Steady crowd

PAYDAY™ The Heist

Released Oct 18, 2011 · Steam app 24240

Prices from €3.13

Right now

Steam players since we started tracking · updated 22:45 UTC

Playing now

at 22:45 UTC

24-hour peak

All-time peak

49,734

monthly peak, Oct 2014

24h change

+21%

average vs the day before

Twitch viewers

live on Twitch

Best price

€3.13

official store

Players over time

Log scale

Latest: 40 players
Peak · 48h: 79 players
Average · 48h: 57 players
Lowest · 48h: 29 players

Oct 27, 2026, 10:45 PM: 40 players

What stands out

-7%Players since 03:00 UTC, our first reading in the last 24 hours.
0Twitch viewers for every 100 players on Steam.
79Today’s peak was 98% above the current count.

All-time peak

49,734

Highest monthly peak on record, in Oct 2014. The most we have counted ourselves since Oct 26, 2026 is 79.

Month by month

Average: how many were playing at the same time at an average moment of the month. Peak: the most at once. Steam players since mid-2012, or since the game came out.

Month	Average players	Change from the month before	Peak players
2026
Octoberfrom Oct 26, 2026	49	+9.4%+4	79
September	45	+25%+9	110
August	36	-33%-18	72
July	54	+5.9%+3	99
June	51	+34%+13	109
May	38	+12%+4	104
April	34	-11%-4	74
March	38	0%0	95
February	38	-9.5%-4	95
January	42	+7.7%+3	99
2025
December	39	+2.6%+1	87
November	38	-30%-16	108

Show all 172 months

Month	Average players	Change from the month before	Peak players
2025
October	54	+10%+5	175
September	49	-22%-14	261
August	63	+13%+7	136
July	56	-6.7%-4	126
June	60	+107%+31	159
May	29	-9.4%-3	67
April	32	-29%-13	75
March	45	+32%+11	126
February	34	-31%-15	81
January	49	+6.5%+3	145
2024
December	46	+53%+16	140
November	30	+11%+3	67
October	27	-6.9%-2	69
September	29	-15%-5	71
August	34	-40%-23	80
July	57	+68%+23	136
June	34	+31%+8	126
May	26	-7.1%-2	69
April	28	-6.7%-2	68
March	30	0%0	65
February	30	-41%-21	67
January	51	+8.5%+4	133
2023
December	47	+62%+18	152
November	29	-26%-10	63
October	39	-24%-12	90
September	51	-18%-11	139
August	62	-53%-69	132
July	131	+96%+64	323
June	67	+103%+34	277
May	33	-13%-5	102
April	38	-28%-15	81
March	53	+36%+14	190
February	39	-44%-31	90
January	70	+13%+8	184
2022
December	62	+29%+14	169
November	48	+50%+16	179
October	32	-11%-4	89
September	36	-31%-16	92
August	52	-22%-15	135
July	67	+31%+16	195
June	51	+59%+19	187
May	32	-5.9%-2	76
April	34	+6.3%+2	79
March	32	-16%-6	85
February	38	-36%-21	99
January	59	+9.3%+5	164
2021
December	54	+17%+8	162
November	46	-13%-7	117
October	53	+51%+18	168
September	35	-13%-5	86
August	40	-50%-40	80
July	80	+40%+23	213
June	57	+43%+17	245
May	40	+14%+5	102
April	35	0%0	98
March	35	-5.4%-2	82
February	37	+5.7%+2	85
January	35	+6.1%+2	71
2020
December	33	-2.9%-1	76
November	34	+3%+1	70
October	33	-2.9%-1	73
September	34	-11%-4	70
August	38	+5.6%+2	76
July	36	-5.3%-2	77
June	38	-21%-10	80
May	48	-14%-8	104
April	56	+19%+9	107
March	47	+38%+13	132
February	34	-23%-10	73
January	44	-4.4%-2	113
2019
December	46	+39%+13	108
November	33	+6.5%+2	78
October	31	-11%-4	78
September	35	-15%-6	78
August	41	-15%-7	80
July	48	+12%+5	101
June	43	+4.9%+2	100
May	41	+7.9%+3	111
April	38	-12%-5	86
March	43	+4.9%+2	106
February	41	-15%-7	92
January	48	-2%-1	91
2018
December	49	-17%-10	104
November	59	+20%+10	127
October	49	-18%-11	115
September	60	-35%-33	135
August	93	+9.4%+8	246
July	85	-12%-12	191
June	97	+26%+20	256
May	77	-8.3%-7	192
April	84	+1.2%+1	284
March	83	-13%-12	177
February	95	-4%-4	235
January	99	-7.5%-8	243
2017
December	107	0%0	253
November	107	-5.3%-6	263
October	113	+47%+36	348
September	77	-9.4%-8	165
August	85	-8.6%-8	148
July	93	-22%-26	170
June	119	+9.2%+10	243
May	109	-31%-48	207
April	157	+24%+30	378
March	127	-44%-98	270
February	225	+48%+73	923
January	152	+4.1%+6	339
2016
December	146	+2.8%+4	354
November	142	-19%-34	329
October	176	+17%+25	456
September	151	-11%-18	409
August	169	-39%-108	291
July	277	-8%-24	723
June	301	+94%+146	1,136
May	155	-13%-23	327
April	178	-19%-43	414
March	221	-11%-27	534
February	248	-54%-293	483
January	541	+44%+166	1,949
2015
December	375	-1.6%-6	934
November	381	-26%-131	1,283
October	512	+111%+269	2,327
September	243	-42%-174	582
August	417	+77%+181	1,851
July	236	-9.2%-24	384
June	260	-1.9%-5	483
May	265	-25%-87	562
April	352	-51%-370	830
March	722	+95%+352	2,161
February	370	-24%-119	733
January	489	-34%-257	1,095
2014
December	746	-43%-552	1,477
November	1,298	-73%-3,530	4,776
Octoberbest month	4,828	+2,597%+4,649	49,734
September	179	-41%-122	393
August	301	-43%-225	740
July	526	-29%-217	2,138
June	743	+395%+593	3,267
May	150	-21%-39	428
April	189	-33%-92	429
March	281	+11%+27	1,109
February	254	-59%-360	643
January	614	-27%-229	2,621
2013
December	843	+175%+537	4,050
November	306	+80%+136	1,420
October	170	-36%-94	399
September	264	-60%-401	591
August	665	-37%-393	1,702
July	1,058	-5.2%-58	3,731
June	1,116	+8%+83	4,003
May	1,033	+222%+712	5,561
April	321	-26%-115	668
March	436	-5.2%-24	990
February	460	-52%-491	958
January	951	+26%+196	3,366
2012
December	755	-20%-189	4,026
November	944	-48%-866	2,059
October	1,810	+177%+1,156	14,512
September	654	-69%-1,433	1,622
August	2,087	+33%+513	8,252
July	1,574	—	3,608

Players since 2012

Each bar is one month: how many people were playing at the same time, on average. The line above is the month’s peak, the most at once.

Busiest month: 4,828 players on average; October 2014
All-time peak: 49,734 players at once; October 2014
Last 12 months: -2.5%; 42 players on average, against 43 the year before

September 2026: 45 players on average, peak 110 · Point at a bar for its numbers.

average players (bars)
peak players (line)

Average and peak concurrent Steam players per month. The month in progress is in the table above.

#23 most played on Steam in August 2012
Usually busiest in July: 27% above its trend, over 13 years

Prices

EUR · checked 22:17 UTC · IsThereAnyDeal · GG.deals

Best official price now

€3.13

cheapest named store: Gamesporium €3.13

Key shops

€4.17

On Steam

€9.49

Lowest ever

€1.49

Wait for a sale

The best official price, €3.13, is 110% above the lowest ever (€1.49).

Lowest ever €1.49
Key shops €4.17
Best official €3.13
Steam €9.49

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Price data: IsThereAnyDeal · GG.deals

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About the game

Release date: Oct 18, 2011
All-time peak reached: Oct 2014 · 49,734
Tracked by PixelKrypt since: Oct 26, 2026
Steam app id: 24240

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