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Thief: Deadly Shadows

Ion Storm · Eidos Interactive Corp. · 2007-03-29

SteamGOG

Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Jun 11, 2004 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 11, 2004 (Xbox)

You are Garrett, the master thief. Rarely seen and never caught, Garrett is the best that ever was. Able to sneak past any guard, pick any lock, and break into the most ingeniously secured residences. Garrett steals from the wealthy and gives to himself, making his living in the dark and foreboding City.

Thief: Deadly Shadows is an Action game released in 2007, estimated to have 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners, priced at $1.79, with Very Positive (81% of 2604 reviews).

6
playing now
81%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (133 ratings)
22h
to beat · completionist 25h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.79
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Thief: Deadly Shadows is a 2004 stealth video game developed by Ion Storm for Microsoft Windows and Xbox that was released in 2004, on May 25 in North America and on June 11 in Europe. It is the third video game in the Thief series.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 92 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 105k–210k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,619 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.79-80%
GOG$1.79-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.78 at GreenManGaming (2021-08-23) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 94 of 121 observed days · $1.01 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
252520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1202026-09-15 13:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 9 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 9 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 9 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 8 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 7 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 8 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
885Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 88 · peak 337Dec 2012 — avg 23 · peak 88May 2013 — avg 21 · peak 46Oct 2013 — avg 28 · peak 62Mar 2014 — avg 39 · peak 111Aug 2014 — avg 16 · peak 42Jan 2015 — avg 17 · peak 47Jun 2015 — avg 15 · peak 38Nov 2015 — avg 13 · peak 39Apr 2016 — avg 8 · peak 24Sep 2016 — avg 13 · peak 39Feb 2017 — avg 13 · peak 39Jul 2017 — avg 12 · peak 30Dec 2017 — avg 11 · peak 32May 2018 — avg 9 · peak 19Oct 2018 — avg 9 · peak 32Mar 2019 — avg 13 · peak 36Aug 2019 — avg 12 · peak 30Jan 2020 — avg 13 · peak 33Jun 2020 — avg 14 · peak 32Nov 2020 — avg 14 · peak 40Apr 2021 — avg 10 · peak 25Sep 2021 — avg 11 · peak 24Feb 2022 — avg 8 · peak 20Jul 2022 — avg 7 · peak 19Dec 2022 — avg 8 · peak 19May 2023 — avg 8 · peak 22Oct 2023 — avg 6 · peak 16Mar 2024 — avg 7 · peak 20Aug 2024 — avg 6 · peak 17Jan 2025 — avg 7 · peak 19Jun 2025 — avg 6 · peak 14Nov 2025 — avg 7 · peak 20Apr 2026 — avg 5 · peak 14Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 14
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$11.18$0.792015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-03-05 — best price $7.612015-05-08 — best price $2.242015-07-08 — best price $10.792015-11-03 — best price $8.992016-02-16 — best price $10.012016-08-19 — best price $8.992017-01-02 — best price $8.992017-10-17 — best price $2.252018-03-22 — best price $8.992018-10-23 — best price $0.982019-03-19 — best price $8.992019-08-28 — best price $8.992019-12-11 — best price $0.992020-03-18 — best price $0.982020-06-25 — best price $0.982020-09-04 — best price $0.982021-01-05 — best price $8.992021-03-22 — best price $0.982021-06-18 — best price $8.992021-10-22 — best price $0.982022-01-24 — best price $0.892022-05-18 — best price $0.982022-08-28 — best price $0.992022-11-04 — best price $8.992023-05-08 — best price $8.992023-09-12 — best price $8.992023-12-15 — best price $0.852024-04-09 — best price $8.992024-07-26 — best price $0.992024-11-19 — best price $0.982025-04-03 — best price $0.982025-08-08 — best price $8.992025-11-17 — best price $1.792026-03-23 — best price $1.582026-07-16 — best price $8.992026-09-05 — best price $1.792026-09-30 — best price $1.792026-10-14 — best price $1.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

605882026-05-31 — 122 pageviews2026-06-04 — 125 pageviews2026-06-08 — 605 pageviews2026-06-12 — 128 pageviews2026-06-16 — 115 pageviews2026-06-20 — 259 pageviews2026-06-24 — 140 pageviews2026-06-28 — 144 pageviews2026-07-02 — 116 pageviews2026-07-06 — 148 pageviews2026-07-10 — 138 pageviews2026-07-14 — 127 pageviews2026-07-18 — 117 pageviews2026-07-22 — 132 pageviews2026-07-26 — 121 pageviews2026-07-30 — 109 pageviews2026-08-03 — 104 pageviews2026-08-07 — 123 pageviews2026-08-11 — 105 pageviews2026-08-15 — 121 pageviews2026-08-19 — 340 pageviews2026-08-23 — 229 pageviews2026-08-27 — 122 pageviews2026-08-31 — 135 pageviews2026-09-04 — 97 pageviews2026-09-08 — 136 pageviews2026-09-12 — 122 pageviews2026-09-16 — 133 pageviews2026-09-20 — 212 pageviews2026-09-24 — 148 pageviews2026-09-28 — 140 pageviews2026-10-02 — 113 pageviews2026-10-06 — 124 pageviews2026-10-10 — 96 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Where its players are

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

Player tags

DarkActionHorrorClassicFantasyStealthAdventureSteampunkStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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