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Thief

Eidos-Montréal · Eidos Interactive Corp. · 2014-02-27

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Feb 25, 2014 (PlayStation 4), Feb 25, 2014 (Xbox One), Nov 24, 2015 (Mac), Feb 28, 2014 (PlayStation 3), Feb 28, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 27, 2014 (Xbox 360)

Garrett, the Master Thief, steps out of the shadows into the City. In this treacherous place, where the Baron’s Watch spreads a rising tide of fear and oppression, his skills are the only things he can trust. Even the most cautious citizens and their best-guarded possessions are not safe from his reach.

Thief is a 2014 Action and Adventure game priced at $2.99, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and a review sentiment of Mostly Positive (75% of 24043 reviews).

30
playing now
75%
positive of 24k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
64/100
critic score (14 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (345 ratings)
19
Nexus mods (11k downloads)
4.11★
PlayStation Store rating (21,192 ratings)
64/100
opencritic · weak · 21% recommend · from 76 critics
20h
to beat · rushed 8h · completionist 35h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

30 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Thief is a stealth video game developed by Eidos-Montréal and published by Square Enix in February 2014 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox 360, and Xbox One video gaming platforms. Feral Interactive brought the game to OS X in November 2015. It is a revival of the cult classic Thief video game series of which it is the fourth installment. Initially announced in 2009 as Thief 4, it was later announced in 2013 that the game is a reboot for the series.

Trailer

Thief trailer thumbnail

Thief | Original Trailer | Michael Mann, 1981

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 30 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 487 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~61/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 601k–1.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 24,043 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.99-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.22 at GreenManGaming (2021-08-23) · bundled 11×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $27.12 · on sale 181 of 182 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
41241220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 412 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

143292026-09-15 12:00 — 56 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 92 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 33 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 76 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 143 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 43 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 39 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 90 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 45 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 75 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 92 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 47 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 38 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 84 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 90 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 43 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 75 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 80 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 30 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 85 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 118 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 35 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 49 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 30 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.5k70Mar 2014Aug 2026Mar 2014 — avg 3,499 · peak 18,239Jul 2014 — avg 639 · peak 1,803Nov 2014 — avg 365 · peak 1,777Mar 2015 — avg 506 · peak 1,559Jul 2015 — avg 337 · peak 737Nov 2015 — avg 249 · peak 614Mar 2016 — avg 317 · peak 1,051Jul 2016 — avg 181 · peak 394Nov 2016 — avg 188 · peak 447Mar 2017 — avg 166 · peak 425Jul 2017 — avg 150 · peak 331Nov 2017 — avg 129 · peak 384Mar 2018 — avg 280 · peak 1,067Jul 2018 — avg 155 · peak 346Nov 2018 — avg 166 · peak 408Mar 2019 — avg 222 · peak 580Jul 2019 — avg 140 · peak 290Nov 2019 — avg 114 · peak 253Mar 2020 — avg 228 · peak 626Jul 2020 — avg 181 · peak 439Nov 2020 — avg 327 · peak 1,006Mar 2021 — avg 165 · peak 424Jul 2021 — avg 124 · peak 255Nov 2021 — avg 138 · peak 380Mar 2022 — avg 112 · peak 341Jul 2022 — avg 97 · peak 200Nov 2022 — avg 101 · peak 207Mar 2023 — avg 85 · peak 192Jul 2023 — avg 106 · peak 305Nov 2023 — avg 85 · peak 199Mar 2024 — avg 84 · peak 179Jul 2024 — avg 79 · peak 165Nov 2024 — avg 82 · peak 205Mar 2025 — avg 89 · peak 201Jul 2025 — avg 81 · peak 180Nov 2025 — avg 98 · peak 231Mar 2026 — avg 83 · peak 195Jul 2026 — avg 82 · peak 170Aug 2026 — avg 71 · peak 192
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$1.222015-01-012026-10-022015-01-01 — best price $14.992015-02-26 — best price $27.932015-04-24 — best price $14.992015-06-28 — best price $27.552015-10-31 — best price $7.492016-02-22 — best price $19.992016-07-14 — best price $29.992017-01-12 — best price $7.492017-09-22 — best price $4.492018-04-03 — best price $29.992019-01-25 — best price $4.492019-07-30 — best price $7.492019-12-13 — best price $8.702020-05-29 — best price $19.992020-10-24 — best price $3.992021-03-10 — best price $19.992021-09-29 — best price $19.992022-04-11 — best price $2.992022-12-22 — best price $3.002023-08-06 — best price $19.992023-11-08 — best price $19.992024-02-12 — best price $19.992024-06-04 — best price $19.262024-08-26 — best price $4.662024-11-05 — best price $19.262025-01-31 — best price $3.002025-05-04 — best price $2.762025-07-24 — best price $2.802025-10-13 — best price $2.762025-12-19 — best price $2.822026-03-19 — best price $2.992026-05-28 — best price $19.992026-08-01 — best price $3.002026-09-10 — best price $2.992026-10-02 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8101212026-05-29 — 209 pageviews2026-06-02 — 215 pageviews2026-06-06 — 196 pageviews2026-06-10 — 279 pageviews2026-06-14 — 224 pageviews2026-06-18 — 183 pageviews2026-06-22 — 191 pageviews2026-06-26 — 219 pageviews2026-06-30 — 207 pageviews2026-07-04 — 186 pageviews2026-07-08 — 173 pageviews2026-07-12 — 222 pageviews2026-07-16 — 205 pageviews2026-07-20 — 214 pageviews2026-07-24 — 161 pageviews2026-07-28 — 220 pageviews2026-08-01 — 188 pageviews2026-08-05 — 144 pageviews2026-08-09 — 182 pageviews2026-08-13 — 185 pageviews2026-08-17 — 194 pageviews2026-08-21 — 148 pageviews2026-08-25 — 188 pageviews2026-08-29 — 180 pageviews2026-09-02 — 151 pageviews2026-09-06 — 197 pageviews2026-09-10 — 212 pageviews2026-09-14 — 171 pageviews2026-09-18 — 162 pageviews2026-09-22 — 238 pageviews2026-09-26 — 158 pageviews2026-09-30 — 181 pageviews2026-10-04 — 167 pageviews2026-10-07 — 138 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
78.5%
earned "The Drop "
9.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportStereo SoundSubtitle Options5 DLC

7 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2014-02-24, latest 2014-03-07 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)47,5427%38
Steam (Steam)43,0433%37
Xbox One (Xbox)38,9522%37
Xbox 360 (Xbox)22,7933%37
PS3 (PlayStation)20,53010%38

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

DarkHeistActionHorrorRebootParkourStealthAssassinMedievalAdventure

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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