Can I Run Payday 2?
Released in 2013, Payday 2 is an action role playing game built by OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio.. Publishing duties went to Starbreeze Entertainment. The game supports a single player campaign and cooperative play. Alongside Windows it also ships for Linux. It is old enough that no current GPU generation existed when it shipped, so modern hardware tends to be far past what it can use. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. Its Metacritic score stands at 79. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. An age check at 18 sits in front of the store page. Its Steam review count passes 444 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. It carries 1328 achievements. 12 languages are covered by the store listing.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | 2 GHz Intel Dual Core Processor |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia & AMD (512MB VRAM) |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 83 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 |
| DirectX | 9 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | 2.3 GHz Intel Quad Core Processor |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia & AMD (1GB VRAM) |
| VRAM | 1 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 83 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 |
| DirectX | 9 |
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Setting and environment
Play is built around spaces built to be avoided rather than cleared. It is played from a first person view. There are 49 official screenshots to judge the look from.
Why Payday 2 is demanding
At 1 GB, VRAM is a non issue for Payday 2. It targets DirectX 9, an older feature level that almost anything still running will satisfy. System memory expectations are modest at 8 GB. The install is small at roughly 83 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Payday 2?
Payday 2 targets a mainstream modern PC: Nvidia & AMD (512MB VRAM) and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to Nvidia & AMD (1GB VRAM) for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: CPU
Large install. Payday 2 needs about 83 GB of free storage.
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Can my PC run Payday 2?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Payday 2?
The minimum requirements are CPU: 2 GHz Intel Dual Core Processor; GPU: Nvidia & AMD (512MB VRAM); 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows 7.
How much storage does Payday 2 need?
Payday 2 needs about 83 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Payday 2?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Payday 2 is the CPU.