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Payday 2: Crimewave Edition
Payday 2: Crimewave Edition leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery). Below: catalogued games with the closest cheat-test profile, and exactly where each one differs.
Matched first against: Arcade - then ranked by cheat-test profile.
Like Payday 2: Crimewave Edition, but easier
Same cheat-test neighborhood, lower Execution demand - the hands aren't as punishing.
12 games like Payday 2: Crimewave Edition
A cross-genre tag below means that pick didn't share a genre - it filled a slot on cheat-test profile alone.

Both lean on execution about the same (6 vs 6). Biggest difference: reads (1 vs 0) - Kitchens don't adapt; teammates aren't opponents
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Both lean on execution about the same (6 vs 6). Otherwise the profiles match closely.
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Both lean on execution about the same (6 vs 6). Otherwise the profiles match closely.
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Both lean on reads about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: execution (6 vs 5) - Blink timing and combat inputs matter.
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Both lean on reads about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: execution (6 vs 5) - Gunplay and movement reward aim but builds carry hard.
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Both lean on execution about the same (6 vs 6). Biggest difference: variance (3 vs 2) - Camouflage index and food supply introduce hidden-state management
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Both lean on reads about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: execution (6 vs 5) - First-person aiming and blocking under Molded pressure matters
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Both lean on variance about the same (3 vs 3). Biggest difference: execution (6 vs 5) - Tight sword-poking against aggressive enemies
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Both lean on reads about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: execution (6 vs 7) - Deliberate weapon timing against huge movesets
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Both lean on reads about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: execution (6 vs 5) - Same counter-heavy combat as its predecessor
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Both lean on reads about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: execution (6 vs 7) - Weapon crafting alters execution demands but shooting stays central
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Both lean on execution about the same (6 vs 6). Biggest difference: variance (3 vs 2) - Open Mombasa hides clues until found
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- Released
- 2015
- Developer
- Overkill Software
- Platforms
- PS4, XONE
- Modes
- Multiplayer, Co-operative
- IGDB critics
- 72/100
- IGDB users
- 80/100