Payday 2 has three times the Payday 3 players right now
Payday 3 has had a rough launch; patches have been delayed and the matchmaking has been anything but stable. So, while Starbreeze has promised to fix these issues and said more heists are on the way for the co-op shooter, it's currently being eclipsed by its predecessor Payday 2 on Steam.
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