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Thief II: The Metal Age

Looking Glass Studios · Eidos Interactive Corp. · 2012-05-22

SteamGOG

ActionSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Feb 07, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The ultimate thief is back! Tread softly as you make your way through 15 new complex, non-linear levels full of loot to steal and guards to outsmart. Improved enemy AI, new gadgets and a riveting story will draw you into the world of Thief II: The Metal Age, a place of powerful new technologies, fanatical religions and corruption.

Thief II: The Metal Age is an Action, Simulation game released in 2012, priced at $1.74, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 2127 reviews).

8
playing now
94%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
86/100
IGDB user rating (158 ratings)
32h
to beat · rushed 28h · completionist 50h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$1.74
steam price (US)

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

Thief II: The Metal Age is a 2000 stealth video game developed by Looking Glass Studios and published by Eidos Interactive in March 2000. Like its predecessor Thief: The Dark Project, the game follows Garrett, a master thief who works in and around a steampunk metropolis called the City. The player assumes the role of Garrett as he unravels a conspiracy related to a new religious sect. Garrett takes on missions such as burglaries and frameups, while trying to avoid detection by guards and automated security.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 120 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity up 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 86k–172k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,146 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.74-75%
GOG$1.75-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.76 at GOG (2021-06-09)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 92 of 120 observed days · $0.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
292920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2842026-09-15 13:00 — 11 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 15 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 9 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 14 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 27 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 19 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 25 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 13 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 14 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 25 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 10 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 7 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 20 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 13 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 14 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 19 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 24 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2810Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 28 · peak 68Dec 2012 — avg 15 · peak 42May 2013 — avg 13 · peak 33Oct 2013 — avg 13 · peak 33Mar 2014 — avg 24 · peak 61Aug 2014 — avg 13 · peak 34Jan 2015 — avg 15 · peak 39Jun 2015 — avg 11 · peak 25Nov 2015 — avg 11 · peak 30Apr 2016 — avg 10 · peak 26Sep 2016 — avg 15 · peak 42Feb 2017 — avg 16 · peak 41Jul 2017 — avg 14 · peak 35Dec 2017 — avg 15 · peak 34May 2018 — avg 14 · peak 30Oct 2018 — avg 11 · peak 30Mar 2019 — avg 17 · peak 41Aug 2019 — avg 15 · peak 34Jan 2020 — avg 16 · peak 37Jun 2020 — avg 19 · peak 41Nov 2020 — avg 20 · peak 49Apr 2021 — avg 16 · peak 40Sep 2021 — avg 14 · peak 33Feb 2022 — avg 16 · peak 37Jul 2022 — avg 14 · peak 32Dec 2022 — avg 14 · peak 33May 2023 — avg 15 · peak 33Oct 2023 — avg 13 · peak 34Mar 2024 — avg 14 · peak 35Aug 2024 — avg 14 · peak 32Jan 2025 — avg 13 · peak 33Jun 2025 — avg 13 · peak 32Nov 2025 — avg 13 · peak 33Apr 2026 — avg 13 · peak 30Aug 2026 — avg 12 · peak 28
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.762015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-03-23 — best price $6.952015-07-07 — best price $3.492015-11-02 — best price $6.992016-03-07 — best price $6.992016-09-08 — best price $1.742017-04-24 — best price $9.992017-12-12 — best price $2.492018-06-11 — best price $1.402018-12-21 — best price $1.402019-04-20 — best price $0.982019-10-25 — best price $0.982020-01-27 — best price $6.992020-06-19 — best price $1.192020-11-25 — best price $0.832021-03-06 — best price $6.992021-07-22 — best price $0.982021-11-29 — best price $6.992022-04-18 — best price $6.992022-08-27 — best price $0.982022-11-01 — best price $6.992023-04-24 — best price $0.972023-09-01 — best price $0.972023-11-28 — best price $6.992024-03-05 — best price $1.182024-06-20 — best price $0.972024-10-08 — best price $6.992025-02-21 — best price $6.992025-06-26 — best price $0.782025-10-06 — best price $6.992026-02-09 — best price $1.742026-06-02 — best price $6.992026-08-28 — best price $1.582026-09-22 — best price $1.742026-10-14 — best price $1.75
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

169362026-05-30 — 53 pageviews2026-06-03 — 59 pageviews2026-06-07 — 169 pageviews2026-06-11 — 72 pageviews2026-06-15 — 77 pageviews2026-06-19 — 57 pageviews2026-06-23 — 73 pageviews2026-06-27 — 59 pageviews2026-07-01 — 68 pageviews2026-07-05 — 74 pageviews2026-07-09 — 45 pageviews2026-07-13 — 67 pageviews2026-07-17 — 60 pageviews2026-07-21 — 69 pageviews2026-07-25 — 36 pageviews2026-07-29 — 52 pageviews2026-08-02 — 58 pageviews2026-08-06 — 53 pageviews2026-08-10 — 57 pageviews2026-08-14 — 62 pageviews2026-08-18 — 87 pageviews2026-08-22 — 71 pageviews2026-08-26 — 65 pageviews2026-08-30 — 87 pageviews2026-09-03 — 57 pageviews2026-09-07 — 65 pageviews2026-09-11 — 63 pageviews2026-09-15 — 60 pageviews2026-09-19 — 59 pageviews2026-09-23 — 66 pageviews2026-09-27 — 68 pageviews2026-10-01 — 63 pageviews2026-10-05 — 53 pageviews2026-10-08 — 71 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily 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

DarkActionClassicFantasyStealthMedievalImmersiveSteampunkStory 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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