocity, indicating stronger pre-launch momentum than games relying solely on follower counts.
- Market trends show a divergence where AAA action titles like Lies of P and Lords of the Fallen are positioned for PC and console crossover, while simulation and roguelite games like Cities: Skylines II and Endless Dungeon remain PC-centric.
Starbreeze Q1 2022 Financial Results
Starbreeze’s financial performance during the first quarter of 2022 was characterized by a significant increase in losses, highlighting the company’s ongoing fiscal challenges despite the enduring popularity of its core franchise.
- Starbreeze canceled its Dungeons & Dragons cooperative title, Project Baxter, resulting in a $27.3 million write-off that exceeds the company's total revenue for the 2024 fiscal year.
- The company reported a pre-tax loss of SEK 23.8 million ($2.34 million) for Q1 2022, a 470% increase in losses compared to the same period in 2021.
- Net sales for Q1 2022 fell 15.7% year-over-year to SEK 23.5 million ($2.3 million), driven by a 24% decline in Payday base game sales and an 11% drop in DLC sales on Steam.
Embracer Group Interim Report: Q3 2021/22
Embracer Group’s fiscal third quarter of 2021/22 reflects a period of aggressive expansion and structural transformation, characterized by a 135% surge in net sales to SEK 5,085 million.
- Embracer Group reported a 135% surge in net sales to SEK 5,085 million for Q3 2021/22, alongside an 86% increase in operational EBIT.
- The company recorded a net loss of SEK 1,292.8 million, primarily attributed to high amortization expenses resulting from aggressive acquisition activity.
- During the quarter, the group acquired eight companies, including Dark Horse and Perfect World Entertainment, to support its rapid inorganic scaling strategy.
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