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Thief Simulator

Noble Muffins · PlayWay S.A. · 2018-11-09

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Nov 09, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 09, 2018 (Mac), Feb 19, 2020 (Xbox One), May 16, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 12, 2020 (PlayStation 4)

Become the best thief. Gather intel, steal things and sell them to buy hi-tech equipment. Do everything that a real thief does.

Thief Simulator is an Action, Adventure, Indie and Simulation game released in 2018, priced at $19.99, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 39521 reviews).

339
playing now
88%
positive of 40k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4
twitch viewers (latest)
2.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
62/100
IGDB user rating (40 ratings)
13
Nexus mods (17k downloads)
3.36★
PlayStation Store rating (5,000 ratings)
25h
to beat · rushed 4h · completionist 60h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

339 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Thief Simulator is an open-world stealth video game developed by Polish developer Noble Muffins and released for Microsoft Windows on November 9, 2018, for Nintendo Switch on May 16, 2019, for PlayStation 4 on August 12, 2020, and for the Quest 2 on July 8, 2022. A sequel to the game, Thief Simulator 2, was released in October 4, 2023.

Trailer

Thief Simulator trailer thumbnail

Thief Simulator - Official Trailer

≈440,325 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 339 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,398 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~300/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,659 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.0M–2.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 40,056 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Gamesplanet$1.78-91%
GOG$1.99-90%
Microsoft Store$1.99-90%
GamersGate$2.00-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.39 at IndieGala Store (2024-09-09) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 99 of 127 observed days · $0.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.2k1.2k20182026Week of 2018-11-01: 905 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 202 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 611 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 485 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 453 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 355 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 560 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 330 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 392 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 300 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 398 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 368 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 337 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 378 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 429 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 712 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 483 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 415 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 525 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 321 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 293 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 368 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 449 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 655 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 383 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 474 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 636 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,205 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 188 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 902 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 433 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,119 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 162 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 547 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 742 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 511 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 573 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 478 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 697 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 624 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 609 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 489 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 449 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 622 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 583 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 423 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 449 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 424 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.1k852026-09-15 12:00 — 260 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 155 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 117 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 315 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 259 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 94 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 157 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 204 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 117 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 402 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 429 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 190 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 770 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 1,053 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 319 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 639 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 814 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 246 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 425 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 727 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 267 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 168 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 339 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.6k0Sep 2017Aug 2026Sep 2017 — avg 0 · peak 0Nov 2018 — avg 1,015 · peak 2,657Feb 2019 — avg 202 · peak 490May 2019 — avg 241 · peak 579Aug 2019 — avg 245 · peak 585Nov 2019 — avg 323 · peak 920Feb 2020 — avg 351 · peak 1,258May 2020 — avg 267 · peak 543Aug 2020 — avg 170 · peak 348Nov 2020 — avg 330 · peak 661Feb 2021 — avg 281 · peak 552May 2021 — avg 279 · peak 679Aug 2021 — avg 400 · peak 844Nov 2021 — avg 226 · peak 545Feb 2022 — avg 262 · peak 660May 2022 — avg 232 · peak 559Aug 2022 — avg 366 · peak 1,238Nov 2022 — avg 625 · peak 2,120Feb 2023 — avg 566 · peak 1,804May 2023 — avg 342 · peak 797Aug 2023 — avg 426 · peak 1,560Nov 2023 — avg 573 · peak 2,585Feb 2024 — avg 383 · peak 1,605May 2024 — avg 535 · peak 1,906Aug 2024 — avg 627 · peak 2,404Nov 2024 — avg 605 · peak 2,000Feb 2025 — avg 505 · peak 1,971May 2025 — avg 547 · peak 1,524Aug 2025 — avg 443 · peak 1,272Nov 2025 — avg 325 · peak 1,146Feb 2026 — avg 275 · peak 666May 2026 — avg 245 · peak 736Aug 2026 — avg 523 · peak 1,438
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
29292026-09-272026-10-142026-09-27: 29 new positive2026-09-27: 6 new negative2026-09-28: 7 new positive2026-09-28: 4 new negative2026-09-29: 7 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 5 new positive2026-09-30: 5 new negative2026-10-01: 10 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 11 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 9 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 3 new positive2026-10-05: 6 new negative2026-10-06: 17 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new negative2026-10-07: 9 new positive2026-10-07: 3 new negative2026-10-08: 3 new positive2026-10-08: 3 new negative2026-10-09: 2 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 7 new positive2026-10-11: 3 new negative2026-10-12: 8 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 6 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$1.412018-11-102026-10-142018-11-10 — best price $16.992019-08-09 — best price $19.992019-11-05 — best price $18.012020-01-30 — best price $17.192020-06-17 — best price $11.992020-09-25 — best price $19.992021-01-04 — best price $19.992021-04-19 — best price $17.192021-07-12 — best price $19.992021-11-15 — best price $19.992022-02-21 — best price $19.992022-07-28 — best price $4.992022-11-23 — best price $4.992023-03-16 — best price $3.392023-07-24 — best price $2.992023-12-13 — best price $1.992024-03-13 — best price $19.992024-04-26 — best price $1.992024-07-08 — best price $2.002024-08-26 — best price $1.992024-10-27 — best price $1.992025-01-11 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $1.542025-05-20 — best price $1.992025-08-19 — best price $1.542025-10-09 — best price $14.992025-11-22 — best price $1.412026-01-30 — best price $19.992026-03-20 — best price $19.792026-05-29 — best price $1.992026-08-12 — best price $1.992026-09-07 — best price $1.992026-09-22 — best price $1.992026-10-07 — best price $1.992026-10-14 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

109182026-05-13 — 35 pageviews2026-05-17 — 45 pageviews2026-05-21 — 30 pageviews2026-05-25 — 28 pageviews2026-05-29 — 37 pageviews2026-06-02 — 48 pageviews2026-06-06 — 18 pageviews2026-06-10 — 39 pageviews2026-06-14 — 49 pageviews2026-06-18 — 35 pageviews2026-06-22 — 32 pageviews2026-06-26 — 34 pageviews2026-06-30 — 34 pageviews2026-07-04 — 26 pageviews2026-07-08 — 48 pageviews2026-07-12 — 26 pageviews2026-07-16 — 27 pageviews2026-07-20 — 26 pageviews2026-07-24 — 25 pageviews2026-07-28 — 44 pageviews2026-08-01 — 28 pageviews2026-08-05 — 26 pageviews2026-08-09 — 24 pageviews2026-08-13 — 46 pageviews2026-08-17 — 41 pageviews2026-08-21 — 36 pageviews2026-08-25 — 38 pageviews2026-08-29 — 38 pageviews2026-09-02 — 43 pageviews2026-09-06 — 50 pageviews2026-09-10 — 39 pageviews2026-09-14 — 29 pageviews2026-09-18 — 33 pageviews2026-09-22 — 27 pageviews2026-09-26 — 27 pageviews2026-09-30 — 26 pageviews2026-10-04 — 32 pageviews2026-10-08 — 38 pageviews2026-10-12 — 28 pageviews2026-10-13 — 30 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

65302026-09-30 22:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 14:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-06 23:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-07 08:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-07 17:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-08 05:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-08 14:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-08 23:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-09 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 17:35 — 5 viewers2026-10-11 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 11:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-14 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 4 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
29.5%
earned "Wealth redistribution 1"
5.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

13 supported languages: English, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, French, Turkish, Korean, Japanese…

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2023-04-06, latest 2024-12-10 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)15,6927%33
PS4 (PlayStation)2,86222%24
Xbox One (Xbox)1,55814%23
PS4 (PlayStation)1,30419%24
Switch (Nintendo)4000%0
PS5, PS VR2 (PlayStation)5511%35

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

Co-opCrimeFunnyHeistIndieActionSandboxStealthAdventureRealistic

Census log

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

Recent updates

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