Summary
During January,Payday 3’s average player count on Steam dropped to just over 650 players at the time of writing. This comes only four months after the anticipatedPayday 3was released.
Following its launch on September 18,Payday 3quickly earned a negative reputationamong fans due to major server issues that prevented many users from playing co-op or solo. Once these issues were solved, fans continued to express their disappointment withPayday 3due to its lack of content and basic features like in-game voice chat. Although its development team has pledged to work on the game until it reaches a solid state, it seems that the poor launch came with pretty severe consequences.
At the time of writing,Payday 3’s average Steamplayer countfor January sits at just 656 users. This is compared to December’s average player count of about 1,500 Steam users and September’s average player count of over 28,600 Steam users. Since September’s launch, it’s clear that the vast majority ofPaydayfans have given up on the game, which many hoped would be a worthy successor to the hugely successfulPayday 2. In fact, fans have flocked back toPayday 2, which averaged over 26,000 users during the month of January.Payday 3likely has a lot of work ahead of it until it can recapture its fan base.
Payday 3’s Player Count History on Steam (Average Monthly Users)
Recently,Payday 3’s development team offered fans an updateon the progress of new content for the game. The update explained that Starbreeze Studios is takingPayday 3’s criticisms seriously and has put together a team of veteran developers to address the various issues. It further explained that fans can expect a detailed plan to be released in February, which will reveal the upcoming improvements and when fans can expect to see them added.
Starbreeze Studios has tried to improve the game in recent months, althoughPayday 3still has plenty of shortcomings. In late November,Payday 3added two free heists, a new skill line, new animations, and more. In December,Payday 3added paid DLC along with some more free content. However, the updates were clearly not enough to draw players back, and Starbreeze Studios seems to be focusing on major updates in the future to helpPayday 3rebound.
Payday 3’s improvements will need to be implemented before the game is overshadowed by competing titles. For example, Ulf Andersson, one of the original creators ofPaydayandPayday 2, co-founded 10 Chambers, which is currently working on a new co-op heist FPS game. Thegame is calledDen of Wolvesand will see players attempt heists in a futuristic cyberpunk city.
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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.The legendary Payday Crew, dreaded by the law and underworld alike, is back. Ripped from their peaceful retirement to rejoin the criminal world by a new threat, one born from the chaos the Crew left in their wake. to identify and crush this new threat, the Crew is leaving their Washington DC roots behind them and moving to New York City. A new location will bring with it new challenges, but also new opportunities for a heister with a plan.A professional heister knows it takes planning, hard work and a good amount of luck in order to execute a successful heist. In PAYDAY 3 the choice is put in the hands of the players, deciding how to tackle the heist, whether you sneak or go in guns blazing, whether you let your hostages go or keep them around as pawns, whether you go at it alone or bring friends. The choices are endless and in your hands, they will vastly change how the game plays.
