Thief II: The Metal Age
BANGER · Shooter · 2012
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
WAIT.
A BANGER today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 75% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$6.99BANGER
Typical seasonal cut
$0.9786% offBANGER
- Cost per hourS
- $0.34/hr
- ReviewsS
- 94% of 2,155
- Critics
- 87 players 7 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 1% Shooter
Watch this gameOne alert at $0.97 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 20.4h
- To 100%
- 35.5h 1.7x the story
Price and sales
- Sales
- 102 on record
- Typical cut
- 86% off
- Steam low
- $0.97 November 2017
- Sale every
- 42d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 11 now
- Cheaper than
- 65% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 93% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
102 discounts in the 14 years on record, a median of 86 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Its score puts it in the top 1 percent of the games it competes with. It is cheaper than 65 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 93 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Dishonored ($9.99, scores 98) beats it on value, while it beats Thief Gold (1999) ($6.99, scores 87).
The math says it holds its tier up to $20.98, and you are being asked for $6.99.
More about Thief II: The Metal Age
1 of the 365 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 77 percent of the 350 reviews written there were positive, against 94 percent overall, and those are 18 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 31 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
Basically identical to Thief 1 except almost all enemies are human or mechanical rather than supernatural. Some fantastic levels-you get to rob a bank and several mansions. If I had any complaints it's that the story is mostly set dressing. "Go here, get the McGuffin, watch cutscene, repeat."
2 more reviews
I love this game. Unfortunately however, it's an evolutionary dead-end, a genre outcompeted and extinguished. Like Neanderthal DNA in modern humans, some elements of its design live in modern games, but we never had the fortune to see where the genre might go had it thrived. The third-person cousin managed longer through the likes of MGS and Spliter Cell, but that's also gone the way of the dodo at this point. RIP...
I was blown away at how great Thief Gold was and now I'm finding that Thief II is giving it a run for its money. These games are so fantastic. So many secrets to find, areas to explore, trinkets to steal...and the levels so far are very cool too. I would highly recommend these games to any stealth lover. These are the crème de la crème.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
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.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Thief II: The Metal Age scores 91/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/211740/thief-ii-the-metal-ageReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 31, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.