Single-player games like Thief
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Thief, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Dishonored 2
Single-player alternative to Thief — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Assassin's Creed® Syndicate
Single-player alternative to Thief — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Dishonored
Single-player alternative to Thief — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Styx: Master of Shadows
Single-player alternative to Thief — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Assassin's Creed® Revelations
Single-player alternative to Thief — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Assassin’s Creed® Rogue
Single-player alternative to Thief — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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...
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Assassin's Creed® Unity
Single-player alternative to Thief — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Assassin's Creed® Odyssey
Single-player alternative to Thief — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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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Thief II: The Metal Age
Single-player alternative to Thief — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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The Dark
Single-player alternative to Thief — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Styx: Shards of Darkness
Single-player alternative to Thief — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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DEATHLOOP
Single-player alternative to Thief — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Far Cry® 2
Single-player alternative to Thief — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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,...