Games like Thief
If Thief is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dishonored 2, Assassin's Creed® Syndicate and Dishonored — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, dark and immersive. 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.
Get personalized picks →Thief is a 2014 action-adventure game developed by Eidos-Montréal that casts players as master thief Garrett navigating a dark, steampunk-influenced city. The gameplay centers on environmental exploration, non-combat approaches, objective finding, stealth precision, and tool upgrades that enhance sneaking without undermining the challenge. Players describe the gothic atmosphere as oppressive and immersive, and report that levels hide secrets for keen-eyed explorers while silence and stealth matter far more than combat. The game runs in approximately medium length as a solo-only experience and is marked as playable on Steam Deck. Reviews for Thief stand at 68% positive out of 7,433 Steam reviews.
About Thief: 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.
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Dishonored 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Thief.
Top pick for Thief fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Thief.
Reprise your role as a supernatural assassin in Dishonored 2. Declared a “masterpiece” by Eurogamer and hailed “a must-play revenge tale” by Game Informer, Dishonored 2 is the follow up to Arkane’s 1st-person action blockbuster & winner of 100+ 'Game of the Year' awards, Dishonored.
Assassin's Creed® Syndicate
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Thief.
Second-strongest match for Thief fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Thief.
London, 1868. Lead your underworld organization in the midst of the Industrial Revolution to break the corrupt stranglehold on the city in a visceral adventure filled with action, intrigue, and brutal combat.
Dishonored
WHY THIS
Shares environmental exploration and an atmospheric mood with Thief.
Third-strongest match for Thief fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Thief.
Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal.
Styx: Master of Shadows
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Thief.
Ranked #4 for Thief fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Thief.
Styx: Master of Shadows is an infiltration game with RPG elements taking place in a dark fantasy universe, where you sneak, steal and assassinate your way through as Styx, a Goblin two-centuries of age.
Assassin's Creed® Revelations
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Thief.
Ranked #5 for Thief fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Thief.
Ezio Auditore walks in the footsteps of the legendary mentor Altair, on a dangerous journey of discovery and revelation.
Assassin’s Creed® Rogue
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Thief.
Ranked #6 for Thief fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Thief.
Introducing Assassin’s Creed® Rogue, the darkest chapter in the Assassin’s Creed franchise yet. As Shay, you will experience the slow transformation from Assassin to Assassin Hunter. Follow your own creed and set off on an extraordinary journey through New York City, the wild river valley, and far away to the icy cold waters of the North...
Assassin's Creed® Unity
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Thief fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Thief.
Paris, 1789. In this action-adventure game, experience the French Revolution through the eyes of Arno Dorian. Become an Assassin and expose the true powers behind the Revolution for the fate of a nation.
Assassin's Creed® Odyssey
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Thief.
Ranked #8 for Thief fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Thief.
In this action-adventure game, set sail for Ancient Greece to alter its fate. Fight in visceral battles on land and sea, shape your destiny from outcast to legend, and uncover secrets of your past.
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Dishonored
WHY THIS
Shares environmental exploration and an atmospheric mood with Thief.
Reviewers of Thief cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Thief.
Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal.
Thief II: The Metal Age
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Thief cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Thief.
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.
Dishonored 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Thief.
Reviewers of Thief cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Thief.
Reprise your role as a supernatural assassin in Dishonored 2. Declared a “masterpiece” by Eurogamer and hailed “a must-play revenge tale” by Game Informer, Dishonored 2 is the follow up to Arkane’s 1st-person action blockbuster & winner of 100+ 'Game of the Year' awards, Dishonored.
The Dark
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Thief cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Thief.
You come round as your escape pod plummets into the inky waters of a distant flooded planet. Comms are down and power failing. You have no choice but to head out into.. the dark.
Styx: Master of Shadows
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Thief.
Reviewers of Thief cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Thief.
Styx: Master of Shadows is an infiltration game with RPG elements taking place in a dark fantasy universe, where you sneak, steal and assassinate your way through as Styx, a Goblin two-centuries of age.
Styx: Shards of Darkness
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Thief cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Thief.
Styx returns in a new stealth adventure! Explore and master huge open environments, sneak past or assassinate new enemies and bosses, and experiment with the new array of lethal abilities and weapons in our goblin assassin's arsenal.
DEATHLOOP
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Thief cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Thief.
DEATHLOOP is a next-gen FPS from Arkane Lyon, the award-winning studio behind Dishonored. In DEATHLOOP, two rival assassins are trapped in a mysterious timeloop on the island of Blackreef, doomed to repeat the same day for eternity.
Far Cry® 2
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Thief cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Thief.
You are a gun for hire, trapped in a war-torn African state, stricken with malaria and forced to make deals with corrupt warlords on both sides of the conflict in order to make this country your home. You must identify and exploit your enemies' weaknesses, neutralizing their superior numbers and firepower with surprise, subversion,...
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Thief at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Thief on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Thief.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Thief on Steam right now. Shares Action with Thief.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Thief on Steam right now. Shares Action with Thief.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Thief on Steam right now. Shares Action with Thief.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Thief on Steam right now. Shares Action with Thief.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~65% under Thief on Steam right now. Shares Action with Thief.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Thief.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Thief.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Thief.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Thief.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with 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.).
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Thief.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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Frequently asked about Thief
- Does Thief run on Steam Deck?
- Thief is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Thief cost?
- Thief is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Thief?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Thief are Dishonored 2, Assassin's Creed® Syndicate, Dishonored.
- Who developed Thief?
- Thief was developed by Eidos-Montréal, Feral Interactive (Mac) and published by Eidos Interactive Corp., Feral Interactive (Mac).
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