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American Theft 80s cover art

American Theft 80s

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

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

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!

American Theft 80s is an Action, Adventure, Indie, and Simulation game released in 2022 for $1.79, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (73% of 1,082 reviews).

14
playing now
73%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
5
Nexus mods (178 downloads)
3.88★
PlayStation Store rating (124 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.79
steam price (US)

14 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 14 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 15% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 22k–49k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,082 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 12 of 22 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

2602026-09-15 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 7 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 8 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 13 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 7 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 16 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 22 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 13 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 26 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 22 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 10 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 14 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 16 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 12 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 14 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1635Jun 2022Aug 2026Jun 2022 — avg 163 · peak 603Aug 2022 — avg 23 · peak 61Oct 2022 — avg 18 · peak 39Dec 2022 — avg 18 · peak 56Feb 2023 — avg 17 · peak 51Apr 2023 — avg 11 · peak 39Jun 2023 — avg 6 · peak 17Aug 2023 — avg 10 · peak 37Oct 2023 — avg 10 · peak 41Dec 2023 — avg 7 · peak 19Feb 2024 — avg 5 · peak 14Apr 2024 — avg 5 · peak 21Jun 2024 — avg 8 · peak 20Aug 2024 — avg 17 · peak 75Oct 2024 — avg 5 · peak 17Dec 2024 — avg 8 · peak 23Feb 2025 — avg 7 · peak 25Apr 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Jun 2025 — avg 28 · peak 173Aug 2025 — avg 10 · peak 43Oct 2025 — avg 7 · peak 21Dec 2025 — avg 10 · peak 25Feb 2026 — avg 5 · peak 16Apr 2026 — avg 10 · peak 30Jun 2026 — avg 11 · peak 27Aug 2026 — avg 19 · peak 52
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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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