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Mini Thief

Stranga Games · GrabTheGames · 2018-10-12

Steam

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jun 13, 2016 (Linux), Jun 13, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Can you escape with the loot? Play as the Master Thief and steal as much as you can. Burgle houses in order to obtain some sweet, sweet loot but, be careful, do not get caught!.

Mini Thief is a 2018 Casual, Indie and Strategy game priced at $4.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (61% of 1289 reviews) and an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

5
playing now
61%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 29,255 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 32k–77k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,289 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.50 at GreenManGaming (2025-09-16) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 50 of 58 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020172026Week of 2017-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1602026-09-15 16:00 — 10 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 13 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 15 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 13 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 16 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1040Jun 2016Aug 2026Jun 2016 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2016 — avg 1 · peak 8Mar 2017 — avg 1 · peak 12Jun 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Sep 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Jun 2018 — avg 0 · peak 5Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Dec 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Dec 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2020 — avg 6 · peak 200Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2022 — avg 13 · peak 220Dec 2022 — avg 21 · peak 502Mar 2023 — avg 15 · peak 294Jun 2023 — avg 21 · peak 240Nov 2023 — avg 31 · peak 191Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 35Mar 2025 — avg 39 · peak 140Jun 2025 — avg 35 · peak 468Sep 2025 — avg 20 · peak 46Dec 2025 — avg 39 · peak 1,022Mar 2026 — avg 13 · peak 35Jun 2026 — avg 8 · peak 132Aug 2026 — avg 11 · peak 34
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.502016-06-132026-08-012016-06-13 — best price $3.192016-11-26 — best price $1.592017-05-11 — best price $2.992017-10-09 — best price $3.992018-02-23 — best price $1.992018-07-03 — best price $1.992018-10-05 — best price $3.992018-12-19 — best price $3.992019-07-09 — best price $3.992019-12-01 — best price $3.992020-02-05 — best price $3.952020-05-18 — best price $3.992020-07-23 — best price $1.992020-09-11 — best price $3.992020-11-11 — best price $3.992021-01-12 — best price $3.992021-02-25 — best price $3.992021-04-13 — best price $3.992021-06-24 — best price $1.992021-10-11 — best price $3.292021-12-31 — best price $0.992022-04-04 — best price $3.992022-07-07 — best price $3.992022-11-22 — best price $0.912023-04-14 — best price $0.912023-07-27 — best price $0.802024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-06-17 — best price $0.752024-11-27 — best price $0.692025-04-30 — best price $4.992025-10-01 — best price $4.992026-02-02 — best price $2.932026-06-11 — best price $3.992026-08-01 — best price $3.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
26.3%
earned "Easy Escape"
5.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards

10 supported languages: English, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,8719%20

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

Player tags

Co-opCrimeFunnyIndieCasualSandboxStealthDifficultSimulationAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.