Payday 3
- Developer
- Starbreeze Studios
- Publisher
- Starbreeze Publishing
- Released
- 21 September 2023
- Age rating
- PEGI 18
- UK price
- £11.99
Platforms: PC
Genres: shooter
Payday 3 is the much anticipated sequel to one of the most popular co-op shooters ever. Since its release, Payday-players have been reveling in the thrill of a perfectly planned and executed heist. That’s what makes Payday a high-octane, co-op FPS experience without equal. Step out of retirement back into the life of crime in the shoes of the Payday Gang, the envy of their peers and the nightmare of law-enforcement wherever they go. Several years after the crew’s reign of terror over Washington DC has ended, they assemble once again to deal with the threat that roused them out of early retirement.
Best gaming PC for Payday 3 in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Payday 3 today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
£7991080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
£1,2991440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
£1,7991440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
£3,4994K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Starbreeze Publishing on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10 | Windows 10 |
| CPU | Intel Core i5-9400F | Intel Core i7-9700K |
| RAM | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| GPU | Nvidia GTX 1650 (4 GB) or AMD Radeon RX 580 (4GB) | Nvidia GTX 1080 (8GB) or AMD RX VEGA 56 |
| Storage | 65 GB | 65 GB |
| DirectX | — | — |
Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Payday 3?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel Core i7-9700K and your GPU is at or above Nvidia GTX 1080 (8GB), you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.