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The Swindle

Size Five Games · 2015-07-28

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

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.

The Swindle is an Action, Indie, RPG game released in 2015, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (65% of 635 reviews).

2
playing now
65%
positive of 635 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
3.70★
PlayStation Store rating (3,391 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 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

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 16k–38k copies

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

Current store prices

Steam$2.24-85%
GOG$3.75-75%
GOG$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 68 of 87 observed days · $2.26 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620172026Week of 2017-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.492015-07-272026-10-142015-07-27 — best price $12.742016-01-04 — best price $14.992016-11-23 — best price $7.492017-06-22 — best price $6.742018-02-19 — best price $14.992018-12-13 — best price $5.092019-09-23 — best price $2.992020-01-23 — best price $5.242020-04-21 — best price $13.492020-10-29 — best price $1.492021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-06-28 — best price $14.992021-11-01 — best price $14.992022-01-31 — best price $14.992022-06-28 — best price $14.992022-12-01 — best price $14.992023-03-14 — best price $14.992023-07-31 — best price $14.992023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-02-06 — best price $14.992024-04-11 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $2.992024-10-08 — best price $14.992025-01-07 — best price $2.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-06-18 — best price $3.742025-09-11 — best price $14.992025-11-13 — best price $2.242026-01-23 — best price $2.242026-04-03 — best price $3.892026-06-25 — best price $2.242026-09-01 — best price $3.752026-09-11 — best price $14.992026-09-21 — best price $3.752026-10-01 — best price $3.752026-10-11 — best price $3.752026-10-14 — best price $3.75
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1512026-06-01 — 9 pageviews2026-06-05 — 5 pageviews2026-06-09 — 7 pageviews2026-06-13 — 9 pageviews2026-06-17 — 10 pageviews2026-06-21 — 6 pageviews2026-06-25 — 7 pageviews2026-06-29 — 4 pageviews2026-07-03 — 6 pageviews2026-07-07 — 3 pageviews2026-07-11 — 3 pageviews2026-07-15 — 5 pageviews2026-07-19 — 9 pageviews2026-07-23 — 12 pageviews2026-07-27 — 6 pageviews2026-07-31 — 7 pageviews2026-08-04 — 6 pageviews2026-08-08 — 8 pageviews2026-08-12 — 7 pageviews2026-08-16 — 14 pageviews2026-08-20 — 6 pageviews2026-08-24 — 4 pageviews2026-08-28 — 4 pageviews2026-09-01 — 6 pageviews2026-09-05 — 10 pageviews2026-09-09 — 5 pageviews2026-09-13 — 2 pageviews2026-09-17 — 8 pageviews2026-09-21 — 8 pageviews2026-09-25 — 4 pageviews2026-09-29 — 9 pageviews2026-10-03 — 15 pageviews2026-10-07 — 4 pageviews2026-10-11 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
33.4%
earned "So Close"
7.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

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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