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PAYDAY 2

protonopen appid 218620Game compatibility - Unofficial
ValveSoftware/Proton#6640 · opened 2023-03-23 by LethalManBoob · updated 2026-08-28 · 13 comments · github · game page · search this game
LLethalManBoob 2023-03-23 github

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: Payday 2
  • Steam AppID of the game: 218620

System Information

  • GPU: RTX 3070
  • Driver/LLVM version: 525.89.02
  • Kernel version: 6.2.7-1-cachyos
  • Proton version: experimental or latest proton ge.

I confirm:

  • [X] that I haven't found an existing compatibility report for this game.
  • [X] that I have checked whether there are updates for my system available.

https://pastebin.com/raw/fTqXrLzu
steam-218620.log

LLethalManBoob 2023-03-23 github

Payday 2 also gets stuck in a tiny screen sometimes when alt tabbing out and in.

Nnubz4lif 2023-03-24 github

Can confirm I have the same issue, game works fine on 7.06 but anything higher (aka experimental or GE) will fail to launch.
Issue happens both with and without SuperBLT installed.

System Information

Attached below is logs from using Proton GE or Proton Experimental, along with the Payday 2 crash report (found in Appdata/Local/PAYDAY 2/crash.txt)

crash.txt is the same on both GE and Experimental

steam-218620-ge.log
steam-218620-experimental.log
crash.txt

Nnocnoc94 2023-03-24 github

Same issue here on proton ge 7-51

System Information

Proton log

steam-218620.log

Nnocnoc94 2023-03-24 github

Can confirm I have the same issue, game works fine on 7.06 but anything higher (aka experimental or GE) will fail to launch. Issue happens both with and without SuperBLT installed.

The game does in fact run on 7.06 for me too actually.

New proton log for working game on proton 7.06

steam-218620.log

TToRRent1812 2023-04-17 github

From my experience compatibility ends on GE 7-50 and 7.06. Anything newer doesn't spawn the game window.

RreDBo0n 2023-05-02 github

Proton 8.0-1 and GE 8-1 are working again.

AAQDuck97 2023-09-10 github

Tried with Proton 8-GE 8, 7, and Experimental, they all hang on the initial loading screen immediately after launch.
Was also unable to get my Nvidia card working at all, it wouldn't even generate a Proton log if I had DXVK_FILTER_DEVICE_NAME='NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080' in my param.

steam-218620.log
steam-218620-GE.log

Nnevanlowe 2026-06-27 github

I'm experiencing a regression.

System Information

steam-218620.log

Symptoms

The keyboard works but not correctly. It sometimes misses keystrokes or misses that a key has been let go.

Reproduction

Start game
Get ingame into a level, or alt tab and type anywhere
Observe keys not working as they should

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2026-06-27 github

Hello @nevanlowe, there's a couple years of changes between Proton 9.0 and Proton Experimental. Can you check how the game behaves with Proton 10 and/or 11 to reduce the time frame?

Nnevanlowe 2026-06-27 github

Oh my bad, turns out it just sorts by number and not date. 10 and 11 sit all the way at the bottom.

Anyways, the behavior first appears in 10.0-4. Also I just tried playing a few more games, specifically Rimworld, Deep Rock Galactic, and Zombie Army Trilogy. They all exhibit the same behavior where the keyboard works fine on 9.0-4 but not on the more recent releases. So I guess this isn't a Payday 2 specific regression but something with my hardware or software works with the old versions but not the new ones.

Nnevanlowe 2026-07-01 github

Update: I checked dmesg and while a game is running it resets my keyboard about every 1.2 seconds

[ 1845.856256] usb 5-4: reset full-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[ 1847.121317] usb 5-4: reset full-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[ 1848.392318] usb 5-4: reset full-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[ 1849.656365] usb 5-4: reset full-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[ 1850.920515] usb 5-4: reset full-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[ 1852.192588] usb 5-4: reset full-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[ 2155.527567] usb 5-4: reset full-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[ 2156.798586] usb 5-4: reset full-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[ 2158.072357] usb 5-4: reset full-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[ 2159.334382] usb 5-4: reset full-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[ 2160.598422] usb 5-4: reset full-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[ 2161.862488] usb 5-4: reset full-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[ 2163.130360] usb 5-4: reset full-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[ 2164.390492] usb 5-4: reset full-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[ 2165.654337] usb 5-4: reset full-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[ 2166.921666] usb 5-4: reset full-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[ 2168.182316] usb 5-4: reset full-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[ 2169.446402] usb 5-4: reset full-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd

The following udev rule seems to make the issue go away and allow me to use newer proton versions.

SUBSYSTEM=="hidraw", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0b05", ATTRS{idProduct}=="19b6", MODE="0000"

Bbxdxnn 2026-08-22 github

Game crashes when launching the VR version:

wine: Unhandled exception 0xe06d7363 in thread 134 at address 00006FFFFFBFD947 (thread 0134), starting debugger...
Unhandled exception: C++ exception(object = 000000000010F878, type = 0000000140EAD340, base = 0000000140000000) in 64-bit code (0x006fffffbfd947).
Register dump:
 rip:00006fffffbfd947 rsp:000000000010f700 rbp:000000000010f930 eflags:00000206 (   - --  I   - -P- )
 rax:000000000010f758 rbx:0000000140ead340 rcx:000000000010f720 rdx:0000000000000000
 rsi:000000000010f878 rdi:0000000019930520  r8:0000000140000000  r9:000000000010f810 r10:00000000043b5280
 r11:0000000000150100 r12:0000000000000000 r13:0000000000000000 r14:0000000004f30394 r15:0000000004f303d8
Stack dump:
0x0000000010f700:  000000000010f720 0000000000000050
0x0000000010f710:  000000060000000f 0000000000000050
0x0000000010f720:  00000001e06d7363 0000000000000000
...
ZzeldaAhmed 2026-08-28 github

I seem to be getting frequent intermittent crashing now the game switching to the new engine

Log (using PROTON_LOG=1 %command%): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NX4DtpZeIFaIgffZhDMrnZ4-_HClv-ly/view?usp=sharing

System Details Report

Report details

  • Date generated: 2026-08-28 12:35:09

Hardware Information:

  • Hardware Model: ASRock H510M-HDV/M.2 SE
  • Memory: 32.0 GiB
  • Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-10505 × 12
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX™ 3060 Ti
  • Disk Capacity: 1.8 TB

Software Information:

  • Firmware Version: P1.60
  • OS Name: GNOME OS Nightly
  • OS Build: nightly.20260824.0
  • OS Type: 64-bit
  • GNOME Shell Version: 51.beta
  • Kernel Version: Linux 7.1.8

Proton versions

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