That's a lot of robbers.
"You want to know something about me? Heh, heh, heh. That's funny. Whenever I tell you something, it'll be a lie to protect myself. If I told you the truth, you won't believe me. But I can tell you one thing, my favorite color is blue."
—Bain, introducing himself to the crew.
PAYDAY 2 has always been a rather unique take on the co-op shooter, and to boot the game has an impressively large amount of criminals coming from all walks of life, hailing from all over the world, ranging from an American cool and collected Mastermind, an Information-Gambling Scotswoman, a former-game developer turned psychopathic murderer and a former Yakuza Member, just to name a few.
The Payday Gang has gotten so big that this page has subsequently been split up into the following categories:
- The PAYDAY GangClick to Expand The Main Protagonists: Dallas, Chains, Wolf, Houston, Hoxton, John Wick, Clover, Dragan, Jacket, Bonnie, Sokol, Jiro, Bodhi, Jimmy, Sydney, Rust, Scarface, Sangrez, Duke, Ethan and Hila, and Joy
- Minor CrewmatesClick to Expand Ilija the Sniper, Bile, Alex and George; The Pilots, The Spotter, and Twitch; your getaway driver.
- Contacts and ContractorsClick to Expand Bain, Vernon Locke, Gage, Vlad, Hector, The Elephant, The Dentist, The Butcher, Jiu Feng, Shayu, Gemma McShay, and Blaine Keegan.
- Law Enforcement and Other EnemiesClick to Expand Metropolitan PD, FBI, Gen Sec, Murkywater Mercenaries, Overkill MC, The Commissar, Solomon Garrett, Russian Reapers, Los Federales, Necro Cloaker, ZEAL Team, Ernesto Sosa, Matt Roscoe, and Buluc.
- Law Enforcement SpecialistsClick to Expand Bulldozer, Cloaker, Shield, Sniper, Taser, SWAT Turret, Captain Winters, Medic, Medic Dozer, U.S Marshal/Bellmead Sharpshooter, and U.S Marshal/Bellmead Shield.
- Minor CharactersClick to Expand Bobblehead Bob, The Pager Guy, Hillary & Jen, Bob McKendrick, Special Agent Jordan Griffin, Hajrudin, Greta the Assassin, and Aldstone the Butler.
- Spoiler CharactersClick to Expand The Rat, Kataru, SkepticGuy_96, Kento, The Nephilim, August Lindenhurst, Rachel Riggs and The 46th President.