PAYDAY: Aces High release date: November 5, 2026
The PAYDAY: Aces High release date is November 5, 2026. Gematsu reported the date on October 19 as a launch on SteamVR and Quest, and the game's Steam page lists Nov 5, 2026 with the game marked as not yet available. The date follows a long runway: Game Informer and Road to VR covered the reveal on March 24, 2026, when the only timing was "later this year."
Gematsu's report puts the price at $24.99. That is the one number we could not tie to a store listing. The Steam page we opened shows no price, and none of the announcement coverage we opened from March mentions one. Treat $24.99 as the reported price and check the Steam or Quest store listing before you buy.
Price and platforms: SteamVR, Quest and Steam Frame
Gematsu lists the platforms as SteamVR and Quest. The Steam page marks the game as VR only and names the supported hardware: Steam Frame, OpenXR headsets, Valve Index, Quest through a link connection and Oculus Rift S. In other words, there is a Quest version and a PC VR version, and the PC listing explicitly names Valve's Steam Frame headset. Road to VR's reveal coverage says Quest players could wishlist on the Horizon Store and PC VR players on Steam.
Nothing we opened lists PlayStation VR2 or any flat-screen version, and Steam describes the game as VR only, so a non-VR release is not on the table from what has been published. A demo is available on the Steam page, which makes this an easy one to test on PC VR before spending money. We could not open a Quest store page, so Quest pricing and any pre-order terms remain unverified.
“Our last playtest showed us that PAYDAY: Aces High is playing the way we hoped it would.”
PAYDAY: Aces High PC VR system requirements
Steam lists minimum requirements of Windows 10, a Core i5-7500 or Ryzen 5 1600 processor, 12 GB of RAM, a GTX 1060 or RX 580 with 6 GB of VRAM, and 10 GB of storage. The page does not detail recommended specs beyond a 64-bit requirement, so there is no published higher tier to aim for.
That minimum is a low bar by the standards of PC VR, where graphics cards are usually the bottleneck. That is plausible for a title shipping on Quest as well as PC VR, though the studio has not said how it set the spec. Minimums describe the floor, not the experience, and we have not run the demo, so treat the list as a compatibility check rather than a performance promise.
How PAYDAY: Aces High plays: four Aces, loadouts and co-op
You play one of The Aces, a crew of masked heisters framed by business titan Warren Jupiter and jailed. The plan is to hit him where it hurts: banks, museums and his penthouse. Gematsu and Steam both describe a loop of planning jobs, preparing tools and then executing them while avoiding alarms and hauling loot. Steam lists up to four players in co-op. Gematsu phrases it as up to three partners joining you, which is the same four-player count.
The four Aces each have a role: Ace of Hearts the Mastermind, Ace of Clubs the Ghost, Ace of Diamonds the Technician and Ace of Spades the Enforcer. Weapons include assault rifles, SMGs, shotguns and pistols, plus gadgets such as a grapple and sentry guns. You spend cash and reputation to unlock skills, gear and toys, and you can mix weapons, gadgets and skills into custom loadouts. Steam carries a content note that the game glorifies villainous acts with high levels of violence, often against private security or military contractors.
Who is making it: Fast Travel Games and the PAYDAY licence
Fast Travel Games, the studio behind the VR games Vampire: The Masquerade - Justice and Mannequin according to Game Informer, is developing the game, and Steam lists it as both developer and publisher. Road to VR describes it as set in Starbreeze Entertainment's PAYDAY universe, and Gematsu says Starbreeze CEO Adolf Kristjansson commented on the release, calling Fast Travel Games "the very best [virtual reality] studio in the business" and saying the team listened to player feedback from every playtest.
Fast Travel's chief creative officer and co-founder Erik Odeldahl said in the press release, as quoted by Gematsu, that "our last playtest showed us that PAYDAY: Aces High is playing the way we hoped it would." The team has been tuning the game for launch, and that playtest was the last chance to show players the work before release. Developer confidence is a statement, not evidence, and no review exists yet.
What the date means for PAYDAY fans
This is the first VR take on a heist series that Starbreeze's news page, in a post dated September 23, 2026, marked with three years of PAYDAY 3. For PAYDAY fans with a headset, a four-player heist on Quest and PC VR at a reported $24.99 is an easy pitch. For everyone else, the key facts are modest: a short runway to November 5, a published PC spec floor and a free way to try it.
What we cannot tell you is whether it is good. No reviews, no price on Steam, no Quest listing opened. The practical move is to wishlist, try the Steam demo if you have a PC VR headset and wait for the first reviews in the days around November 5 before paying.
The timeline is the other thing worth noticing. The March 24, 2026 reveal gave only a 2026 window, and the exact date surfaced on October 19, about two and a half weeks before launch. Steam already carries the November 5 date and a demo, so the store infrastructure is in place. What is still missing from the pages we opened is a confirmed Quest price and a published recommended PC spec, and those are the two details most likely to decide whether a Quest or PC VR player commits at launch.
Frequently asked
What is the PAYDAY: Aces High release date?
The PAYDAY: Aces High release date is November 5, 2026. Gematsu reported the date on October 19 for SteamVR and Quest, and the Steam store page lists Nov 5, 2026 with the game marked as not yet available. The game was announced on March 24, 2026 with only a 2026 window, so the exact date arrived about seven months later.
How much does PAYDAY: Aces High cost?
Gematsu reports a price of $24.99 for the SteamVR and Quest versions in its October 19, 2026 coverage. The Steam page we opened did not list a price and the March announcement coverage did not mention one, so we could not confirm it from a store listing. Check the Steam or Quest store page near launch to see the final regional prices before buying.
Is PAYDAY: Aces High on PS5 or PlayStation VR2?
Nothing we opened lists PlayStation VR2 or any PlayStation platform. Gematsu names SteamVR and Quest, and the Steam page labels the game as VR only, supporting Steam Frame, OpenXR headsets, Valve Index, Quest through a link connection and Oculus Rift S. If a PlayStation version is announced later, it will come from Fast Travel Games or Starbreeze, not from the current store listings.
How many players can play PAYDAY: Aces High together?
Up to four players. The Steam page lists up to four players in co-op, and Gematsu describes it as you plus up to three partners. Each player takes one of four Aces: the Mastermind, the Ghost, the Technician or the Enforcer. You plan the job, prepare tools and execute the heist together while avoiding alarms and carrying loot out, and you spend cash and reputation on skills, gear and toys between jobs.
What are the PAYDAY: Aces High system requirements?
Steam lists minimum PC VR requirements of Windows 10, a Core i5-7500 or Ryzen 5 1600, 12 GB of RAM, a GTX 1060 or RX 580 with 6 GB of VRAM and 10 GB of storage. The game is labeled VR only. Recommended specs are not detailed beyond a 64-bit requirement, so no higher published tier exists yet. We have not run the demo ourselves, so treat the list as a compatibility check.
Is there a PAYDAY: Aces High demo?
Yes. The Steam page offers a PAYDAY: Aces High demo, which means PC VR players can try the heist loop before the November 5 launch. Gematsu also notes that Fast Travel Games ran a final playtest before release, and Erik Odeldahl said it played the way the team hoped. A demo is a limited slice, so it will not settle questions about long-term content or balance.