Thief

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The Thief franchise consists of a series of first-person "sneaker" games, where you play as a master thief named Garrett, in a large sprawling steampunk-medieval metropolis simply known as "the City."

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The Thief Franchise was received well by critics, and introduced new stealth mechanics to the genre. With shadow oriented gameplay, and surprisingly smart AI, Thief helped define the stealth genre in 1998. Warren Spector (Person) ( Deus Ex (Game), Wing Commander (Game)) and Ken Levine (Person) (System Shock (Game), Bioshock fame) got their feet wet with the Thief games..

Games

Thief: The Dark Project

3 December 1998

Platforms/PC

Thief II: The Metal Age

21 March 2000

Platforms/PC

Thief: Deadly Shadows

25 May 2004

Platforms/PCPlatforms/Xbox

Thief (Game)

25 February 2014

Platforms/PCPlatforms/Xbox 360Platforms/Xbox OnePlatforms/PlayStation Network PS3Platforms/PlayStation 4Platforms/PlayStation 3

Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow

1 June 2025

Platforms/PCPlatforms/PlayStation 5Platforms/Meta Quest

Franchise details

Name

Thief

Features

5 games

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First game

Thief: The Dark Project

Aliases

Characters

• Has characters: Basso the Boxman (Character), Garrett (Character), Cutty (Character), Trickster (Character), Viktoria (Character), Karras (Character), Gorman Truart (Character), Caduca, Interpreter (Character), Orland, First Keeper (Character), Artemus, Keeper (Character), Gamall (Character), Lauryl (Character)

Locations

• Has locations: Cave (Location), Cemetery (Location), Mansion (Location), Hall (Location), Castle (Location), Psychiatric Institution (Location), Ruined City (Location), Town (Location), The Castle (Location), The Maw of Chaos (Location), Tavern (Location), The City (Location), Shalebridge Cradle (Location), Wieldstrom Museum (Location)

Concepts

• Has concepts: Ghost (Concept), Murder (Concept), Voice Acting (Concept), Zombie (Concept), Assassin (Concept), Havok Physics (Concept), Non-Player Character (Concept), Plot Twist (Concept), Blunt Weapons (Concept), Games on Demand (Concept), Mentor (Concept), Male Protagonists (Concept), Ragdoll Physics (Concept), Jump (Concept), Black Market (Concept), Cutscene (Concept), Evade (Concept), Theft (Concept), Third-Person Perspective (Concept), First-Person Perspective (Concept), Stealth (Concept), Full Body Awareness (Concept), Melee (Concept), Minigame (Concept), Eavesdropping (Concept), Hooded Figure (Concept), Ledge Grab (Concept), Pickpocketing (Concept), Religion (Concept), Stealth Kill (Concept), Instant Kill (Concept), Invisibility (Concept), Eating (Concept), Enemy Distraction (Concept), Healing Food (Concept), Less-Lethal Weapons (Concept), Maimed Protagonist (Concept), Moving Bodies (Concept), Multiple Ammo Types (Concept), Reluctant Hero (Concept), Swimming (Concept), Magic (Concept), Betrayal (Concept), Explosive Arrow (Concept), Drunk Character (Concept), First Person Melee (Concept), Inventory (Concept), Achievements (Concept), Health (Concept), Tomb Raiding (Concept), Polygonal 3D (Concept), Darkness (Concept), Roman Numerals (Concept), Artificial Intelligence (Concept), Sneaking Mission (Concept), Scary Children (Concept), Knock Out (Concept), Death (Concept), Bunny Hopping (Concept), Blood Splatter (Concept), Game Over (Concept), Pagans (Concept), Letters Replaced by Numbers in Title (Concept), Exit Door (Concept), E3 2009 (Concept), Mechanists (Concept), Leaning (Concept), Keepers (Concept), Difficulty Level (Concept), PlayStation Trophies (Concept), Particle System (Concept), Footprints (Concept), RPG Elements (Concept), Bink Video (Concept), Breakable Glass (Concept), Breath Meter (Concept), Crosshair (Concept), Dark Engine (Concept), Direct2Drive (Concept), E3 1997 (Concept), E3 2003 (Concept), E3 2004 (Concept), Immersive Sim (Concept), Loud Ambient Noises (Concept), Multiple Gameplay Perspectives (Concept), OnLive (Concept), Pacifist Playthrough (Concept), Quicksaving (Concept), Role-Playing Shooter (Concept), Single-Player Only (Concept), Steam (Concept), Unreal Engine 2 (Concept), Xbox 360 Backwards Compatibility (Concept), Persistent Corpses (Concept), Retrievable Projectiles (Concept), Shadow Stealth (Concept), Water Current (Concept), Hammerites (Concept), Kurshok (Concept), The Master Builder (Concept)

Objects

• Has objects: Fireball (Object), Bow (Object), Explosives (Object), Gun (Object), Coin (Object), Holy Water (Object), Sword (Object), Basketball (Object), Flashbang (Object), Gold (Object), Lock Picks (Object), Rope (Object), Club (Object), Key (Object), Trip Mine (Object), Ladder (Object), Compass (Object), Fire Arrow (Object), Ice Arrow (Object), Flare (Object), Bread (Object), Barrel (Object), Potion (Object), Apple (Object), Lava (Object), Meat (Object), Scroll (Object), Rifle (Object), Fruit (Object), Tombstone (Object), Vase (Object), Carrot (Object), Cheese (Object), Torch (Object), Wooden Arrow (Object), Tiara (Object), Health Potion (Object), The Eye (Object), Goblet (Object), Steampunk Machinery (Object), Well (Object), Arrowhead (Object), Blackjack (Object), Rope Arrow (Object), Moss Arrow (Object), Water Arrow (Object)

People

• Has people: Martin Kessler (Person), Doug Church (Person), Warren Spector (Person), Terri Brosius (Person), Emil Pagliarulo (Person), Ken Webster (Person), Stephen Russell (Person), Alexander Brandon (Person), Alexx Kay (Person), Austin Grossman (Person), Ben Hecker (Person), Ben Potter (Person), Chris Carollo (Person), Dan Schmidt (Person), Daniel Thron (Person), David Jackson (Person), Elan Ruskin (Person), Eric Brosius (Person), Flavia Timiani Grant (Person), Gary Keith Brubaker (Person), Helgo Liebig (Person), Iain Willows (Person), Ian Vogel (Person), Iikka Keränen (Person), James Featherstone (Person), James Wiley Fleming (Person), Jason Walker (Person), Jean-Yves Duret (Person), Jeff Dixon (Person), Jeff J. Shelton (Person), Jonathan Rosenblatt (Person), Jordan Thomas (Person), Josh Randall (Person), Josh Stoke (Person), Kain Shin (Person), Karen Wolff (Person), Kemal Amarasingham (Person), Ken Demarest III (Person), Kevin Wasserman (Person), Laura Baldwin (Person), Lee Briggs (Person), Lulu LaMer (Person), Marc LeBlanc (Person), Mark Justin Waks (Person), Michael Dean (Person), Michael H. Gilmartin (Person), Michael McHale (Person), Michael R. Kelly (Person), Michael Thomas Ryan (Person), Mike McShaffry (Person), Mike Schmitt (Person), Nate Wells (Person), Paul Neurath (Person), Phil Spencer (Person), Rafael Jabulani Brown (Person), Ramin Djawadi (Person), Robert Caminos (Person), Robert Fermier (Person), Sam Yeates (Person), Sara Verrilli (Person), Terry Manderfeld (Person), Tim Stellmach (Person), Tim Sweeney (Person), Timothy Moore (Person), Tom Marx (Person), Tricia Gray (Person), Michelle Seebach Curran (Person), Paul Baldwin (Person), James Poole (Person), John Arvay (Person), John Kavanagh (Person), Matthew Miller (Person), Heather Kelley (Person), Kathy Schoback (Person), Michael Ryan (Person), Clayton Palma (Person), Eric W. Adams (Person), Kjell Vistad (Person), Eva Hoogh (Person), Brian Glines (Person), James Rose (Person), Jonathan Chey (Person), Tony Bourne (Person), Corey Fong (Person), Frank Hom (Person), Jonathon Redington (Person), Sutton Trout (Person), Tim Perry (Person), Jonas Eneroth (Person), Paul Weaver (Person), Mark Lampert (Person), Gabe Farris (Person), Stephane D'Astous (Person), Paul Tozour (Person), Tim Little (Person), Alex Duran (Person), Cynthia Monter (Person), Darren LaFreniere (Person), Dorian Hart (Person), Hugh Suh (Person), Mark Lizotte (Person), Monte Martinez (Person), Randy Smith (Person), Ricardo Bare (Person), Rob Waters (Person), Robert Kovach (Person), Sean Barrett (Person), Steve Pastore (Person), Steve Pearsall (Person), Zarko Bizaca (Person), Chuck Furlong (Person), David Riegel (Person), Ian Dunlop (Person), Alex Chrisman (Person), Chris Cobb (Person), David Kalina (Person), Denise Fulton (Person), Erik Touve (Person), Frank Teran (Person), James Clarendon (Person), Jim Magill (Person), Kay Gilmore (Person), Kent Hudson (Person), Kristine Coco (Person), Matt Baer (Person), Michael Washburn (Person), Sarah Paetsch (Person), Sergio Rosas (Person), Steven Allen (Person), Tara Thomas (Person), Todd Simmons (Person)