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The Swindle

Size Five Games · 2015-07-28

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 10, 2015 (Wii U), Jul 28, 2015 (PlayStation Vita), Oct 11, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 28, 2015 (PlayStation 3), Jul 28, 2015 (Mac), Jul 28, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Swindle is a steampunk cybercrime caper about breaking into buildings, hacking their systems, stealing all their cash, and quickly running away again before the police show up.

1
playing now
65%
positive of 635 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 10:00 UTC (census sample)

The Swindle is a stealth action game developed by Size Five Games. The game was released for Windows, OS X, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, and Wii U in 2015.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 41% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 16k–38k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 635 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.75-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.75-75%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at GOG (2019-05-30) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 32 of 49 observed days · $13.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

402026-08-11 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 10:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.492015-07-272026-08-302015-07-27 — best price $12.742015-12-22 — best price $7.492016-07-04 — best price $14.992017-03-06 — best price $3.742017-07-07 — best price $14.992018-02-19 — best price $14.992018-10-30 — best price $5.092019-05-30 — best price $1.492019-11-26 — best price $2.842020-01-27 — best price $14.992020-04-21 — best price $13.492020-06-25 — best price $2.242020-12-01 — best price $14.992021-03-22 — best price $1.492021-08-04 — best price $1.492021-11-01 — best price $14.992022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-05-02 — best price $2.992022-10-27 — best price $5.092022-12-22 — best price $2.992023-03-14 — best price $14.992023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-10-25 — best price $2.242023-12-21 — best price $2.242024-02-22 — best price $14.992024-04-11 — best price $14.992024-06-14 — best price $14.992024-08-26 — best price $2.242024-11-27 — best price $2.992025-01-24 — best price $2.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-06-05 — best price $3.742025-08-09 — best price $14.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-11-25 — best price $2.242026-01-23 — best price $2.242026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-05-21 — best price $3.752026-08-12 — best price $14.992026-08-30 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1512026-06-01 — 9 pageviews2026-06-04 — 3 pageviews2026-06-07 — 2 pageviews2026-06-10 — 12 pageviews2026-06-13 — 9 pageviews2026-06-16 — 1 pageviews2026-06-19 — 4 pageviews2026-06-22 — 8 pageviews2026-06-25 — 7 pageviews2026-06-28 — 5 pageviews2026-07-01 — 8 pageviews2026-07-04 — 6 pageviews2026-07-07 — 3 pageviews2026-07-10 — 5 pageviews2026-07-13 — 7 pageviews2026-07-16 — 10 pageviews2026-07-19 — 9 pageviews2026-07-22 — 3 pageviews2026-07-25 — 6 pageviews2026-07-28 — 5 pageviews2026-07-31 — 7 pageviews2026-08-03 — 13 pageviews2026-08-06 — 14 pageviews2026-08-09 — 7 pageviews2026-08-12 — 7 pageviews2026-08-15 — 5 pageviews2026-08-18 — 9 pageviews2026-08-21 — 5 pageviews2026-08-24 — 4 pageviews2026-08-27 — 6 pageviews2026-08-29 — 11 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4, PS3, PS Vita (PlayStation)4,8577%15
Steam (Steam)7463%15
Xbox One (Xbox)6204%15
Switch (Nintendo)110%0

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

Player tags

2DRPGCrimeHeistIndieActionStealthCyberpunkSteampunkPlatformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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