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Thieves' Gambit: The Curse of the Black Cat cover art

Thieves' Gambit: The Curse of the Black Cat

Choice of Games · 2014-10-17

Steam

IndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Sep 05, 2014 (Linux), Sep 05, 2014 (Mac), Sep 05, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 16, 2014 (iOS), Oct 16, 2014 (Android)

As the world's second-greatest jewel thief, you must steal the Black Cat, the world's unluckiest diamond, in this thrilling interactive heist caper novel.

80%
positive of 30 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
$4.99
steam price (US)

You're the world's greatest jewel thief! Well, second greatest. But if you and your team of talented crooks can steal the Black Cat, the world's unluckiest diamond, you'll be legendary! Play as male or female; gay, straight, or bi. Choose your methods and your motives. Will you be an honorable thief or a ruthless criminal? A technical genius or a master of disguise? Who can you trust, and who will you double-cross? The Black Cat has never been stolen, its previous owners all having died under improbably unfortunate circumstances. Break into the palace of San Castellano, pinch the gem, evade (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 74% of 26,370 Indie games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

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2220142021Week of 2014-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCaptions availableSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

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