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American Theft 80s

Noble Muffins · PlayWay S.A. · 2022-06-15

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 15, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

From the THIEF SIMULATOR developers. It's the 80s. Steal VCRs, tapes, classic cars, and if you get caught, outrun the police!

17
playing now
73%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.79
steam price (US)

17 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 17 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 96 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (269 reviews).
  • · Top 34% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 21k–48k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,059 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.79 at Steam (2026-08-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 14 of 26 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
20620620222026Week of 2022-06-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3922026-08-11 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 7 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 10 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 14 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 34 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 14 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 15 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 31 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 19 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 24 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 33 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 27 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 20 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 39 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 27 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 26 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 32 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 20 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 16 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 26 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 18 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 18 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 28 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 15 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 13 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 29 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 17 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.792022-06-152026-08-142022-06-15 — best price $17.992022-09-26 — best price $19.992022-11-23 — best price $15.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-03-16 — best price $13.992023-04-07 — best price $19.992023-10-05 — best price $10.592023-12-15 — best price $19.992024-01-20 — best price $8.992024-03-04 — best price $7.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-06-09 — best price $6.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-09-13 — best price $5.592024-11-10 — best price $19.992024-12-10 — best price $4.992025-01-18 — best price $3.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-05-04 — best price $3.392025-06-23 — best price $19.992025-07-24 — best price $2.792025-09-20 — best price $19.992025-10-20 — best price $2.192025-12-17 — best price $19.992026-01-16 — best price $1.992026-03-16 — best price $19.992026-04-15 — best price $1.992026-06-12 — best price $19.992026-07-12 — best price $1.992026-08-14 — best price $1.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
48.3%
earned "Money is money 1"
10.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Polish, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)83213%30
PS5 (PlayStation)4613%31
Xbox Series (Xbox)4115%30

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3D1980sCrimeHeistActionDrivingParkourStealthAdventureOpen World

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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