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Games like The Thief

If The Thief is your kind of game, the closest matches are Obsessive Revenge, Bank Robber and Mission Z — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About The Thief: Bradley, an experienced thief aims to achieve his greatest personal goal, to rob an entire village. And then he goes to a military village in order to steal some items that are there. However, it will not be an easy task, given that there are several armed soldiers guarding the perimeter.

2022ActionStrategyIndieCasual0.99 USDWindowsby GamesBraz
The Thief — Steam game cover

Players who liked The Thief also play

Steam players who put hours into The Thief also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Obsessive Revenge

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Thief fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Thief.

    After Mike's brother is arrested, victim of false accusations, Mike discovers that Jonathan was responsible for his brother's arrest, and so decides to kill him on a government ranch, where several government agents belonging to the witness protection service are.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Bank Robber

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Thief fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Thief.

    Harry, a bank robber aims to rob a government bank, so he choose the day that the bank is open to visitors, and takes the opportunity to carry out the robbery. Upon arriving at the bank, learns some routines, of how things work and then begins to put his plan into practice.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Mission Z

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Thief fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Thief.

    Live an intense story by recovering a mysterious area. With survival elements, loots and collectibles.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Hacker Man

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Thief fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Thief.

    Joe, an experienced programmer at a reputable technology company, is fired by a director of the company, after having a romantic relationship with the director's wife. Very angry about the situation, Joe starts studying hacking, to get revenge for his firing.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. PAYDAY 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Thief fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Thief.

    PAYDAY 2 is an action-packed, four-player co-op shooter that once again lets gamers don the masks of the original PAYDAY crew - Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf and Chains - as they descend on Washington DC for an epic crime spree.

    2013ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Faction

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Thief fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Thief.

    Ruan, a member of a criminal faction, goes to a rival faction's point of operation to obstruct his enemies drug operations.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Boo Men

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Thief fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Thief.

    Boo Men is a 1-4 player online co-op horror game. You and your crew of burglars are tasked with stealing from ghosts. Just remember to stay in the light because you never know what could be lurking in the dark...

    2022ActionIndieEarly Access7.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Perfect Heist 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Thief fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Thief.

    Perfect Heist 2 is a round-based online game, where robbers try to hide in plain sight while robbing a bank without being noticed by the cop team!

    2021ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Thief at current Steam store prices.

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under The Thief on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Thief.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Miss Neko

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under The Thief on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with The Thief.

    Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)

    2019ActionCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under The Thief on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Thief.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under The Thief on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Thief.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under The Thief on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Thief.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under The Thief on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Thief.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under The Thief on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Thief.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. TTV2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under The Thief on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Thief.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Thief.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Thief.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with The Thief.

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. 93, Kuindzhi

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Thief.

    Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  6. 100 Asian Cats

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with The Thief.

    🏮🐈 100 Asian Cats - Join the cutest adventure in the Asia! 😻 🌸 Explore the charming hand-drawn artwork of Asian temples 🏯 as you embark on a quest to find 100 adorable cats hidden throughout the game. 🕵️‍♂️❌ Can you find them all? 🕵️‍♂️🐈✅

    2023ActionSportsStrategyFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Hello Neighbor Alpha 2

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Thief.

    Welcome to Alpha 2 of Hello Neighbor. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI in what eventually became Act 1 of Hello Neighbor - the stealth horror home invasion sim.

    2019StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  8. Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Thief.

    When there’s a call, you are the man to clean up after your client’s dirty job. Siding with the mafia is a dangerous game, but they pay well, and you need money, right? So take your mop and better remove those bloodstains quickly before the police come.

    2024ActionSimulationFreeSteam ↗

More from GamesBraz

Other recommendable Steam games by GamesBraz, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Rescuer

    WHY THIS

    Another title from GamesBraz, the studio behind The Thief. Shares Action and Strategy with The Thief.

    Martin a science-loving priest arrives in the ZPriot region, meets people and starts to become influential in the area and then decides to put his plan of domination into practice.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Explosiver

    WHY THIS

    Another title from GamesBraz, the studio behind The Thief. Shares Action and Strategy with The Thief.

    In Explosiver you will live a story with many bullets and explosions, controlling William. You'll be able to play in first person or third person, and you'll have several weapons to help you in the main objective, besides, of course, a special ability that can be used by the protagonist.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Combatant

    WHY THIS

    Another title from GamesBraz, the studio behind The Thief. Shares Action and Strategy with The Thief.

    In Combatant you will live the story of Alfie, a sharpshooter hired by a rich businessman. Alfie is tasked with recovering some data stolen by a competitor of a technology company, and for that there will be many challenges.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Obsessive Revenge

    WHY THIS

    Another title from GamesBraz, the studio behind The Thief. Shares Action and Strategy with The Thief.

    After Mike's brother is arrested, victim of false accusations, Mike discovers that Jonathan was responsible for his brother's arrest, and so decides to kill him on a government ranch, where several government agents belonging to the witness protection service are.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. The President

    WHY THIS

    Another title from GamesBraz, the studio behind The Thief. Shares Action and Strategy with The Thief.

    The secret service discovers that a group of gunmen wants to kill the president, so they send Paul to investigate the area. Upon arriving in the area, Paul must send the information to the secret service and eliminate the men who are there.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Agent 01

    WHY THIS

    Another title from GamesBraz, the studio behind The Thief. Shares Action and Strategy with The Thief.

    Laura, the daughter of a renowned businessman, hires Markz to rescue her father from a kidnapping. Markz then discovers the captivity location and devises a strategy to safely rescue the businessman.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Hacker Man

    WHY THIS

    Another title from GamesBraz, the studio behind The Thief. Shares Action and Strategy with The Thief.

    Joe, an experienced programmer at a reputable technology company, is fired by a director of the company, after having a romantic relationship with the director's wife. Very angry about the situation, Joe starts studying hacking, to get revenge for his firing.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Spyer

    WHY THIS

    Another title from GamesBraz, the studio behind The Thief. Shares Action and Strategy with The Thief.

    Denny, a government spy, is assigned to investigate a remote area where there is supposed to be a terrorist group. Upon arriving at the scene, Denny comes across several armed individuals, and finds possibly the largest base of the terrorist group.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Thief

How much does The Thief cost?
The Thief is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Thief?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Thief are Obsessive Revenge, Bank Robber, Mission Z.
Who developed The Thief?
The Thief was developed by GamesBraz and published by HandMade Games.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on The Thief.

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