How many people are playing PAYDAY 2 right now?

PAYDAY 2 has 28,559 players on Steam right now, with a 24-hour peak of 31,253 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.

PAYDAY 2 was released on Steam on 13 Aug 2013.

PAYDAY 2 Reviews · SteamPeaks

Buckets that broke from the game’s own habit, on unusual volume

Judged against the median month, not the average

When	Kind	Reviews	Positive	Against habit	What followed
Oct 2015 – Nov 2015	negative wave	19,245 · 6.1×	52.6%	−39 pts	Sentiment had not recovered by the next bucket
Jun 2023	negative wave	4,735 · 2.0×	74.5%	−17 pts	Sentiment returned to normal in the next bucket
Jun 2017	negative wave	7,933 · 3.4×	76.5%	−15 pts	Sentiment had not recovered by the next bucket

18.7 h

Median before a positive review

14.7 h

Median before a negative review

73%

Bought the game on Steam

6% arrived with a free key

Played mostly on Steam Deck

Hours played	Positive	Negative	Positive share
Under 1 h	4	8	33%
1–5 h	46	6	88%
5–20 h	83	10	89%
20–50 h	49	4	92%
50–100 h	27	4	87%
Over 100 h	49	10	83%

Steam’s own totals per language

Against the lifetime share

Language	Reviews	Positive	Against overall
English	270,516	86.7%	−2.6 pts
Russian	148,268	91.5%	+2.1 pts
Chinese, simplified	42,682	86.4%	−3.0 pts
Spanish	42,245	94.4%	+5.1 pts
Portuguese, Brazil	26,494	94.1%	+4.7 pts
Spanish, Latin America	5,121	94.7%	+5.3 pts

Month	Reviews	Positive	Negative	Positive share
Sept 2026	143	129	14	90.2%
Aug 2026	1,131	988	143	87.4%
Jul 2026	1,446	1,320	126	91.3%
Jun 2026	1,011	909	102	89.9%
May 2026	1,235	1,132	103	91.7%
Apr 2026	839	745	94	88.8%
Mar 2026	1,165	1,071	94	91.9%
Feb 2026	1,002	907	95	90.5%
Jan 2026	2,277	2,069	208	90.9%
Dec 2025	2,102	1,893	209	90.1%
Nov 2025	957	870	87	90.9%
Oct 2025	1,528	1,098	430	71.9%
Sept 2025	1,744	803	941	46.0%
Aug 2025	910	814	96	89.5%
Jul 2025	1,306	1,197	109	91.7%
Jun 2025	1,332	1,229	103	92.3%
May 2025	814	739	75	90.8%
Apr 2025	783	712	71	90.9%
Mar 2025	1,146	1,042	104	90.9%
Feb 2025	1,393	1,296	97	93.0%
Jan 2025	1,911	1,777	134	93.0%
Dec 2024	1,534	1,445	89	94.2%
Nov 2024	1,553	1,462	91	94.1%
Oct 2024	971	896	75	92.3%
Sept 2024	1,251	1,129	122	90.2%
Aug 2024	1,501	1,360	141	90.6%
Jul 2024	2,345	2,137	208	91.1%
Jun 2024	1,609	1,470	139	91.4%
May 2024	1,273	1,140	133	89.6%
Apr 2024	1,490	1,360	130	91.3%
Mar 2024	1,750	1,632	118	93.3%
Feb 2024	1,466	1,358	108	92.6%
Jan 2024	2,364	2,169	195	91.8%
Dec 2023	2,223	2,027	196	91.2%
Nov 2023	2,356	2,232	124	94.7%
Oct 2023	2,159	2,022	137	93.7%