Thief

Thief

Skip · Shooter · 2014

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

SKIP IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

It scores 35, under the fair line, at $19.99.

Cost per hour▼
$1.82/hr
Reviews▼
75% of 24,108
Critics
70 players 5 higher
Genre rank
Top 57% Shooter

Holding it back: Reviews, Cost per hour

Why
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Time and effort

Main story
11h
To 100%
44.2h 4.0x the story
Achievements
37

Price and sales

Sales
103 on record
Typical cut
85% off
Steam low
$2.99 January 2020
Sale every
39d last October 2026
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $1.22 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
34 now
Recent reviews
70% 30 days
Cheaper than
16% of its genre
Better reviewed
40% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

79% start to 2% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

This site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

It has been discounted 103 times in the 13 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 85 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.

It is pricier than 84 percent of its genre. Dishonored®: Death of the Outsider™ ($29.99, scores 49) outscores it, and so does Dishonored ($9.99, scores 98). Both sit among its closest neighbours.

More about Thief

6 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written September 2023 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 54 percent of the 1,986 reviews written there were positive, against 75 percent overall, and those are 11 percent of everything written about it.

11 hours to finish it, 44 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 4.0 times the campaign.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

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

Raising the score
MonetizationNone
No in-game purchases. Paid DLC exists and is not docked
Holding it back
Cost per hour$1.82/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
Refunds6 of 800 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

What players say

Не тратьте время на этот кал, лучше играйте в фанатские миссии для T1 и T2, если хочется еще Вора
スヴェトラナ、 関係なNot recommendedafter 21hOct 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
This is the first time i played game with a cliffhanger ending and no sequel!! Overall is 8/10
Orang ikanNot recommendedafter 34hSep 2026Read on Steam
Thief tem uma estética excelente, uma direção de arte muito boa e uma construção de mundo extremamente interessante. Contudo, acredito que os desenvolvedores pecaram em alguns aspectos, principalmente porque este tinha tudo para ser um jogo tão memorável quanto Dishonored ou até mais. A mecânica de stealth é facilmente um dos pontos mais fortes do jogo, mas a gameplay como um todo é muito travada. Você tem um...
barhamuttRecommendedafter 38h2 found this helpfulRead on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

About the game

Garrett, the Master Thief, steps out of the shadows into the City. In this treacherous place, where the Baron’s Watch spreads a rising tide of fear and oppression, his skills are the only things he can trust. Even the most cautious citizens and their best-guarded possessions are not safe from his reach.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, AMD Radeon 4800 series / Nvidia GTS 250, 20 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Thief scores 35/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/239160/thief
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Reviews 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 Nov 6, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+5
Critics70
Players75
Metacritic critics · 24,108 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperEidos-Montréal
PublisherEidos Interactive Corp.
GenreShooter
Released2014
Players1.5Mowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements37