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Arsene Lupin - Once a Thief

Blazing Griffin · Microids · 2024-10-17

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Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 17, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 17, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Oct 17, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Oct 17, 2024 (Xbox One), Oct 17, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Oct 17, 2024 (Nintendo Switch)

Discover the youth of a legend - Experience the transformation of Arsene Lupin, from whimsical thief to legendary hero, in 'Arsene Lupin - Once a Thief', an adventure and investigation game freely adapted from the works of Maurice Leblanc, with its events unfolding in the early 20th century.

70%
positive of 80 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
44/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
3.87★
PlayStation Store rating (71 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 60% of 16,008 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.6k–3.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 80 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$29.99
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.90 at GameBillet (2026-04-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 95 of 143 observed days · $24.09 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520242026Week of 2024-10-17: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-17: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$5.162024-10-152026-09-142024-10-15 — best price $29.992024-11-12 — best price $25.482024-12-03 — best price $29.992025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-02-03 — best price $29.992025-02-27 — best price $17.992025-03-13 — best price $17.992025-03-27 — best price $15.822025-04-15 — best price $17.992025-05-15 — best price $17.992025-06-09 — best price $12.492025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-07-24 — best price $15.822025-08-15 — best price $29.992025-08-29 — best price $29.992025-09-18 — best price $29.992025-10-23 — best price $14.992025-11-08 — best price $29.992025-11-25 — best price $10.192025-12-18 — best price $7.492026-01-12 — best price $7.492026-01-31 — best price $25.792026-02-28 — best price $7.492026-03-18 — best price $10.202026-04-10 — best price $5.162026-04-27 — best price $6.372026-05-14 — best price $6.162026-06-01 — best price $7.342026-06-13 — best price $7.482026-06-30 — best price $6.312026-07-22 — best price $29.992026-08-07 — best price $25.272026-08-19 — best price $24.372026-09-14 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Russian

Player tags

CrimeMysteryStealthColorfulAdventureDetectiveNarrationHistoricalStory RichText-Based

Census log

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

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