How many people are playing PAYDAY 2 right now?

PAYDAY 2 has 27,699 players on Steam right now, with a 24-hour peak of 33,419 and an all-time peak of 247,628 on Jun 2017.

What is the all-time peak player count of PAYDAY 2?

247,628 concurrent players on Jun 2017.

When was PAYDAY 2 released on Steam?

PAYDAY 2 was released on Steam on 13 Aug 2013.

PAYDAY 2 Steam Charts: 27,699 Players Now

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PAYDAY 2 Steam Charts: 27,699 Players Now · SteamPeaks

Steam charts

Playing now

27,699+948

24-hour peak

33,419

All-time peak

247,628Jun 2017

30-day average

29,439

Rank right now

#46

PAYDAY 2 · Concurrent players

Updated 4 minutes ago

24h 48h 7d 1m 3m 6m 1y All

PAYDAY 2

Monthly breakdown

Updated 4 minutes ago

Month	Average	Gain	% Gain	Peak
Sept 2026	29,439	+396	+1.4%	35,267
Aug 2026	29,043	−971	−3.2%	35,446
Jul 2026	30,014	+1,202	+4.2%	36,062
Jun 2026	28,812	+1,433	+5.2%	35,076
May 2026	27,379	+7,997	+41.3%	36,506
Apr 2026	19,382	−1,935	−9.1%	31,053
Mar 2026	21,317	−2,142	−9.1%	30,378
Feb 2026	23,459	−50	−0.2%	31,706
Jan 2026	23,509	−1,896	−7.5%	33,781
Dec 2025	25,405	+4,917	+24.0%	33,967
Nov 2025	20,488	−2,676	−11.6%	32,694
Oct 2025	23,164	—	—	35,373

Tracking since since 3 Sep 2026, 10:03 UTC

Launch retention

Open in CompareUpdated 4 minutes ago

Launch retention needs samples from the first day after release. SteamPeaks started sampling this app since 3 Sep 2026, 10:03 UTC; the curve appears for launches tracked from their unlock.

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Now · of launch peak

Days above 1,000,000 in 2026

35,267

Weekend peak this week

Milestone	PAYDAY 2	Genre median
Launch peak	—	—
Hour 1	—	—
Hour 24	—	—
Hour 72	—	—
Day 7	—	—
Now	27,699	—

Daily peak · last 14 days	Peak
Thu 3 Sept	32,033
Fri 4 Sept	34,566
Sat 5 Sept · weekend	35,267
Sun 6 Sept · weekend

Followers · last 12 months

1m 3m 6m 1y All

Updated 2 days ago

Steam store

Store data

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#46

Concurrent players rank

Among apps sampled in the last 15 minutes

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Top sellers rank

Not in the weekly top 100

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Wishlist activity rank

Wishlist list arrives with the store rankings job

Most followed rank

Among apps with a follower count

Twitch viewers · last 7 days

Sampled 7 minutes ago

Estimates · not Steam data

Owner estimates

Calibrated 6 Sep 2026

Every figure here is derived, shown as a range, and links to its method. Steam does not publish owner counts.

Source	Estimated owners	Method	Confidence
SteamPeaks	16,242,486 – 92,075,407	Reviews × k, calibrated on 144 announced figures · How it works	Low