# PAYDAY: Crime War — user reviews > 26 indexed App Store user reviews of PAYDAY by PopReach Incorporated, rated 4.47/5 from 1,340 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/payday-crime-war/id1608574655/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/payday-crime-war/id1608574655.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,000 · 4★ 159 · 3★ 69 · 2★ 32 · 1★ 78 ## What do users think of PAYDAY? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Impressive Payday port - 👍 Satisfying gameplay - 🎨 Great graphics - 💡 Monthly seasons **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes - 🐛 Buggy tutorial and progression - 🐛 Unreliable matchmaking and lobby issues - 🐛 Inconsistent AI behavior - 🐛 Performance issues and FPS drops - 🔒 Lack of solo/offline play options **Commonly reported bugs** - Progression issues with unlocking characters - Inconsistent lock picking and safe opening - Civilians and guards not responding properly - Graphical glitches and model issues **Most requested features** - Add solo/offline play options - Improve stealth accessibility - Expand weapon and mask customization - Implement private/custom lobbies - Optimize performance and stability ## Newest reviews (6 of 26) ### 4/5 — Glitch *2023-07-19* The game was looking pretty good but after you beat the tutorial and move on to the home screen it says you can collect a new character for leveling up after I collected him I exited out of the game and when I came back in it told me to collect it again even though I already collected him so it stays stuck on the level progression screen **Developer response:** Hello there, Please submit a ticket directly from this link with all info about your issue - https://paydaycrimewar.zendesk.com/ so that one of our Support specialists will help you. ### 4/5 — aa *2023-07-18* i love this series whole heart, but the game does crash a lot. wish there was a way to play solo/close lobbies as playing with other people online tends to break the game more often for me. the AI in this game is also noticeably more useless in comparison to the actual game, they get down very frequently and struggle to aide the player (but i'm not a game designer so take this with a grain of salt, just a personal opinion). it's also Very Difficult to level up, especially with the new update where you get battle pass points in every single vault you open. Also no Sokol :( But still super fun to play & I really look forward to the updates! Thank you for all the hard work you guys have been putting into this game ❤️🫡 **Developer response:** The team is currently investigating the issues you have reported, and I've passed on your info to help with the investigation. ### 4/5 — Great game, needs polish in a few areas *2023-07-02* I am a HUGE fan of the Payday franchise, and so when I heard of a mobile game I jumped at a chance to play it. I knew from the get-go that it would not be the same quality of gameplay as standard Payday, as to let it work for a mobile device, so standard was set. However, the RND of this game… it kills me. You can fail heists because RND doesn’t spawn enough cash, had this happen on four-stores. Also the inability to have solo servers, or choose servers like Payday 2 also tends to be a hindrance while trying to stealth a heist. Performance also needs some improvement, my game will lag occasionally, and the game crashes a bit too. I have no other complaints, it feels like Payday, from the atmosphere, to the music, and everything else. It just needs more polish in a few areas. I would highly recommend playing. **Developer response:** We are glad you are enjoying the game. We have shared your comments with the team. We will work on adding more features and changes to the game. ### 4/5 — Stealth accessibility? *2023-06-14* This game is great, especially with the new 4 light bag/2 heavy bag carry system that is a major step up from payday 2. However this game has no option to reasonably stealth, especially in multiplayer. This is caused by the lack of no multiplayer mode where you just que online with bots. However if that’s not a option at least a option to publicly signal to other players that you wish to obtain the stealth bonus would go a long way. **Developer response:** We are glad you are enjoying the game. We have shared your comments with the team. We will work on adding more features to the game. ### 4/5 — Great Concept, Needs More *2023-06-11* I love the payday games and was ecstatic when crimewar officially released. I have been playing the game for a few days now and decided to write an honest review, let’s just say crimewar nails the payday feeling on mobile perfectly. I went in not expecting a payday 2 Mobile but more of a scaled back heisting on the go experience, I got what I came for in this regard. However actually sitting down and playing at home can get quite boring after a few hours. How I see it with a few more heists, fleshed out characters and skill trees, better less RNG unlock system, and just slightly reworked micro-transactions this could very well be a phenomenal mobile game and great payday game. In all I give this game a 8/10. TLDR: Great game just needs a little more content to be better. **Developer response:** We are glad you are enjoying the game. We have shared your comments with the team. We will work on adding more features to the game. ### 3/5 — Alright but could be better *2023-06-06* To be honest, when I started playing this I expected it to be fine but nothing to write home about and that is pretty much what I got. I have a good phone but I’ve heard people having problems running this game reliably. The PvE heists whilst fun are just too fast. I understand on mobile it’s gonna have to be quicker than the normal heist but you can easily complete these heists in like 2-3 minutes. I won’t talk about PvP since I don’t normally like those modes so I’m not good when it comes to giving my opinion on it. However I will say that since you can buy gold to open safes which allows you to upgrade your equipment, I imagine it’ll just become P2W. **Developer response:** Thank you very much for your review and feedback! Let us know what you'd like to see in the game at https://paydaycrimewar.zendesk.com/. Be sure to give us more stars! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2023-09-22* I played Payday 2 for many years. Even had the original collector edition with the Dallas mask and other items. Downloaded this instantly.. complete the buggy tutorial... get stuck at end of tutorial.. exit app.. reopen.. now at main menu.. try to find game on crime net.. cant find players.. cant find a solo option.. so i sat looking for a lobby for thirty minutes.. then gave up and uninstalled.. Be realistic guys; this game isn't gonna have large enough a community to be playable only with other real players.. You NEED to make this solo playable.. I am disappointed in all of you that worked on this.. You clipped its wings before it could fly! **Developer response:** Thank you very much for your review concerning our game. Our development team will definitely consider your opinion and make the game better. If you have any feedback or suggestions, please submit a ticket directly from this link with all info about your issue - https://paydaycrimewar.zendesk.com/  so that one of our Support specialists will help you. ### 1/5 — Had hope, now I’m gone. *2023-08-31* I grinded this game because seeing this game having monthly seasons was very exciting. It’s a good sign to see monthly seasons because it means new content of some kind. I got to level 19 before season 2 started. A huge shame to see zero content. The first update was bad, but I had hope. Game has only been updated with cosmetics only since season ones disappointing update. Game does not deserve anything more than 3 stars. Payday port is impressive and the graphics look better than PS3 and 360, but everything this game has to offer is a shameful disappointment , and I haven’t mentioned any of the bugs. I won’t be coming back nor spending money on this game. 1 Star **Developer response:** We have shared your comments with the team. We will work on adding more features to the game. ### 2/5 — Could be better *2023-08-19* This could be a good game but right now I’m going to uninstall it takes forever to load anything and I’m ready to quit before even starting a match cause it’s boring just looking at loading screens for so long. The cops and bot partners seem to be buggy cops just stand in place and shoot or glitch into the floor bots just stand outside while you do the work and then come in last minute. The controls seem clunky and is awkward to shoot there needs to be one button for aiming and shooting instead of fumbling with two and the auto shoot is trash you get shot up before it even decides to shoot. I’m sure some of this will be fixed with patches may even revisit later but as it is now it’s just not worth my time. **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback and review. If you have any questions, please submit a ticket directly from this link with all info about your issue - http://bit.ly/2Jcs6Y6 so that one of our Support specialists will help you. ### 2/5 — Great game;awful crashes *2023-08-07* I would love nothing more than to give this game five stars. I love payday and have played every single one, and will play any future titles. Needless to say I’m a fan and am more than happy to support this new endeavor; and what a great endeavor it is and can be! If it didn’t crash every five minutes. I would love nothing more than to play this game but it seems to not want me to play it. I don’t have these kinds of issues on my IPad with any other games that I play. I want nothing more than to spend more money than I have because I want to support y’all. But I just can’t seem to get this game to run for longer than five minutes. Maybe I get one game in before it crashes. Again to anyone reading this, it’s an awesome gameplay wise, but at this moment the crashes are preventing me from being able to recommend it at this time😔 I’m sure they’re working hard to get it up to speed though and I appreciate the effort the teams put in, it’s a great game. **Developer response:** We are sorry to hear this. I have reported this issue to our team and they will look into it and avoid such issues with the upcoming updates. ### 2/5 — Too much of a deviation from console versions *2023-07-14* I want to love this game but it’s just not what I think all of the payday fans are looking for. I don’t like the damage numbers, the guns don’t feel great. It feels too much like a gimmicky rpg mobile shooter. There is no way to command police or citizens to give up/get down. The fps drops drastically whenever you get to a wide open space even after lowering graphics settings. Also, you can’t toss the loot bags more than like a foot. Just seems like this game was made by somebody who doesn’t understand what the fans love about payday 2. It has a resemblance but misses the mark. **Developer response:** Thank you very much for your review concerning our game. Our development team will definitely consider your opinion and make the game better. ### 3/5 — Too Many Bugs and the game crashes way to much. *2023-06-14* One of the bugs is that every now can see what you do even though they are inside of the actual map. I was trying to do stealth on jewelry store and when I went through the back exit and tied a person up, even though no window saw me bc I was by the dumpster, someone INSIDE THE ACTUAL JEWELRY STORE saw what I did even though they weren’t close to me not even a security camera. compared to the Payday 2 console game, this never happens. fix this bug so stealth is actually doable on every map and not on only Shadow Raid and Art Gallery. Another bug is that NPCs models sometimes stretch and the model no clips through the whole sky. like i said in the title, this game crashes way too much. **Developer response:** Hello player, Thank you for the review and feedback! What can we do to get five stars? Please submit a ticket directly from this link with all info about your issue - https://paydaycrimewar.zendesk.com/ so that one of our Support specialists will help you. ### 3/5 — Fun but likes to crash *2023-06-08* The game runs perfect on iPhone 13 on high. The gameplay is fun though the game controls is off but you can fully change them. The negatives is the game likes to crash’s. Like expects crashes often like when you play modded payday 2 on pc. I haven’t really seen any major bugs beside collect the VIP card on bank heist even if you have collect the cash bags and at the end of the heist on victory or fail moment the animations become 1 fps but the gameplay is still the same. PvP is alright, it pretty easy to have one team gets the cash and just camp so it gets annoying. I think adding a offline mode will be a good idea to allow the game to be playable even the players online are low. Overall good game and better then the beta before pop reach. **Developer response:** Hello there, Thank you for your review and feedback! Please submit a ticket directly from this link with all info about your issue - https://paydaycrimewar.zendesk.com/ so that one of our Support specialists will help you. ### 3/5 — Ehh *2023-06-07* This is a cash grab for the mobile market with none of the style, soul, or fun that Payday and Payday 2 had. Hopefully this is an issue with initial release, but the game has been in beta for a while, which isn’t a good sign. Look, I love payday, but this ain’t it. The controls are clunkier than expected and a bit frustrating to use - like hitting a button to interact instead of holding on screen. Aiming and shooting is off as well, we’ve had FPS titles on mobile for a decade, the formula for controls already exists. Loading times are long, disconnects are frequent, and missions are INCREDIBLY dumbed down. Players can carry unlimited bags now, drilling is faster (a plus), no control to shout at civilians or police… most missions run a minute or two, yet loading takes longer. **Developer response:** Thank you for the review and feedback! What can we do to get five stars? Also, if you have any questions, please get in touch with us at https://paydaycrimewar.zendesk.com/ ### 3/5 — Fun gameplay however…. *2023-06-07* I can assure I put a lot of hours into the game while in beta, after downloading it again it seemed ok but the first most annoying problem in the tutorial was the hard sensibility, I tested it a lot and it’s still very hard to turn even having to slide 3 times to get somewhere this isn’t a good sign and one spent more time looking at a wall and turning than shooting. As well I notice a problem with reloads where the character maw stop the animation just to do it again and then finish then the bullets will appear this wasn’t on lag but maybe a register problem? Lastly there are some weapons with moved ironsights such as the Peacemaker having to aim a little bit more to the left to get the shot. The game is improved with the addition of stealth but some of the suppressors (maybe all of them I haven’t unlocked them) have a problem where civilians get alerted even if you have a suppressor Please fix this as soon as possible because a bad gaming experience can push players away even if the experience is very satisfactory **Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback. I'm sorry to hear you're having trouble with the game. If there is anything we can do for you, just let us know at https://paydaycrimewar.zendesk.com/. Be sure to give us more stars! ### 3/5 — rough start.. *2023-06-07* Upon playing the game i instantly noticed so many things that have changed from the old version years ago. It feels more choppy and less polished. The gun animations are choppy and feel very clunky and the enemy AI is unfortunately awful. The menu has completely changed so instead of classic the classic payday theme song and UI we have this basic menu that looks like it was taken from those knock-off call of duty games made from unity. I had very high hopes and i still wish to support this game to see it shine. But as of right now, the game had a rough start. **Developer response:** We have shared your comments with the team. We will work on adding more features and changes to the game. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great Game! But Needs More Stuff In The Game *2023-07-20* Please add akimbo weapons , rpg, grenade launcher, minigun, and more weapons, And add more mask plus make it where you open safes to have a chance to unlock a mask , customize-able masks too, and add where you telling all civilians or some guards to get down without holding the button on every civilian like in PD2, And make a Co-Op Multiplayer where you wait for real players to join full lobby and not bots. And I love this game so much, I just want you devs to know what we need in this great game if you are going to add the things I said. **Developer response:** We have shared your comments with the team. We will work on adding more features to the game. ### 5/5 — My Personal Opinion *2023-06-25* I don’t usually rate games, but this I had to. The original PayDay games were brilliant and had such a feeling to them that no other game studio could ever achieve. This mobile game may not have that same exact feeling but that’s the point. You developers are trying your best to deliver an on a go PayDay experience and you are starting to achieve that. With maybe a few more control tweaks, slight overall improvements, and more content; I could see this being #1 on the gaming charts for the mobile industry. Good luck guys, keep up the great work! **Developer response:** Thank you for taking out time to rate us. We have shared your comments with the team. We will work on adding more features to the game. ### 5/5 — A Pleasant Surprise *2023-06-24* I gotta just start off by saying, I was entirely shocked that the game was nearly identical in terms of core gamelay to Payday 2. I was expecting a very rundown, more simplistic game, but I was greeted with the classic Harvest & Trustee Bank. Anyways, the game itself has no major flaws, there's a few things I'd like to add however: 1. Make guns account for concealment, huge thing from the main payday games so you can't go with a minigun and have minimum concealment cause you have just the suit on. 2. Solo heists, not really any explaining for this 3. Optimization, I am playing on an iPhone 11 and during assaults and when things are going on, the FPS can go from 40-60 to 10 and below. Shouldn't be happening and should be looked into. Otherwise everything else is great! For being a nearly brand new release, it's much smoother than lots of other brand new experiences I've dealt with. Keep up the great work guys! **Developer response:** Thank you very much for your review concerning our game. Our development team will definitely consider your opinion and make the game better. ### 5/5 — Payday In Your Pocket *2023-06-22* Very pleasantly surprised with this! Last i’d heard of this game it was going to be purely pvp cops vs robbers, and now it’s genuinely Payday 2 mobile. And I love it! Balancing is good, character selection and weapon selection is good, safe opening time is very generous. Looking forward to the future of this game! Only minor complaint I have at the moment is it crashes a little too often for my taste, but that’s okay, this just released and it will be fixed with time. Great work so far, and I highly recommend anyone reading this to give it a shot **Developer response:** Thank you for the 5-star review and feedback! Our development team will definitely consider your opinion and make the game better. ### 5/5 — I like to see where this game can go. *2023-06-17* Payday crime war is good, but it feels to easy. Another problem is that you can’t play a mission with just your friends so stealth is kinda impossible. We need private matches and a higher skill levels, add that would make the game perfect. Another thing that could help is the ability to customize at least one mask that every player gets. I have high hopes for this game. **Developer response:** Thank you very much for your review concerning our game. Our development team will definitely consider your opinion and make the game better. ### 5/5 — 2nd review *2023-06-14* Ok. It’s getting so much better. The bugs that are needing fixed on my end. The zip ties won’t always work on the civilians. The fps even though I have it on low graphics and Jen it’s on 90fps it still lags and goes to 20fps. So the smoothness could still use work. Keep in mind it’s really hard to do what y’all are doing. Great wonderful product so far. Just more improvements and you’ll have people all lined up to play! Thanks! **Developer response:** We are glad you are enjoying the game. We have shared your comments with the team. We will work on adding more features and changes to the game. ### 5/5 — Better than most mobile games *2023-06-09* Never seen an ad popup ever, and the only time you do see an ad is when you watch it for a reward that you can choose whether to get it or not. Game has an xp system that gives you motivation to keep playing, as well as barebones customization, different characters, different abilities, and a small variety of weapons to choose from. I’ve played the motherload out of PAYDAY 2, and to see that they turned it into a pretty fun mobile game (with no pop-up ads), I recommend this game to anyone who has time to spare on their phone. **Developer response:** Thank you for the 5-star rating and review! Glad that you love our game. 😄 Stay tuned for more exciting and surprising features coming in the game!! Happy Heisting! ### 5/5 — Game is good just some bugs *2023-06-08* The game is really good, but I think there are a few bugs for some reason you get kicked out of the game when you put your graphics up even when your phone can handle it and also I feel like the bots are a little bit overpowered my opinion but I really like the game. If those things can be changed I think the game will be even better. **Developer response:** Thank you very much for your review and feedback! Please submit a ticket directly from this link with all info about your issue - https://paydaycrimewar.zendesk.com/ so that one of our Support specialists will help you. ### 5/5 — Amazing game!! *2023-06-06* I'm so glad to be one of the first reviews for this game, I'm a big fan of the franchise myself, and I have to say that the mobile version is just as entertaining and exciting as the console version. The graphics are top-notch, the controls are intuitive, and the gameplay is just as thrilling as ever. It's great to see that the developers have put so much effort into making the mobile version of Payday just as engaging as the console version. I highly recommend this game to anyone who's a fan of the series, or anyone who's just looking for an exciting new mobile game to play. Overall, I think Payday's mobile game is a fantastic addition to the franchise, and I can't wait to see what the developers come up with next! BTW MY PS is Kravmagabeast if you all love payday like me! **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback! Feel free to let us know what you'd like to see in the game! ### 4/5 — Fun and great, but needs a LOT of work *2023-08-08* Payday: crime war has been fun for me and satiated my thirst for a bit while waiting for payday3, but there are a few things that I would love to either be fixed or added. Fix 1: LOCKPICKING—— Sometimes lock picking would pause and not pick locks on windows or doors, no matter how long I held the button, the door or window wouldn’t open, I could hold it down for minutes for nothing to happen. Fix 2: SAFES—— My payday: Crime war safe experience has been bad as I have encountered a problem where no matter what, the safes I open have been only from one area instead of spread through the map making it almost impossible to obtain weapons from places like west end cause I’m stuck with crates from a different district. —————— Add 1: SINGLEPLAYER LOBBIES—— There are some times when I just wanna slap someone through their phone because they fire an unsilenced gun and throw the stealth heist AND THEN LEAVE IN THE NEXT FEW SECONDS, I absolutely hate those unintelligent, odorous, slimy, pathetic players. Add 2: OFFLINE LOBBIES—— One of the main reasons why I loved payday2 and the original payday: the heist is because I was able to play offline, and it really helped me get through the quarantine when I was in my shoddy old apartment with internet as fast as a snail with asthma. **Developer response:** We are glad you are enjoying the game. We have shared your comments with the team. We will work on adding more features to the game. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*