Thief: Deadly Shadows
Thief: Deadly Shadows
Game
Game2014
Thief
Developer Eidos-Montréal, Feral Interactive (Mac)
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… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
423 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
66
Fresh
152 positive · 79 negative
95% range 59–72%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 152 | 79 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 31 | 8 | 127 |
| Mastodon * | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| Lemmy * | 4 | 0 | 8 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
7,187 of 10,739 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
66% recommend · 150 yes, 76 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 226 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (17,945 of 24,069 positive).
Many players find the game underrated and better than its reputation suggests. [1][2] Some reviewers criticize the linear level design and restrictive movement. [3][4][5] Several posters note the story is forgettable and characters lack depth. [6][7][8]
Liked
Representative posts
- [3]
For a game called Thief you would think it would be creative stealth and freedom of movement to steal, take down enemies and avoid detection. However like most games that were in development hell there are a lot of problems, cut content and restrictions. The movement is very restricted, there is no jump button at all, so you have to run to predetermined spots where you can jump and climb things. This is baffling to …
- [4]
Good: * Rewarding Stealth & Shadows: The core mechanic of hiding in pitch-black shadows remains excellent. Light and sound tracking are highly responsive, making sneaking past guards genuinely tense. * The "Swoop" Mechanic: Players loved this quick-dash movement tool, which allows the protagonist, Garrett, to dart quickly between shadows and dodge guard sightlines seamlessly. * Atmospheric World Design: The Gothic, …
- [1]
Thief (2014) : The One Everyone Robbed Too Early So here’s the deal I played Thief Gold. I respect it. I reviewed it. But man, that game is ancient. Like, "game design still figuring out how doors should work” ancient. Back then, immersion meant getting lost in pitch-black corridors while praying your rope arrow didn’t bug out. We’ve come a long way since then. Jump to 2025, and I finally played the reboot and I’ll …
- [16]
people hate this game for no reason. it plays fine and looks good. people hate it because its not exactly like Thief 1 and 2. the game might not live up to those standards but by itself its a very good game and people who dont think so just cant look past their own nostalgia
- [2]
underrated and misunderstood. it's incredible visually, with great dialogues and cinematic direction. it's grim dark fantasy that feels very safe and comfortable somehow. probably ended up being ahead of its time with a story about lockdown. but who knew. who knew. my explanation is the game was too moody for a general audience. it took a step into Lovecraft territory, and that was always a niche theme. stealth is …
Summarised from 34 of the 305 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 9, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
66% of the 226 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Thief. The complaint that keeps coming up: level design is linear and restrictive. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Thief received "mixed or average" reviews, according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. Most reviewers praised its stealth gameplay, level design, graphics, and replay value, but criticized its map layout, technical issues, and story. GameZone's Mike Splechta gave the PlayStation 4 version a 6.5/10, stating "Some might be able to look past Thief's shortcomings and instead only focus on the moments of brilliance. However, I imagine long-time Thief fans hoping for Garrett's grand return might be somewhat disappointed." Giving the reboot a score of 6.8, IGN's Dan Stapleton criticized the decision to replace the voice actor for Garrett, saying that the new actor, Romano Orzari, made…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 423 · most liked firstMarathon deserves to be a game with 100x the players it has if ONLY because this Thief skin with the hollowed out 3D-printed skeleton torso goes unfathomably hard.
neutral · AI labelView post →As I get completely lost scripting a video for MOUSE GAME, here's another Petty Thief installment to tide you over until my inevitable ruin. youtu.be/4iPINNmdJIA
neutral · AI labelView post →Thief 2 is 25 today. It's one of my favourite games ever. But more importantly, it was one of Terry Pratchett's favourite games ever. www.theguardian.com/games/2021/d...
positive · AI labelView post →Wind was so strong that ancient glass cups on high voltage poles make sound of Horn of Quintus from Thief 1 game😄 Bad thing: we are not flying. Good thing: they aren't flying either. And doodle.
neutral · AI labelView post →Raising a fireside toast to Rebecca Heineman with the first game I ever played that she programmed and co-designed: Bard's Tale III: The Thief of Time.
neutral · AI labelView post →For anyone looking for some of those games inspired by Deus Ex, Thief, System Shock and such? I got your backs. Filcher is a very neat Thief inspired indie that flew under the radar. I guess you could say it was a little too stealthy! store.steampowered.com/app/1355650/...
positive · AI labelView post →Another collab with @drlux.bsky.social! Thanks for the help again. Some fanart of the game Merry Thief by both Frail-Heart and Mati0la! Be sure to check it out! It's in the early stages but it's still very charming! Link to game: frail-heart.itch.io/merry-thief
neutral · AI labelView post →Adding a splash of industrial fantasy to the nascent stealth game genre in 1998: Thief: The Dark Project.
neutral · AI labelView post →Hi BlueSky, I'm Dominus, senior concept artist in the video game industry and co-creator of the Scavenger RPG @ShardstoneArts. Sometimes I make fan art for the Thief game series. Social links: linktr.ee/pandemoniuma... #taffer #art #conceptart #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →Video game: Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure Language: English Countries: United States, United Kingdom and France
neutral · AI labelView post →Spirited Thief is a fantastic game that absolutely should have sold a hundred times better. A razor sharp turn-based stealth tactics game where your ghost buddy cases buildings, and then you race through as a wizardly thief, grabbing treasure as the alarm escalates and more guards wake up.
positive · AI labelView post →like, if you don't have quick saves, your game isn't an authentic immersive sim. sorry, but if quicksaving is good enough for Thief it's good enough for you
positive · AI labelView post →Today marks 25 years since Thief II: The Metal Age was released and it remains the best stealth game ever made.
positive · AI labelView post →Body types are: Lithe, bottom heavy, muscular, chonky, BBW, and *possibly* Hyper Classes are: Reliquarian, Handler, Thief, Wizard, Brewbarian, and Warlock It’s a 3v3 treasure grabbing flirty skirmish game called Buckets!
neutral · AI labelView post →🆓 New free to keep game giveaway on Steam: Mini Thief store.steampowered.com/app/481870/M...
neutral · AI labelView post →Little snippet of my new game. Sneak kill lmao. Philip K Dick sci-fi Thief? I want to find a name for this game soon, and also look for playtesters in the (near) future. DM me if you're interested in that :)
neutral · AI labelView post →Thief 3 is a real piece of shit, geez. Like not even as a game just like what an awful, retched piece of software.
negative · AI labelView post →Thief-like free and open source game The Dark Mod 2.13 brings better AI vision and new graphical goodies #TheDarkMod #Thief #FreeGame #OpenSource
neutral · AI labelView post →Thief-like open source game project The Dark Mod 2.14 released #TheDarkMod #FreeGame #OpenSource
neutral · AI labelView post →A fanart of Thief from @bungie.net 's newest game @marathonthegame.bungie.net ! Those kind folks sent me a copy, not knowing I had already bought myself one Day 1 and having an absolute blast! It's not my typical kind of game, so it surprised me by how much it hooked me! #marathon #marathonthegame
positive · AI labelView post →Coelacanth's Steam NextFest Report. I spent the past week dredging through the slop, trying to unearth interesting gems that are (as far as I can tell) free from generative AI. While it demanded a lot more effort and time than usual, I am happy to report that there are still promising, interesting and *human* indie games out there being made. --- # Standouts --- ## [Inkblood](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4114100/Inkblood/)…
neutral · AI labelView post →Thief (2014) : The One Everyone Robbed Too Early So here’s the deal I played Thief Gold. I respect it. I reviewed it. But man, that game is ancient. Like, "game design still figuring out how doors should work” ancient. Back then, immersion meant getting lost in pitch-black corridors while praying your rope arrow didn’t bug out. We’ve come a long way since then. Jump to 2025, and I finally played the reboot and I’ll say it: I had a blast. Yeah, I know. The internet told me this one was…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →1998 man. What a year. A game this good got basically forgotten because of Half Life, Starcraft, and Thief
neutral · AI labelView post →Actually I guess we already know there's at least one cool thing in there: Rhythm Thief for DS. This game eventually came out on 3DS, but has never been seen in motion on the original DS before.
neutral · AI labelView post →Fighter, Thief, and Magic-User from Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara by artist Kinu Nishimura. More art from the game: www.creativeuncut.com/art_dungeons...
neutral · AI labelView post →playing Thief Deadly Shadows, this game have some issues, and janky but the atmosphere here is still awesome. Not like Thief 1/2 but still great. This game even with its problems feels like a Thief game and i'm enjoying it a lot. Also I love fireplaces in old video games hahaha.
neutral · AI labelView post →Also, Filcher. I wanna do a video about this game, it's pure Thief worship
positive · AI labelView post →Arkane Studios nearly worked on Thief 4 or a Blade Runner game before they made 'Dishonored'. 9:30 youtu.be/ZVq0af9DwPU
neutral · AI labelView post →underrated and misunderstood. it's incredible visually, with great dialogues and cinematic direction. it's grim dark fantasy that feels very safe and comfortable somehow. probably ended up being ahead of its time with a story about lockdown. but who knew. who knew. my explanation is the game was too moody for a general audience. it took a step into Lovecraft territory, and that was always a niche theme. stealth is fine. could be more elegant, but at least there are no annoying things. i like…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Promo art, Elf, and Thief & Magic-User from Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara by artist Kinu Nishimura. More art from the game: www.creativeuncut.com/art_dungeons...
neutral · AI labelView post →This game sick af. scratches the Thief itch hard.
positive · AI labelView post →Who is your favorite fictional raccoon?. For those dealing with severe memory loss such as myself, other options include: - Tom Nook (Animal Crossing) - Rocket Raccoon (Guardians of the Galaxy) - The Woodland Critters raccoon (South Park) - Meeko (Pocahontas) - Ranger Rick (Wildlife magazine mascot) - Zigzagoon (a pokemon but cose enough) - Racacoonie (Everything Everywhere All at Once) - The Coon (South Park) - Rick Raccoon (Shirt Tales) - Howard Lotor (Tails Noir video game) - BK (Donut…
neutral · AI labelView post →remembered the 2014 Thief game and almost puked thinking how bad it was
negative · AI labelView post →GUYS THE VIDEO GAME PRESERVATION MUSEUM JUST FOUND THE FIRST EVER ROM GOR RHYTHM THIEF THIS ISNT A DRILL THIS IS HUGE FOR RHYTHM THIEF HISTORY
neutral · AI labelView post →i cannot condone the game series Thief. stealing is against the law!!!
neutral · AI labelView post →Thief: The Dark Project will be the next classic game to be remastered by Nightdive Studios. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/thief-t...
neutral · AI labelView post →A reboot that layers modern presentation and audio onto the old philosophy. The tactile feel is strong and the systemic depth is thin. It works well for newcomers while leaving core fans a bit unsatisfied.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is astonishingly underrated. It gets very bad rep on the internets as "not a real Thief game". And that's fair. People often compare it to Dishonored games, but Arkane clearly just made Thief 2.0 and this game is not that. It's not really Immersive Sim adjacent anymore. It's a cinematic adventure like Uncharted games. You just don't play as easygoing Drake, you plays as gloomy Garret, so you do not shoot people in the face but hide in the shadows and rob houses. If you approach it…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Obligatory Thief mention. Copious user made levels for Thief 1,2, & Deadly Shadows. All handled easily via a user made mod loader "AngelLoader" Plus free fan game "The Dark Mod", made in the Doom 3 engine. www.thiefguild.com thiefmissions.com github.com/FenPhoenix/A... www.thedarkmod.com
neutral · AI labelView post →Thief and Wizard from Lime Odyssey: The Chronicles of Orta. More art from the game: www.creativeuncut.com/art_lime-ody...
neutral · AI labelView post →Played Militsioner. Kind of a funky game. They launched their "playtest" (demo), and my nutshell for it is: If you enjoy being a thief in a game like Thief or TES. It has that sort of feel to exploring its many buildings.
positive · AI labelView post →Old Octummber Day 4: Thief! Drew up a pic of the vixen protagonist from my old game experiment, Fat Burglar.
neutral · AI labelView post →Speaking of old games, dunno if the upcoming remaster will preserve the game I know but if you've not played them, Thief The Dark Project & The Metal Age are still the best stealth games ever made. Nearly thirty years old and still showing up everything that followed. Well worth your time
positive · AI labelView post →My hottest take that will get me canceled permanently is that Thief is not an imsim. It is a stealth game and only a stealth game.
neutral · AI labelView post →For a game called Thief you would think it would be creative stealth and freedom of movement to steal, take down enemies and avoid detection. However like most games that were in development hell there are a lot of problems, cut content and restrictions. The movement is very restricted, there is no jump button at all, so you have to run to predetermined spots where you can jump and climb things. This is baffling to me as it severely degrades the immersion of being a thief in the night being…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →THIEF, man. What a game
positive · AI labelView post →Your favourite game: Thief 2 Your most played game: Space Station 14 Your most influential game: Pathologic The game you play even if you don't feel like playing right now: STALKER Anomaly
neutral · AI labelView post →I hate that the only revival we got of this game is with a VR port. Great game, someone remember this IP exists please and start doing something with it other than a VR port. Maybe a remaster? Maybe a remake? ANYTHING?!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →lmao it's me. the one person who is genuinely excited that Viola the Thief is being added into Octopath Traveler 0. Really think this game is such a little miracle! also: Fiore! Fiore had my favorite side story about sorta havin' a little gay thing with a runaway noble. a sweet little story 😍
neutral · AI labelView post →Soulless modern version of a cult classic game series (one of the first stealth games that defined the genre), including Day-one "Bank Heist" DLC and "Booster Packs". Another classic example of modern gaming: Linear, restricted story, horrible first-person FoV, NO feeling of discovery, no challenge, no original or memorable stuff (which was what made the original Thief games so good), just another lame corporate attempt at cashing in on people's nostalgia. As janky as the old games were, at…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What's going on??? Just as I started creating some Thief characters, a new game was announced. But it's a VR game… Damn. #thief #artsky #OC #WIP #sketch
neutral · AI labelView post →New THIEF game coming to VR www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG3E...
neutral · AI labelView post →"I want a new Thief game!" (monkey's paw curls)
negative · AI labelView post →Promo art, playable characters, and Thief from Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara by artist Kinu Nishimura. More art from the game: www.creativeuncut.com/art_dungeons...
neutral · AI labelView post →what is a Thief-like game without a little moonlight requisition and cleanup mechanics? #indiedev #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →The user Darkbeat over on the Steam Discussion Forums for Scarmonde did a Low Level Run of the game and beat it as... 🗡️a Thief at Level 2! 🤯 Read about his adventure and strategies over on the Discussion Page! steamcommunity.com/app/2769210/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Thief, will be in a game. #indiegame #indiedeckbuilder #gamedev #pixelart #cardgames #pixelgame
neutral · AI labelView post →a game about the terrifying Phantom Thief lintilion.itch.io/the-phantom-...
neutral · AI labelView post →The short version: This game is hot garbage. Let’s start with the good: (1) The stealth gameplay is decent. There are a fair number of options for how you can approach missions, along with different tools and routes that allow for some variety in playstyle. That’s it. Now for the bad: (1) The story is absolute trash. And I mean SSJ-level bad. I honestly don’t know what the studio was thinking. It turns into this weird supernatural/virus/horror mashup… in a Thief game. Yeah. Bonkers. It…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not to make everything about MinnMax, BUT funny timing with Thief Remastered in our new interview David Sears talks about two unreleased N64 games he worked on while at Looking Glass. One was a Ubisoft kayak-racing game called X-Stream. He also explains how they all almost died. youtu.be/_mHAV-7OWjE
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