Last updated on January 24th, 2026 at 07:20 pm
Payback 2 – Racing Game Review
Payback 2 is a Racing/Entertainment/Action game from Apex Designs Games LLP, first launched in 2nd November 2012.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 52,666+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Payback 2 Stand Out
"Bite sized, action-packed stages; boils down the GTA flavor to an intense punch" – AppSpy.com
Gaming App of The Day – Kotaku.com
"[Payback 2] manages to create a sense of overblown fun that permeates everything from straightforward races to capture the flag-inspired heists … an immensely entertaining experience" – pocketgamer.co.uk
Featured as one of the best games of the week by The Guardian
DESCRIPTION:
Payback 2 is the long-awaited sequel to the hit GTA-style game from the early days of the App Store. It concentrates that classic formula by offering exciting event-based gameplay that is all action, all the time.
FEATURES:
• VARIED CAMPAIGN. Fifty campaign events featuring everything from massive gang battles to rocket car races to epic tank duels!
• TAKE ON THE WORLD. Battle your friends or over a million other players online with the game's extensive multiplayer, leaderboard and Game Center support.
• HOURLY, DAILY AND WEEKLY CHALLENGES. Try to beat the rest of the world in the latest new events!
• ENDLESS REPLAYABILITY. Make your own events in "custom mode" using any combination of the game's seven cities, nine game modes, varied weaponry and dozens of vehicles.
This Racing game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Payback 2 is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 13th August 2025
Recent improvements include:
• Bug fixes
Download & Availability
Payback 2 is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
We're the number 1 best payback player in the world nobody can change us.
We like how you did it its very amazing its very fun you did sooo good we gave you guys a five star review.
This game is so good Ive been playing since 2016, its just been so much fun and so many new things to do in the game.
Is good but have good stuff and is our favorite.
This game reminds us of the gta trilogy, if your bored we recommend.
We've been attempting to play multiplayer, but the website's sign-in requirements haven't been helpful either.
Most mission are difficult thereby making us fail over and over again,is there a means we can skip mission.its could be better pls look into it.
We like it but add your fist so you can fight with your fist.
Best gameplay and very good game but wished if this game can get cool updates like in the past but now its just bugs fixes.
Very good game strongly recommended.
Entretenido pero llega un momento donde se acaba las partidas las mision todo.
We use iPad a the screen is faced like a phone and we cant see the play button.
Honestly, this game is a great game only problem is that it needs more updates like new vehicles. One vehicle that we had in mind was a motorcycle but any vehicle would be fine. Also, sometimes when we watch an ad, once the ad is done the in game sound is gone and we cant hear anything until we close the game and reopen it idk if its just us but hopefully you guys can fix that soon.
Isisjsjshshzhz so good we luv it just the ads that's why it's a 4star.
When we tried to shoot the enemies with a tank, the gun wont work, and same with the player, when we shoot, we get flinged and lose control, can u fix this.
MY PROGRESS DIDNT SAVE TO MY GAME CENTER WTFETFWTFWTFWTF.
We love the game, but we recently bought a PlayStation portal backbone so we would like if you would add controller support.
So many people play mobile games with controllers now and we know this game would be top tier with that feature added so please add controller support thanks.
Man we used to play this back in the day, abt 9-10 years ago Ill say and we re download it here and there for the nostalgia , its fun, entertaining and lowk best mobile game we ever played.
Dont change the game up ever, its perfect the way it is.
Game so fun and we love it when you explode cop cars you earn awards for it download it now.
Es uno de los mejores juegos no esta bien en grficos pero es el mejor en otras cosas y espero reduzcan los anuncios 1% porque aveces es molesto y puede que no le guste a otras personas.
Such wonderful work! This is giving us some classic vibes. This game is such a masterpiece.
Just an amazing game how realistic it is how many missions how much your can participate in every thing and for free is an absolute diamond makes us feel like GTA5 just one of the best games we have ever played.
Yall made our childhood of us nd our brother playing this bc we loved gta and any shooting game and this was the only one really out for free on mobile so thank you we love this game its the best and we hope whoever help make this game gets what they deserve.
This game is the best game ever you could play any time and its our childhood game and we love it and we think you would too baba.
We love this game it gives off gta San Andreas vibes.
Guy go boom, car go boom, your mum go boom, it's literally everything a man could want.
Its fun but hard and pleas make the buttons bigger thank you.
Se parece a gta sandreas jeje y ya xd.
By far been day 1 and we got nothing to say but peak childhood game right here.
This game is excellent. We downloaded it about 2-3 years ago and we still play it to this day. The modes and everything are awesome, there are a ton of modes. The only thing we wish they did with the game is that they added more wanted levels. With tanks its already to easy, so that is why we wish they have more wanted levels. Another thing is more cars and vehicles to the game. Besides that we would like 100% recommend this game, ITS SO FUN.
WHEN we PLAYED THIS THE FIRST PLAY TIME we WAS SO SAD HOW HARD IT PROBABLY TOOK THEM TO CREATED THIS GAME BUT THEY MADE IF THREW THIS AND PUBLISHED IT.
Please update your game. We no longer like its features, and it looks poor.
You should add a miniature locomotive.
Se us quit el audio hace 1 semana.
We genuinely appreciate apex design for developing Themis wonderful game but we want to complain that its no longer working with our iPhone 6 IOS 12.5.7 and we really miss our game so am just saying this so you can fix this problem.
This is one of the best games Ive ever played of all time and the fun little mini games are amazing too and plus the intro to the game is literally absolute cinema like a cinematic masterpiece. We rate this five stars and theres a reason why this game ever.
Absolutely amazing! Id hope for some new FAST cars, but we feel like this is the BEST racing game we own, us and our older brother play this for hours. Ive had this game since we were 8.
Driving in our tank right after a beer door shaped like a deer.
Well for starters we wasnt allowed to play gta in our childhood and we didnt have a console but we had an ipad, mannnnn we started playing this in 6th-7th grade and im 21 now. We genuinely appreciate whoever made this game and put it on the app store. We remember listening to macklemore and playing it. We remember in the OG days they had a coin cheese where you could click watch ads even if you had no wifi and it would give you free coins. God, this genuinely was our childhood.
If your broke and want to play gta this is your game.
This game has been our childhood, we grew up with it as slasherfury321, and up till now we still play it, we made new friends in the multiplayer game, its really fun to know that you are playing multiplayer with real time people playing with you, Im wishing you good luck Apex production, Keep up the good….sorry.. AMAZING work.
We love this game so much, but hope you can add up another level.
This game is so fun makes us feel like Im playing Saints row2.
Payback is ggs buts graphics suck.
We wish this game will support joystick eventually.
One of the better GTA clones in the App Store, the missions and gameplay is a lot like GTA 1, but the AI is bad and the level Caught by the Fuzz is comically easy to beat thanks to the guards having bad AI and walking in very predictable patterns, but apart from that its a solid GTA clone.
After every single mission we complete it always give us 1 -2 minute ads every time please fix this.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2.106.15
- Size: 179.34 MB
- iOS: 12.0 or later
- Languages: EN, FR, DE, IT, ES
- Content Advisory: Frequent/Intense Cartoon or Fantasy Violence, Infrequent/Mild Realistic Violence, Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes
- Developer: Apex Designs Games LLP
Last updated: 13th August 2025 | Genre: Racing, Entertainment | Developer: Apex Designs Games LLP