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Payday 2

2013 video game
VideoGame video_game Q7156711
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Summary

Payday 2 is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of video game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,772 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Composer: Simon Viklund[3], Le Castle Vania[4]
  • Publisher: 505 Games[5], Starbreeze Studios[6]
  • Genre: first-person shooter[7], stealth game[8]
  • Developer: Overkill Software[9]
  • Part of the series: Payday[10]
  • Commons category: Payday 2[11]
  • Platform: Microsoft Windows[12], Linux[13], PlayStation 4[14], Xbox One[15], Nintendo Switch[16], Xbox 360[17], PlayStation 3[18]
  • Game mode: single-player video game[19], multiplayer video game[20], co-op mode[21]
  • Language of work or name: English[22], German[23], French[24], Italian[25], Spanish[26], Dutch[27], Russian[28], Polish[29], Latin American Spanish[30], Korean[31], Simplified Chinese[32], Japanese[33]
  • Software engine: Diesel[34]
  • Distribution format: optical disc[35], digital distribution[36], digital download[37]
  • Review score: 79/100[38], 69/100[39], 33%[40], 80/100[41], 77/100[42]
  • Input device: computer keyboard[43], video game controller[44]
  • Country of origin: Sweden[45]
  • Publication date: August 13, 2013[46]
  • Distributed by: Steam[47], PlayStation Store[48], Microsoft Store[49], Nintendo eShop[50], Humble Store[51], PlayStation Now[52]
  • Narrative location: Washington, D.C.[53]
  • ESRB rating: Mature 17+[54]
  • Official website: http://www.overkillsoftware.com/games/payday-2/[55]
  • PEGI rating: PEGI 18[56]
  • USK rating: USK 18[57]
  • Nominated for: Steam Award for Better with Friends[58]
  • Takes place in fictional universe: Payday universe[59]
  • Has characteristic: cross-platform play[60]
  • Different from: PayBack 2[61]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[62]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[63]

  • First release date: 2013-08-13[64]

  • Genre(s): electronic, house, techno[65]

  • Community tags: electronic, house, techno[66]

  • MusicBrainz ID: a93db565-567a-4f5c-be63-c71ff51fd390[67]

Why It Matters

Payday 2 has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[68] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[69]

Related Entities

computer keyboard Linux Microsoft Windows optical disc Overkill Software PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 Starbreeze Studios Sweden video game controller

References

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  36. [38] ↑ . metacritic.com. metacritic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . OpenCritic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . OpenCritic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . Kritikanstvo. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . Q131917281. Retrieved . criticdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  45. [47] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . PlayStation Store. wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . Microsoft Store. wikidata.org.
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  50. [52] ↑ . playstation.com. Retrieved . playstation.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  54. [56] ↑ . PEGI Rating Database. pegi.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  56. [58] ↑ . steamcommunity.com. steamcommunity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  57. [59] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  58. [60] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  59. [61] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [62] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [63] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [64] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [65] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [66] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [67] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [68] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [69] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Goha.ru id → payday-2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Goha.ru id: payday-2, adding [[P:P10437|GoHa.ru]] IDs ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/786bbc5c059|details]])"
  2. 15w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Games/Payday_2
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38730|batch #38730]]: adding Giant Bomb Wiki game IDs matched via OpenRefine"
  3. 16w ago · Teiron · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gog dreamlist id → payday-2-2013
    Igcd game id → —
    Golden id → Payday_2-YKJXB5
    Nintendo of america game store id (former scheme) → —
    + 248 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Gry-online game id: 12817, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/180143150|PayDay 2 (#180143150)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6822|Gry-Online games]] #mix'n"
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